Dora Dean Banks

Project StaffK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Dora Dean Banks worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 site at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project.

Dora Dean Banks’s Timeline

1924 Jun 15th Born in Knoxville, Tennessee.

1943 Joined the Manhattan Project as an employee of the Kellex Corporation.

19451947 Worked at the K-25 site at Oak Ridge.

2010 Feb 3rd Died in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

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