Lucille Whitman

SecretaryOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Lucille Whitman’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Lucille Whitman worked as a secretary for Tennessee Eastman during the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge. Whitman worked in Eastman's administration building, where she handled top secret documents. She also posed for pictures as a calutron operator, and the photographs were used for publication and recruitment purposes. After the war, Whitman remained in Oak Ridge and worked as a secretary for Martin Marietta Energy Systems.

Lucille Whitman’s Timeline

19441945 Worked as a secretary for Tennessee Eastman during the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge.

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