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Lawrence T. Abraham

Construction SuperintendentLos Alamos, NM

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
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Lawrence Thomas Abraham was a contractor who served as the construction superintendent at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Born in Lebanon, Abraham and his family traveled to the United States when he was two years old and settled in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Abraham received a civil engineering certificate from the University of New Mexico, then returned to Pennsylvania to work for Johnstown Steel Mills. In 1940, he married his wife Wadette Goze, and the two moved to New Mexico, where he worked in carpentry and construction.

From 1942 to 1946, the Abrahams lived in Los Alamos, where Lawrence worked as a construction superintendent under the United States Engineers. There he helped build the living quarters and testing facilities of the Los Alamos laboratory.

After the war, Lawrence and his wife moved to Santa Fe. As the president of Lawrence T. Abraham Contracting Company, he built schools, post offices, apartment buildings, and commercial buildings throughout New Mexico. Abraham had one of the first contractor licenses issued in the state of New Mexico. He retired in the 1960s, and moved in 1976 to Albuquerque. He died there on September 11, 2010, his 94th birthday.

Lawrence T. Abraham’s Timeline
1916 Sep 11th Born in Lebanon.

19421946 Worked at Los Alamos as a construction superintendent under the United States Engineers.

2010 Sep 11th Died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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