Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Ford Whipple

Project StaffK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Whipple worked at the K-25 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of the K-25 basketball team. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Michigan and worked on Operation Crossroads after the war.

Related Profiles

E. M. Niles

Oak Ridge, TN

Niles worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.

Stone Kemper

Hanford, WA

William E. Egger

Tinian Island

William E. Egger served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Necessary Evil.

W. H. Hildebrand

Oak Ridge, TN

Hildebrand worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.