december december worked manhattan_project world war ran project office east palace staff moving passed known lady point contact new arrivals retired office closed early life born kansas_city missouri december fourth children corporate lawyer wife née davis older brothers known bill known older sister younger sister virginia died known family close friends father active political social life kansas_city serving police commissioner president family believed strongly value education attended small independent preparatory school kansas_city editor school literary magazine member drama group played forward school basketball team graduated later year entered liberal arts college massachusetts time largest women colleges united_states considered english history ultimately settling elected class president year participated helped raise refugees world war enjoyed tennis swimming hiking mountain climbing played class basketball team smith baseball team graduating smith travelled europe father alaska western canada national park september met visiting friend minnesota toured quebec newfoundland nova scotia went father cuba panama peru chile argentina engaged returned south_america diagnosed tuberculosis disease sister died broke engagement new mexico effective drugs treat disease tuberculosis patients sent recovered died sunshine dry climate southwestern states considered recovery located family chose near new_mexico like resort hospital arrived mother november find waiting list lobbying admitted december fell love landscape culture new_mexico year pronounced cured left december joseph renewed engagement married garden family home kansas_city october honeymoon rio_de_janeiro moved minnesota joseph worked father fur business son kevin born december joseph diagnosed died october single mother chose return loaded possessions ford model accompanied kevin joseph sister drove month arrived june great depression dust bowl drought jobs hard find found employment spanish small firm sold artworks owners left day day running business hands paid hour gave job spend time kevin father lost money great depression help buy house instead buying decided build april purchased acres far designed house met fellow patient based design 19th century spanish area house furnished antique fittings acquired spanish land construction costs totalled father frequent visitor overseeing stages construction kevin diagnosed potentially life threatening disease treatment bed rest spent entire school year bed father died pneumonia february took kevin mother aunt doctors told kevin actually removed left cured started school returned old job spanish manhattan_project outbreak world war owners spanish decided switch war related opportunities company closed putting job march approached men california seeking establish new office offered hire secretary particularly impressed later wrote thought associated person simply great met person hit fast completely didn know thought maybe digging trenches new road love ads magazine love wanted allied person force man professor establishing new secret laboratory manhattan_project wartime effort build atomic bomb permanent employee manhattan_project office opened east palace avenue march office rooms purposely small easily heated winter small handled housing business manager chemistry professor columbia_university charge scientific supplies charge assisted secretary secretary arrived berkeley bought money salary month initially paid petty cash subsequently employee unsure wanted duties evolved time deputy ran housing office secret laboratory construction miles away simply hill acquainted friends poet author daughter founder meet new arrivals issue passes past guards came known lady left work night burn scrap paper produced day hours day phone middle night frequently house overrun guests later recalled dull moment office worked days week couldn wait work morning people needed attention hungry exhausted hurry telephone line facilities constructed allow staff offered position declined remained running office east palace duties remained looked children pets guarded secret papers residents turned needed christmas dinner doctor performed recalled stayed calm surrounded large boxes hauled truck piles small parcels shopping women dumped floor room purchases bags women brought difficulties checks endorsed bank yes knew boys camp yes recommend good eating place yes arrange ride later evening yes try reservations good hotel yes key ladies room marriages performed house married ceremony september local judge conduct ceremony project security allowed know couple series weddings weeks later assembled wedding thirty weddings held including robert son gave assignment numbers staff greatly expanded intended house unfinished eighty people expected arrive summer army taken canyon lodge asked prepare receive experience running hotel left office hands assistant weeks took residence lodge june help army women brought able prepare occupation days expected numbers arrive turned rest resort scientists unusual assignment scanning skies signs japanese fire balloons july couples arrived east palace asked join evening picnic near morning watched sky light trinity nuclear test later life war ended august doubts remain mention office arranging people departures depart october successor agreed director position months remain years kept laboratory open retained office open head june washington reunion went watch appear house american activities committee sitting succeeded secretary alleged conducted secret communist meetings home berkeley july conducted meticulous investigation produced detailed paper trail demonstrating time april conducted security hearing resulted loss security clearance testified appeared gave reception office closed june retired brief ceremony conducted presented memorial plaque awarded invited join white_house reception intended assassination president met toured december cast event decided attend received award new president began fail 1950s operations needed wear thick glasses died home december buried named entrance hall actual gate east palace
Dorothy McKibbin