William L. Uanna
| William Lewis Uanna | |
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Uanna in 1957
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| Born |
May 13, 1909 Medford, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 22, 1961 (aged 52) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States |
| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1941–47 |
| Rank |
 Major
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| Service number | O-1107189 |
| Commands held | 1st Technical Service Detachment |
| Battles/wars | |
| Spouse(s) | Bonnie née Leonard |
| Other work | Chief of Central Personnel Clearance at the Atomic Energy Commission The Assistant Area Engineer at the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Intelligence Specialist at the Central Intelligence Agency Special assistant to the Secretary of Commerce Chief of the Division of Physical Security, Department of State |
William Lewis "Bud" Uanna (May 13, 1909 – December 22, 1961) was an American security expert, who gained prominence as a security officer with the Manhattan Project, which built the first atomic bomb during World War II.
Uanna was in charge of security at the project's facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and later at the 509th Composite Group, which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
After the war, he headed the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) program to provide security clearances to its personnel, and developed the top-secret Q clearance. He later served as chief of physical security at the State Department.
William Lewis Uanna was born in Medford, Massachusetts, on May 13, 1909, the son of Italian immigrants Anthony Uanna and Theresa née Ferullo. He attended Medford High School, and then Tufts College on an athletic scholarship, where he was a halfback on the college football team, and an intercollegiate wrestling champion, earning a degree in engineering. He soon returned to Tufts and got a M.A. in education.
Uanna worked for private companies as well as the US Army Corps of Engineers. As a civilian with the Corps of Engineers he was involved in the construction of Grenier Army Air Field in New Hampshire and Fort Devens in Massachusetts, where he later served as an Army Counter Intelligence agent during Word War II. Between 1938 and 1942 he attended Suffolk University, graduating with an L.L.B. He then passed the Massachusetts Bar examination and was admitted to practice before the Federal Bar. Between 1949 and 1954 he attended the American University in Washington, D.C.
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