Newton Stapleton

Security ManagerHanford, WA

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Listen to Newton Stapleton’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Newton Stapleton was born in southern Georgia. He was a lawyer by training. Before the war, he worked for the FBI. In 1938, he joined the legal department at DuPont. In 1943, he was recruited to work on the Manhattan Project. He became responsible for security and secrecy at Hanford, WA.

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