Eleanor Irvine Davisson

SecretaryWashington, DC

University of California, Berkeley

Project Worker/Staff

Listen to Eleanor Irvine Davisson's Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Eleanor Irvine Davisson was Ernest O. Lawrence’s secretary at the University of California Berkeley from October 1945 until his death in 1958. Irvine helped Lawrence administer the busy Radiation Laboratory and served as his confidant on many issues.

Eleanor Irvine Davisson's Timeline

1943 Jun Joined the Radiation Laboratory.

1945 Oct1958 Appointed secretary for Ernest O. Lawrence, director of the Radiation Laboratory at UC Berkeley.

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