Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Valda B. Lemke

Laboratory Technician; Chemistry DivisionChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranProject Worker/Staff

Valda B. Lemke was a laboratory assistant at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project. She worked with a number of other women technicians, such as Addie Saunders, Nellie Jennings, Eleese Bowman, Julia Elaine Freeman, Evelyn J. Brown, and Marilyn Jordan.

Related Profiles

P. S. Stovall

Oak Ridge, TN

P. S. Stovall worked for the United States Engineer District Office.

William F. Orren

Nagasaki Mission

William F. Orren served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd squadron. He was regularly assigned to the B-29 Top Secret.

Uzal Girard Ent

Wendover, UT

​Uzal Girard Ent was a United States Army Air Forces Officer and Commanding General, Second Air Force, headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO.

Ercole E. Motta

Chicago, IL

Ercole E. Motta was a research assistant at the University of Chicago Met Lab. He studied ways to determine the boron content of uranium oxide.