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Born April 27, 1913 • Tacoma • Washington
Died August 1, 2004 (aged 91) • Bethesda • Maryland
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1987)
Subjects Of Study gaseous diffusion • uranium-235 • uranium-238

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