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Lauchlin M. Currie

Chemical EngineerTinian Island

Decatur, IL
EngineerManhattan Project Veteran
Currie Listen to Lauchlin M. Currie’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Lauchlin M. Currie was born in 1897. Currie was a chemical engineer who worked in barrier production at the Houdaille-Hershey plant in Decatur, IL. He also worked in graphite production in West Virginia and North Carolina.

Lauchlin M. Currie’s Timeline
1897 Born.

1983 Passed away.

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