Virginia Meschke

ChemistChicago, IL

Manhattan Project VeteranScientistWoman Scientist

Virginia Meschke was a chemist and technician at the University of Chicago Met Lab. She specialized in plutonium chemistry. In May of 1946, she joined the Solvent-Extraction Group.

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