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Edwin R. Schellentrager

Chemical EngineerX-10 Graphite Reactor

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Sidney Weiss Carter

Attended Case Western Reserve University.

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