Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Celeste Hand

SwitchboardChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Celeste Hand was a switchboard operator at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Percival “Dobie” Keith

Tinian Island

Percival C. “Dobie” Keith was Vice President for Research and Engineering for the M.W. Kellogg Company.

F. O. Hiser

Research & Development/300 Area

Hiser worked at the 300 Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

J.J. Gahan

Hanford, WA

Walter E. Jordan

Chicago, IL

Walter E. Jordan worked on the Manhattan Project as an employee of DuPont on the physics staff.  He worked at  the University of Chicago and Hanford, WA.