William Jenkins Wilcox Jr.

William Jenkins Wilcox Jr. (January 26, 1923 – September 2, 2013) was an American chemist and nuclear weapons historian. During World War II he worked on the Manhattan Project at the Clinton Engineer Works. After the war, he headed the research and development work there as the technical director of Union Carbide's Nuclear Division at the K-25 and Y-12 plants. He became the honorary Oak Ridge City historian and headed the effort to gather oral history accounts of the Manhattan Project.