Mary Kennedy

ChildOak Ridge, TN

Family Member of Manhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Mary Kennedy's Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

When she was fifteen, Mary (Whittlesey) Kennedy moved to Oak Ridge after her mother, Kleber Whittlesey, had secured a job as a secretary there. She attended Oak Ridge High School and was a member of the school’s first graduating class; she remembers this time in her life extremely fondly. After attending Tennessee Tech and receiving a master’s degree from the University of Miami, Kennedy taught English and remedial reading for a number of years.

Mary Kennedy as a young woman. Photo courtesy of Mary Kennedy.

Mary Whittlesey's yearbook entry, 1945.

Cover of the Oak Ridge High School yearbook, 1945.

Oak Ridge High School yearbook dedication page.

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