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Eastman Kodak & The Manhattan Project
by Dr. Robert J. Schrader
 Dr.
Robert J. Schrader is a chemical engineer with Bachelors and Masters
degrees from Purdue University and a Doctorate from MIT. At MIT he held
the Eastman Kodak fellowship. In February, 1943, several months before
receiving his Doctorate, he was asked by Eastman Kodak to work at a new,
war time project in Oak Ridge, TN. Dr. Schrader represented Eastman Kodak
in work with Stone & Webster Engineering and Construction Co. on the
design and construction of the “Y-12 Area” chemical plants, and then was
responsible for their operation. These plants produced Uranium
tetrachloride feedstock for the Alpha Cyclotrons and recovered salvage
from the Beta Cyclotrons. At the end of WW-II he had been promoted to
Superintendent of the Y-12 Chemical Engineering Dept. After WW-II Dr.
Schrader continued to work for Kodak in a number of positions in
Kingsport, TN and in Longview, TX. Dr. Schrader retired from Eastman
Kodak Co. in 1983 as Vice President and Works Manager of Texas Eastman Co.
and President of Caddo Construction Co., a Kodak subsidiary. |
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