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Adele Koskosky

Laboratory TechnicianChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Adele Koskosky was a laboratory technician in the Chemistry Division at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

According to the Journal of Glenn T. Seaborg, Vol. 3, Koskosky was transferred from Property to L. R. Dawson’s Recovery group on October 30, 1944 (Seaborg, p. 315). Koskosky stopped working at the Met Lab on December 29, 1944 (Seaborg, p. 430).

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