April 22, 1904
March 1927 1927-1928
October 1931 August 1936 September 20, 1937 November, 1940 April 1941 May 12, 1941 May 1942 November 1942 March 1943 December 7, 1944 May-October 1945 November 1945 January-April 1946 March 4, 1946
August 1946 January 3, 1947
1948 July 1952 December 23, 1953 April 12-May 6, 1954 June 29, 1954 spring, 1958 December 2, 1963 spring, 1966 February 18, 1967 | Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City Continued graduate study in physics with Professor Max Born at the University of Gottingen. Received the Ph.D. in physics from the University of Gottingen; remained in Europe until July. National Research Council Fellow (September-December at Harvard University; January-July at the California Institute of Technology). National Research Council Fellow (September-December at the University of Leiden and the University of Utrecht; January-June at the Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule, Zurich). Commenced concurrent appointments as assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the California Institute of Technology. Death of mother, Ella Friedman Oppenheimer. Promoted to associate professor at the University of California and the California Institute of Technology. Promoted to professor at the University of California and at the California Institute of Technology. Death of father, Julius Oppenheimer. Married Katherine Puening Harrison. Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. Birth of son, Peter Oppenheimer. Appointed coordinator of fast neitron research in the United States Government's S-1 project to develop an atomic bomb. Appointed director of the proposed laboratory for design and fabrication of the atomic bomb. Moved with family to the new laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Birth of daughter, Katherine Oppenheimer, called Toni. Member of Scientific Panel of the U.S. War Department's Interim Committee on postwar atomic policy. Resigned as director of the Los Alamos Laboratory (effective October 16). Moved to Pasadena to resume professorship at the California Institute of Technology. Member of Board of Consultants to the U.S. Stated Department's Committee on International Control of Atomic Energy. Received the U.S. Medal for Merit (Presidential citation) for direction of teh Los Alamos Laboratory and development of the atomic bomb. Adviser to U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. Moved to Berkeley to resume professorship at the University of California. Commenced six-year term as member of the General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); elected chairman. Assumed directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. President, American Physical Society. At conclusion of term on AEC's General Advisory Committee, appointed consultant to AEC. Clearance for access to classified data suspended by AEC. Participated in hearings before the Aec's Personnel Security Board on his eligibilty for clearance. AEC confirmed the Personnel Security Board's recommendation that clearance not be renewed. Awarded the Legion d'honneau by the French government. Received the AEC's Enrico Fermi Award from President Lyndon B. Johnson. Requested early retirement from directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study, effective June 30. Died in Princeton, New Jersey. |
