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Caney, R. Douglas, 1918-1994

Existence: 1918 - 1994
 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1918 - 1994

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

R. Douglas Caney scrapbook on the atomic bomb

 Collection
Accession: 2604
Abstract:

Richard Douglas Caney (1918-1994) was a chemical engineer with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, working in the Explosives Department on the Manhattan Project. To remember his participation in the Manhattan Project, Caney prepared a scapbook of newspaper clippings of articles that flooded the media after the atomic bombs were dropped and the secrecy around the project ended.

Dates: 1945