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Winifred T. Koziolek

Laboratory Technician; Chemistry DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Winifred T. Koziolek was a laboratory technician the Chemistry Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project. She arrived in February 1946 and worked in the Solvent-Extraction Group.

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