William Schneller

ChemistHanford, WA

Oak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranScientist

Listen to William Schneller's Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

William Schneller attended Muhlenberg College, graduating in 1942, and then was hired by the DuPont Company. He was sent first to Alabama, and then to Hanford, to work on the Manhattan Project. He later did further chemical work at Oak Ridge.

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