Beloved 'Gatekeeper' Made Manhattan Project Work
Beloved ‘Gatekeeper’ Made Manhattan Project Work By Heather McClenahan Los Alamos Historical Society Spies tried to ingratiate themselves to her. She scoured Santa Fe for exotic holiday items for European scientists. People who walked through the front door of her office sometimes disappeared out the back. Dorothy McKibbin, known as the Gatekeeper to Los Alamos, has become one of the most well-known historical figures of the Manhattan Project, and she is the most universally beloved. She worked in a modest office at 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, issuing passes, procuring equipment...
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