Clementine Bernstein

SecretaryOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Clementine (Self) Bernstein worked as a secretary for Stone and Webster in Oak Ridge on the Manhattan Project in 1943-44. In 1945 she transferred to the Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation. She met her future husband, Seymour Bernstein, at a dance on the tennis courts on V-J Day, 1945.

Clementine Bernstein’s Timeline

1924 Aug 8th Born in Harriman, TN.

1942 Graduated from Harriman High School.

19431945 Worked for Stone and Webster in Oak Ridge on the Manhattan Project as a secretary.

1945 Worked for Union Carbide and Carbon in Oak Ridge on the Manhattan Project as a secretary.

1945 Aug 14th Met her future husband, Seymour Bernstein.

1947 Feb 14th Married Seymour Bernstein.

Seymour and Clemmie in 1946 on the steps of the women's dormitory in Oak Ridge

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