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Robert Schrader

Chemical EngineerCambridge, MA

Oak Ridge, TNY-12 Plant
EngineerManhattan Project Veteran
Robert Schrader Read Eastman Kodak and the Manhattan Project by Dr. Robert Schrader

Robert Schrader was completing his PhD in chemical engineering at MIT when he was selected to work on the Manhattan Project in Boston. He worked for Eastman Kodak, collaborating with Stone and Webster on the design and construction of the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge. His wife worked at the Radiation Lab at MIT on radar.

Robert Schrader’s Timeline
1943 Feb1945 Worked on the Manhattan Project in Boston and Oak Ridge.

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