Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin

Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin

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…

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