Major Thomas J. Rentenbach

Oak Ridge, TN

Major Thomas J. Rentenbach, who has been at Oak Ridge longer than any other officer, arrived November 5. 1942, when the project was just a one room office in Clinton, has seen it grow from a literal “scratch”.

Oak Ridge Journal from January 4th, 1945

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