Back to Archive Page # 1313-09 William T. Allman, Jr. Later, he taught at Randolph-Macon College in Va. and then worked with delinquent boys before retiring. He was the father of 7 children who all adored him. He never talked about his time on the Manhattan Project, but did give all his children a respect for science and a love of learning. He had several happy retirement years and kept very busy. He remained interested in almost everything--carpentry, photography, building guns, gardening, framing pictures, and raising ducks. He was an avid fisherman all his life. He died on April 12, 1991, at the age of 74. William Allman graduated from the University of Richmond. He was drafted by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and was assigned to the Special Engineer Detachment at Oak Ridge, TN. He was a supervisor at the K25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant . He was once in a chemical accident in an Oak Ridge lab. All personnel had to be decontaminated and medically cleared. Were assured no problems. (Mercury?)
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