Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Okey B. Ellison

Security GuardChicago, IL

Manhattan Project Veteran

Okey B. Ellison was a security guard at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Related Profiles

Joseph Leotta

Los Alamos, NM

A. S. Templeton

K-25 Plant

A. S. Templeton worked for the Kellex Corporation at the K-25 Plant.

H. Gordan Smith

Hanford, WA

Harold Payne

Y-12 Plant

Harold Payne worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.