National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
The following are excerpts from “Converging Lines,” a genealogy and family history book researched and written by Norma McKinney, as well as oral recollections from her in 2011 and Charles’ remembrances to his grandson in 1990 for an eighth grade report.
Kathleen McClinton was a librarian at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She was married to Manhattan Project scientist Leslie T.
Thomas Puddester was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.