By James Lomuscio
Posted Date: 01/17/2011
Westporter Edith A. Cameron, the 92-year-old passenger who died Sunday night in a two-car crash on the Sherwood Island Connector, played a key role in the metals industry and was cleared to work on the secret World War II atomic bomb building effort known as the Manhattan Project.
Westporter Edith A. Cameron is inducted into the industrial fastener industry’s Hall of Fame in 1993.Cameron, who succumbed to her injuries in Norwalk Hospital after the car in which she was riding was struck by a car that police said ran a red light, was also in charge of national nickel allocation during World War II.
Some of her career highlights were known to her close Westport friends, but it was colleagues in the industrial fastener industry that best knew of her accomplishments that led to Cameron’s induction into the industry’s Hall of Fame.
“She was a good person, really grand person,” said Otis Crawford who worked with Cameron on Westport’s Republican Town Committee (RTC).
With a good head for business, Cameron served as the RTC’s treasurer until she stepped down for health reasons a few years ago, Crawford said. He added…
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