Jay Foster

Chemical EngineerK-25 Plant

Oak Ridge, TN

EngineerManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

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.

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