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Marcia W. Rosenthal

BiochemistChicago, IL

Manhattan, NY
Manhattan Project VeteranScientistWoman Scientist
A sketch of the Chicago Pile-1

Marcia Rosenthal was a biochemist at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

She received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1949.

She died in 2002.

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