Virginia was born in Portland, Oregon to Howard and Jessie (Hafford) Hawley. She was their second and only surviving child at the time of her birth. Until 1921, the family resided at 63 W. Church Street in Portland.
In 1921 the family returned to Ohio, her parents native state, to help care for her maternal grandmother Lucy Eve (McClelland) Hafford. After Lucy's death, the young Hawley Family moved to a farm Howard Sr purchased in Harlem TWP, Delaware County, Ohio. Virginia attended the township schools until high school age, when her parents were persuaded to send her to live with her maternal Aunt May (Hafford) James. She graduated from high school in Chicago, Illinois and then returned to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University.
At Ohio State Virginia pursued a B.A. in Social Work. As a student she alternated between living with her paternal grandmother and maternal aunts in North Columbus. Her education was aided by one of her Hafford Aunts, who helped with tuition and room and board. By 1936 Virginia completed a M.A. in Social Administration (at OSU) upon the completion of her thesis "Birth, infant mortality, and still-birth areas, Columbus, Ohio, and suburbs 1930-1934".
Sometime after completing her M.A. degree, she returned to Chicago and began to work as a courier at the University of Chicago, notably Reyerson Labs. During this time she became involved with what is now known as the Manhattan Project. As time passed she became more involved in the project and made a contribution to the enrichment process, helping to devise a quartz fiber scale to weigh the nuclear material. For this contribution, she received a citation and piece of "Trinitite" from the test site of the first atomic bomb.
In Chicago, she met John L. Bisberg, a machinist, whom she married November 23, 1946. Virginia and John would go on to have 3 children before his untimely death in 1960.
Virginia worked as School Guidance Counselor in the Dalton, Illinois area for many years. In her retirement, she moved to Bloomington, Indiana, traveling often to play in bridge tournaments.
Virginia Bisberg died January 18, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana. She donated her body to the medical college, after which she was cremated. Her remains were sent to Lisbon, North Dakota, to be buried alongside her husband in the Bisberg family plot.
In 1921 the family returned to Ohio, her parents native state, to help care for her maternal grandmother Lucy Eve (McClelland) Hafford. After Lucy's death, the young Hawley Family moved to a farm Howard Sr purchased in Harlem TWP, Delaware County, Ohio. Virginia attended the township schools until high school age, when her parents were persuaded to send her to live with her maternal Aunt May (Hafford) James. She graduated from high school in Chicago, Illinois and then returned to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University.
At Ohio State Virginia pursued a B.A. in Social Work. As a student she alternated between living with her paternal grandmother and maternal aunts in North Columbus. Her education was aided by one of her Hafford Aunts, who helped with tuition and room and board. By 1936 Virginia completed a M.A. in Social Administration (at OSU) upon the completion of her thesis "Birth, infant mortality, and still-birth areas, Columbus, Ohio, and suburbs 1930-1934".
Sometime after completing her M.A. degree, she returned to Chicago and began to work as a courier at the University of Chicago, notably Reyerson Labs. During this time she became involved with what is now known as the Manhattan Project. As time passed she became more involved in the project and made a contribution to the enrichment process, helping to devise a quartz fiber scale to weigh the nuclear material. For this contribution, she received a citation and piece of "Trinitite" from the test site of the first atomic bomb.
In Chicago, she met John L. Bisberg, a machinist, whom she married November 23, 1946. Virginia and John would go on to have 3 children before his untimely death in 1960.
Virginia worked as School Guidance Counselor in the Dalton, Illinois area for many years. In her retirement, she moved to Bloomington, Indiana, traveling often to play in bridge tournaments.
Virginia Bisberg died January 18, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana. She donated her body to the medical college, after which she was cremated. Her remains were sent to Lisbon, North Dakota, to be buried alongside her husband in the Bisberg family plot.
Virginia was born in Portland, Oregon to Howard and Jessie (Hafford) Hawley. She was their second and only surviving child at the time of her birth. Until 1921, the family resided at 63 W. Church Street in Portland.
In 1921 the family returned to Ohio, her parents native state, to help care for her maternal grandmother Lucy Eve (McClelland) Hafford. After Lucy's death, the young Hawley Family moved to a farm Howard Sr purchased in Harlem TWP, Delaware County, Ohio. Virginia attended the township schools until high school age, when her parents were persuaded to send her to live with her maternal Aunt May (Hafford) James. She graduated from high school in Chicago, Illinois and then returned to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University.
At Ohio State Virginia pursued a B.A. in Social Work. As a student she alternated between living with her paternal grandmother and maternal aunts in North Columbus. Her education was aided by one of her Hafford Aunts, who helped with tuition and room and board. By 1936 Virginia completed a M.A. in Social Administration (at OSU) upon the completion of her thesis "Birth, infant mortality, and still-birth areas, Columbus, Ohio, and suburbs 1930-1934".
Sometime after completing her M.A. degree, she returned to Chicago and began to work as a courier at the University of Chicago, notably Reyerson Labs. During this time she became involved with what is now known as the Manhattan Project. As time passed she became more involved in the project and made a contribution to the enrichment process, helping to devise a quartz fiber scale to weigh the nuclear material. For this contribution, she received a citation and piece of "Trinitite" from the test site of the first atomic bomb.
In Chicago, she met John L. Bisberg, a machinist, whom she married November 23, 1946. Virginia and John would go on to have 3 children before his untimely death in 1960.
Virginia worked as School Guidance Counselor in the Dalton, Illinois area for many years. In her retirement, she moved to Bloomington, Indiana, traveling often to play in bridge tournaments.
Virginia Bisberg died January 18, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana. She donated her body to the medical college, after which she was cremated. Her remains were sent to Lisbon, North Dakota, to be buried alongside her husband in the Bisberg family plot.
In 1921 the family returned to Ohio, her parents native state, to help care for her maternal grandmother Lucy Eve (McClelland) Hafford. After Lucy's death, the young Hawley Family moved to a farm Howard Sr purchased in Harlem TWP, Delaware County, Ohio. Virginia attended the township schools until high school age, when her parents were persuaded to send her to live with her maternal Aunt May (Hafford) James. She graduated from high school in Chicago, Illinois and then returned to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University.
At Ohio State Virginia pursued a B.A. in Social Work. As a student she alternated between living with her paternal grandmother and maternal aunts in North Columbus. Her education was aided by one of her Hafford Aunts, who helped with tuition and room and board. By 1936 Virginia completed a M.A. in Social Administration (at OSU) upon the completion of her thesis "Birth, infant mortality, and still-birth areas, Columbus, Ohio, and suburbs 1930-1934".
Sometime after completing her M.A. degree, she returned to Chicago and began to work as a courier at the University of Chicago, notably Reyerson Labs. During this time she became involved with what is now known as the Manhattan Project. As time passed she became more involved in the project and made a contribution to the enrichment process, helping to devise a quartz fiber scale to weigh the nuclear material. For this contribution, she received a citation and piece of "Trinitite" from the test site of the first atomic bomb.
In Chicago, she met John L. Bisberg, a machinist, whom she married November 23, 1946. Virginia and John would go on to have 3 children before his untimely death in 1960.
Virginia worked as School Guidance Counselor in the Dalton, Illinois area for many years. In her retirement, she moved to Bloomington, Indiana, traveling often to play in bridge tournaments.
Virginia Bisberg died January 18, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana. She donated her body to the medical college, after which she was cremated. Her remains were sent to Lisbon, North Dakota, to be buried alongside her husband in the Bisberg family plot.
