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Fred H. Vogel

Chemical EngineerLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Fred Vogel was an American chemical engineer who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Vogel studied at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and later worked as Chief Engineer for the Cornell Machine Company and for the Centaur Machine Company.

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