Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Shirley E. Padgett

Project StaffOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff
The Chapel on the Hill in Oak Ridge

Shirley Padgett worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

Related Profiles

Walter J. Muente

Wendover, UT

Walter J. Muente served as a Private with Special Ordnance at Wendover, Utah. He was then transferred to Sandia Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico and served as Sergeant -Tech Supply.

R. M. Kenady

Hanford, WA

Michael Cefola

Chicago, IL

Michael Cefola was an American chemist and a research associate at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Valeria Steele Roberson

Oak Ridge, TN

Valeria Steele Roberson is the granddaughter of Kattie Strickland, an African American who moved to Oak Ridge from Alabama with her husband to work on the Manhattan Project.