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Margaret H. Dike was born in Prescott, Arizona, and she grew up in Cimarron, New Mexico. Before the war, Dike worked at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism in Washington, DC. She came to Los Alamos in 1944 with her husband, electrical engineer Sheldon Dike. She worked as a reports editor for the Electronics Section, a secretary-draftsman for the Chemistry Division, and as an engineering draftsman. After the war, she worked as a school-community affairs specialist for Albuquerque Public Schools, winning many community awards for her distinguished work.

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Margaret Dike’s Timeline
1941 Received Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of New Mexico.

19441945 Worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.

1975 Received Master’s degree in educational foundations from University of New Mexico.

2002 Awarded the New Mexico Lifetime Achievement Award.

2011 Mar 31st Died in Albuquerque, NM.

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