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Mary Lou Curtis

Dayton, OH

Mary Lou Curtis joined the Manhattan Project in Dayton, Ohio in 1943. Mrs. Curtis worked in the Counting Room at Monsanto’s Unit III facility, where she developed new methods to measure and analyze radioactive materials, such as polonium, which was used as the trigger for the atomic bombs.

D. R. Gates

Hanford, WA

Dr. M. R. Petersen

Hanford, WA

Appears in the 1944 Hanford Telephone Directory as “Petersen” and the 1945 Directory as “Peterson”.

J. D. Price

Y-12 Plant

J. D. Price worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.