Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Ella B. Tyree

Laboratory Technician, Health DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Ella Tyree was a laboratory technician in the Health Division at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project. She managed an animal farm for lab-animals used in experiments to study the effect of radiation on humans. 

Related Profiles

Louise Rosenthal

Los Alamos, NM

Harold F. Seaman

Tinian Island

Harold F. Seaman served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.

W. K. Eister

X-10 Graphite Reactor

W. K. Eister worked for Clinton Laboratories at the X-10 Reactor.

Stanley C. Apgar

Tinian Island

Stanley C. Apgar served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.