Biography:Dorothy McKibbin
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| Fields | Science; scholarship |
| Known for | Dorothy McKibbin (née Scarritt; December 12, 1897 – December 17, 1985) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. |
Dorothy McKibbin is a biographical subject in the ScholarlyWiki science collection. Dorothy McKibbin (née Scarritt; December 12, 1897 – December 17, 1985) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. She ran the project's office at 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, through which staff moving to the Los Alamos Laboratory had to pass through to obtain security credentials and directions to their new workplace.[1]
Work and context
She was known as the "first lady of Los Alamos", and was often the first point of contact for new arrivals. She retired when the Santa Fe office closed in 1963.
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