Gwen Groves Robinson

Daughter of General Leslie GrovesWashington, DC

Family Member of Manhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Gwen Groves Robinson’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Gwen Groves Robinson is the daughter of Manhattan Project Director General Leslie Groves.

Gwen attended the National Cathedral Schools for Girls in Washington, D.C. during the years when her father worked on the Manhattan Project. She often played tennis with her father at the local tennis club when he could find time away from his desk at the New War Building.

Gwen attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania before moving on to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University.

Gwen Groves Robinson’s Timeline

1928 Oct 25th Born in Wilmington, Delaware.

19461950 Attended Bryn Mawr College.

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