Background
Ulam, Françoise was born on March 8, 1918 in Paris. Came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of Pierre and Madeleine (Carcassonne) Aron.
Ulam, Françoise was born on March 8, 1918 in Paris. Came to the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of Pierre and Madeleine (Carcassonne) Aron.
She studied at Mills College and Mount Holyoke College, earning a Master"s degree in Comparative Literature.
Born in 1918, in Paris, France. In 1939, she came to the United States as an exchange student. In 1941 she met Stanislaw.
In 1943, the Ulams moved from Los Alamos to Santa Fe following Stanislaw"s involvement in the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos at its inception.
In Los Alamos, Francoise became part of the international community of scientists and mathematicians during the Atomic Age. Like many of the Manhattan Project wives, initially she knew very little about the purpose of the "Gadget," as the bomb was known at the time.
She devoted herself to creating a home and raising a baby in the American Southwest. On April 30, 2011, Françoise died at El Castillo, aged 93.
Françoise was buried in Sante Fe.
Married Stanislaw M. Ulam, August 19, 1941 (deceased May 1984). 1 child, Claire Anne.
