Center for Oak Ridge Oral History

In memory of Liane B. Russell and her significant and innovative contributions to science.

Watch a video of her oral history here:
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So sad to hear of Mrs. Kimmelman's passing. Thoughts go out to her family and friends.

Holocaust survivor, beloved Oak Ridger Mira Kimmelman dies at 95 Mira Ryczke Kimmelman, 95, of 969 West Outer Drive, died peacefully at home at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17.

Ed Westcott, a Singular Eye at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, Dies at 97 He was the government’s official photographer at Oak Ridge, Tenn., a secret city where uranium was enriched for the bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Chuck Fleischmann on Twitter “An icon, a patriot, a visionary – Ed Westcott was all of the above. He embodied the best of East Tennessee and his passing left a void in our community and across our nation. I was humbled to honor his life and legacy on the Floor of the House of Representatives. https://t.co/WyST5cmgu0”

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In Memoriam: Ed Westcott AHF joins Oak Ridgers and Manhattan Project families in mourning the loss of our friend James Edward "Ed" Westcott, the official photographer for the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Ed died on March 29, 2019 in his home in Oak Ridge at the age of 97.