John D. Smith

B Reactor/100 AreaHanford, WAWilmington, DE

Manhattan Project Veteran

John Smith arrived in Hanford after graduating from Ohio State in 1947 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Smith worked for General Electric at the 300 area where he manufactured uranium fuel elements for the production reactors.

Read his oral history interview here.

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