Robert A. Miller

Electrical Engineer Oak Ridge, TN

Dayton, OH

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment

Robert Miller was an electrical engineer in the Special Engineering Detachment at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, primarily focused on the development of measuring instrument. In early 1945, Miller moved to Dayton, Ohio to work in the Dayton Mound Lab as part of the Project. After the war, Miller returned to Oak Ridge as a civilian worker.

Robert A. Miller’s Timeline

1919 Sep 30th Born

1944 Sep1945 Feb Worked at Oak Ridge, Tennessee

1945 Feb Moved to Dayton, Ohio and was assigned to the Mound Lab.

1946 Feb Left the Army and became a civilian scientist at Oak Ridge

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