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Clement James Rodden

Chemist, ConsultantChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Painting of CP-1.

Clement James Rodden was a consultatn at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

In 1950 he published a text book on the analytical chemistry used in the Manhattan Project.

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