Harris Harold Levee

EngineerChicago, IL

EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Listen to Harris Harold Levee’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Harris Harold Levee served in the Special Engineering Detachment at the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago on the Manhattan Project. At the Met Lab, he worked with Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard. Levee’s assignments included following up on patents and ensuring strict secrecy was maintained at the laboratory. Levee later worked on construction of nuclear submarines.

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