Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Gladys Owens

Project StaffY-12 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Alpha Racetrack at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennesee

Owens worked as a “Calutron Girl” at the Y-12 plant at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

William J. Kunkle

Oak Ridge, TN

William Kunkle worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

G. N. Smith

Oak Ridge, TN

G. N. Smith worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

R. L. Clay

Tinian Island

R. L. Clay served in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.

Ralph Nobles

Los Alamos, NM

Ralph Nobles was one of three brothers to work on the Manhattan Project. He and his brother William worked at Los Alamos, while brother Robert was at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.