Oppie By GraceVictoria Apr 22, 1904 Robert Julius Oppenheimer was born. Period: 1909 to 1966 Robert finds an interest in minerals, physics, and chemistry. 1912 Robert's brother Frank is born 1916 Invitation to New York Mineralogical Club to deliver a lecture. Age 12 1921 Fell near-fatally ill and had to postpone enrolling at Harvard. 1921 Graduated as valedictorian of his high school 1922 Enrolled at Harvard 1925 Graduated from Harvard after 3 years, majoring in chemistry, though switching to physics. 1925 Sailed to England enrolling at University of Cambridge, where he began his physics graduates at Cavendish Laboratory. 1925 J.J. Thomson took on J. Robert Oppenheimer as a student. 1926 Studied Theoretical physics at University of Cottingen, Germany with Max Born, meeting a host of prominent physicists, including Niels Bohr. 1927 Received his doctoral degree in March from the University of Cottingen, Germany. 1942 Organized a program on fast neutron theoretical physics at the University of California at Berkeley. Period: 1943 to 1945 Director of the Los Alamos Laboratory. 1949 Opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb. 1953 The opposition of the hydrogen bomb led to accusations that Robert was a Communist supporter. 1954 Security clearance revoked in a hearing, stripping him of political power. 1960 Established the World Academy of Art and Science along with Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, and Joseph Rotblat. 1963 President J.F.K announced Robert would receive the Enrico Fermi Award and he did later that year. 1967 Robert continued to support international control of atomic energy in his later years until he died from throat cancer. Feb 18, 1967 Death