Eulalia Quintana Newton
Eulalia “Eula” Quintana Newton (1923-2016) worked at the Los Alamos laboratory for more than 50 years, beginning during the Manhattan Project.
Born in 1923, Newton graduated from Española High School as valedictorian in 1942. After a stint with the state Welfare Department, she began working at Los Alamos in 1944. Initially a charwoman (or housekeeper), Newton worked in various offices at the Los Alamos laboratory, including in the personnel and fiscal offices, where she was a clerk and stenographer.