Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Ethel Schwartz

Office workerLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/StaffSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker
Ethel Schwartz

Ethel Schwartz arrived as a bride with her husband, Manuel Schwartz, at Los Alamos in 1944. She worked in the office until she became pregnant with her son, Joel Schwartz, who was born there after the bombs were dropped on August 6, 1945.

Related Profiles

G. W. Richards Jr.

Tinian Island

G. W. Richards Jr. served in the 509th Headquarters. 

C. O. Nagle

Y-12 Plant

C. O. Nagle worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.

Vivian Olum

Los Alamos, NM

Vivian Olum was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. She was married to physicist Paul Olum.

Clayton K. Guffey

Los Alamos, NM