Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

William T. McNamara

Manhattan Project VeteranOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project Veteran
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

William Thomas McNamara worked in Oak Ridge Tennesee with his wife Mildred Wilton from 1942 to 1946. Prior to accepting a job at Oak Ridge, McNamara had worked at the Charlestown Navy Shipyard in Boston. 

Related Profiles

Matthew Sands

Los Alamos, NM

Matthew Sands (1919-2014) was an American physicist. In 1943, Matthew Sands began working for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and developed two types of influence mines before being disillusioned by the bureaucracy of the navy.

Lewis Preston

Oak Ridge, TN

Dr. Lewis Preston arrived in Oak Ridge in 1944. A recent graduate of the Baylor University College of Medicine, he joined the Army Medical Corps.

Albert L. Myerson

Columbia University

Albert Myerson was a chemist and research assistant at the SAM Laboratory at Columbia University from 1942 to 1945.

J. H. Rhodes

Oak Ridge, TN

J. H. Rhodes worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.