Dorothy mckibben the gatekeeper biography

Manhattan Project project manager (–)

Dorothy McKibbin (December 12, – December 17, ; née Scarritt) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. She ran the project's office at 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.

She was known as the "first lady of Los Alamos",^[2] and was often the first point of contact for new arrivals. She retired when the Santa Fe office closed in

Early life

Dorothy Ann Scarritt was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 12, , the fourth of five children of William Chick Scarritt, a corporate lawyer, and his wife Frances Virginia (née Davis).

Her grandfather was pastor Nathan Scarritt, and her great-grandfather was William Miles Chick. She had two older brothers, William Hendrix (known as Bill) and Arthur Davis (known as A.D.), and an older sister, Frances. A younger sist