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Roger Rohrbacher was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 11, 1920. He graduated from Macalester College in 1942 with a degree in chemistry and physics. Rohrbacher joined the Manhattan Project and was sent to Hanford in early 1944. He worked as an instrument engineer at the B Reactor. Rohrbacher was tasked with measurign neutron flow and temperature pressure and radiation monitoring. 

 

 

 

Roger Rohrbacher’s Timeline
1920 Mar 11th Born in St. Paul, Minnesota.

1942 Graduated from Macalester College with a degree in chemistry and physics.

1944 Arrives in Hanford to work as an instrument engineer.

2014 Jan 12th Dies in Salem, Oregon.

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