Curtiss Brennan

HomeownerSanta Fe, NM

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Listen to Curtiss Brennan’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Curtiss Brennan is an American archaeologist who received his PhD in 1978. In the 1970s, he and his wife, Mary, moved next door to Dorothy McKibbin, striking up a friendship with her and eventually becoming the owners of her home when she passed away. Curtiss and his wife currently live in Santa Fe, NM.

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