Gatekeeper to Los Alamos

Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Gatekeeper to Los Alamos by Nancy Cook Steeper, Los Alamos Historical Society
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Author: Nancy Cook Steeper ISBN: 9780941232425
Publisher: Los Alamos Historical Society Publication: June 1, 2015
Imprint: Bathtub Row Press Language: English
Author: Nancy Cook Steeper
ISBN: 9780941232425
Publisher: Los Alamos Historical Society
Publication: June 1, 2015
Imprint: Bathtub Row Press
Language: English

In March 1943 Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin took a position that catapulted her into the center of the Manhattan Project. Her office, 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe New Mexico, was the entry point for all scientists, technicians, and their families who came to Los Alamos, an isolated mesa in north-central New Mexico, to build a "gadget" that would change the course of World War II. They also built a community where people attempted to lead ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances. Dorothy, a rare combination of gentility and fire, was a powerful civilizing influence for those individuals. She was their one contact with the world beyond "the Hill," a world that did not know of their existence.

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In March 1943 Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin took a position that catapulted her into the center of the Manhattan Project. Her office, 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe New Mexico, was the entry point for all scientists, technicians, and their families who came to Los Alamos, an isolated mesa in north-central New Mexico, to build a "gadget" that would change the course of World War II. They also built a community where people attempted to lead ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances. Dorothy, a rare combination of gentility and fire, was a powerful civilizing influence for those individuals. She was their one contact with the world beyond "the Hill," a world that did not know of their existence.

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