Rebecca Bradford Diven

EngineerLos Alamos, NM

EngineerManhattan Project VeteranScientistSpouse to Manhattan Project WorkerWoman Scientist

Listen to Rebecca Bradford Diven’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Rebecca Diven graduated from USC in June of 1941, and became entangled with national defense work at CalTech in 1943. She began her work for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in 1944, where she developed a quartz fiber microbalance to weigh extremely small amounts of plutonium.

Rebecca Bradford Diven’s Timeline

1918 Jan 6th Born.

1944 Jan Came to Los Alamos.

1941 Jun Graduated from USC.

Los Alamos ID.

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