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Sylvia Schwartz Galuskin

Project Staff, WACLos Alamos, NM

Project Worker/Staff

Sylvia Schwartz Galuskin was born in New York City. In 1942, she enlisted with the Women’s Army Crops. She spent two years stationed at Los Alamos, working as the secretary to the chief engineers, who oversaw the construction of the Los Alamos Labs.

 

Schwartz passed away on October 6, 2011.

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