Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Jack P. Pierard

Communications & Office Services ClerkHanford, WA

Manhattan Project Veteran
Jack Pierard and his wife in Hanford

Jack Pierard was a communications clerk in the Hanford Engineering Works from January 1944 through the end of the war. Pierard started at Hanford on January 11, 1944 as a Communications and Office Services clerk. His wife and sons joined him at the Hanford Construction Camp on July 17, 1944 and lived in the huge trailer park.  As the construction phase wound down, he transferred to the plant’s operations. The family then moved to a new “A” house in Richland Village on December 1, 1944. 

Pierard performed a variety of tasks in Office Services, including managing the suggestions system, and he had risen to a key supervisory position when he passed away at the age of 59 on January 2, 1965. He was an active member of the Hanford community, leading War Bond drives and fundraisers for numerous civic organizations. 

Related Profiles

Edna K. Marks

Chicago, IL

Edna K. Marks was a junior biologist and technician in the Health Division at the University of Chicago Met Lab.

G. C. Carr

Hanford, WA

R. E. Mulvey

Tinian Island

R. E. Mulvey served in the 390th Air Service Group. 

Horace E. Mahorney

Oak Ridge, TN

Horace Mahorney was a chemical engineer at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. From September 1943 to November 1945, Mahorney was an operator of the mass spectrometer with Dr.