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Jean Dabney

Provisional Engineer DetachmentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranProvisional Engineer DetachmentSpouse to Manhattan Project Worker

Jean Dabney was an electronics technician at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Her husband Winston Dabney also worked at Los Alamos.

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