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Jane Rasmussen

Provisional Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Spouse to Manhattan Project Worker

Jane Rasmussen worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and used early computers at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She was married to Manhattan Project engineer Roger Rasmussen. Students at the Project Y STEM Center in Los Alamos named a robot in Jane’s honor.

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