Robert Holmberg

ScientistOak Ridge, TN

Chicago, ILX-10 Graphite Reactor

Manhattan Project VeteranScientistSpecial Engineer Detachment

Listen to Robert Holmberg’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Robert Holmberg was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and began working on the Manhattan Project at the Chicago Met Lab and at Ames Laboratory in Iowa. He was then drafted into the Special Engineer Detachment and sent to Oak Ridge. In Oak Ridge, he met his wife and settled down. He continued to work on nuclear research after the war.

Robert Holmberg’s Timeline

1944 Dec 1st Joined the Manhattan Project

1945 Jul Went to X-10 at Oak Ridge

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