Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Margaret Strombeck

Switchboard OperatorChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
Sketch of Chicago Pile-1 by Melvin A. Miller

Margaret Strombeck was a swtichboard operator at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Helen R. Hughes

Chicago, IL

Helen R. Hughes was a laboratory technician in the Health Division of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

S. P. Smith

Hanford, WA

John E. Garrett

Tinian Island

John E. Garrett served in the 1027th Air Material Squadron. 

L. W. Stark

Y-12 Plant

L. W. Stark worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.