National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Dorothy McKibbin was responsible for welcoming new recruits to the Manhattan Project. Known by many as the “Gatekeeper to Los Alamos,” McKibbin ran the Santa Fe office at 109 East Palace for the Los Alamos National Laboratory during World War II.
Gertrude Steel was a junior chemist at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago during the Manhattan Project.
Mary M. Dailey was a research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.
