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Robert Lyle was a member of the Special Engineering Detachment assigned to Oak Ridge, Tennessee as a chemist. Lyle earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from Boston University in January 1943 and was drafted into the SED soon thereafter. He worked in the Y-12 Plant in an administrative capacity, laying duckboards and drafting reports to be sent to Manhattan District headquarters in New York. After the war, Lyle worked for a number of businesses as a consultant, inventor, and chemist. 

 

Robert Lyle’s Timeline
1921 Sep 5th Born in Boston, Massachusetts

1943 Jan Graduated from Boston University with M.S. in Chemistry

1943 Sent to the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

2002 Jan 13th Died in Marshall, Texas.

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