They married in 1944 but the year before this both began working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radiation Laboratory. Dowker also did war work with the United States Air Force, working on the trajectory of projectiles.
Sila kasal sa 1944 ngunit ang mga taon bago ito parehong nagsimula nagtatrabaho sa Massachusetts Institute of Technology radiation Laboratory. Dowker din ay digmaan sa Pilipinas Air Force, nagtatrabaho sa tilapon ng projectiles.