Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Jay Foster

Chemical EngineerK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN
EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Oak Ridge, K-25

Julius “Jay” Foster arrived at Oak Ridge from Princeton in 1944 to aid in the development of the K-25 plant. A chemical engineer, he specialized in preparing the steel materials at the plant for interaction with highly flammable flourine. 

Related Profiles

R. F. Stewart

B Reactor/100 Area

Stewart worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. 

William H. Rice

Tinian Island

William H. Rice served in the First Ordnance Squadron.

Abraham L. Longfield

Chicago, IL

Abraham L. Longfield was a Procurement and Property Officer for the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Ervin J. Wyskochil

Los Alamos, NM