Hoylande Denune (Young) Failey (1903 - 1986)

Born 26 Jun 1903 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 12 Jan 1986 at age 82 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Hoylande (Young) Failey is Notable.

Hoylande was born in 1903. She was the daughter of Norville Young and Ethel Denune. She passed away in 1986.

Hoylande received her Phd. in chemistry at the age of 21 and was the librarian of information on the Manhattan Project, which developed the nuclear weapon that ended WWII. Ethel and Norville were also the parents of Hilda Pearl Young, born 20 March 1905. Her role in the Manhattan Project is discussed in, Their Day in the Sun, Women of the Manhattan Project, by Ruth H. Howes and Caroline L. Herzenberg. In 1946 Hoylande became Argonne Labratory's first female Division Director.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Denune, John. Denune.org

See also:

• Daugherty, Mary Frances Denune. John Duvall Denune Descendent Report (Unsourced). Sunbury, Ohio. 28 June 1999. In Chase Clift's possession.
• Hoylande Young, Wikipedia
• Hoylande Failey, 82, Former Argonne Chemist. Chicago Tribune. 16 January 1986.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/100745171/hoylande-denune-failey : accessed 18 July 2021), memorial page for Hoylande Denune Young Failey (26 Jun 1903–12 Jan 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100745171, citing Riverside Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585) .
• Grave record for Hoylande Denune Failey (Young) (26 Jun 1903 - 12 Jan 1986), BillionGraves Record 45242 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States. BillionGraves.com
• Deceased Dames Alpha E to G. National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons.
• Noyes, William Albert. Biographical Memoir of Julius Stieglitz 1867-1937. 1939. Pg. 310.
• Mixed phthalate ester compositions. Google Patents.
• Ruth H. Howes & Caroline L. Herzenberg. Their Day in the Sun: Women of the Manhattan Project. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1999. Pgs. 75 & 76.