Franklin Matthias

Military Person

1908 – 1993

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Who was Franklin Matthias?

Franklin T. Matthias was an American nuclear engineer who directed construction of the Hanford nuclear site, a key facility of the Manhattan Project during World War II. As a 34-year-old lieutenant colonel with the Army Corps of Engineers, he was appointed to the Hanford project by General Leslie Groves in 1942.

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Born
1908
Glidden
Died
1993
Walnut Creek

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on July 23, 2013

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