Nancy Greenewalt Frederick

Child of Manhattan Project VeteranWilmington, DE

Family Member of Manhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Nancy Greenewalt Frederick’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Nancy Greenewalt Frederick is the oldest daughter of Crawford Greenewalt, a chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project and later become president of the DuPont Company.

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