Trained as an architect, he comes to the museum from PBS North Carolina, where, as CEO, he transformed one of the nations largest PBS affiliates into a leading-edge regional hub for national content development, digital distribution, K12 education services, and public safety communications. And then he went back into academia and, you know, physics was not the same. You were not a science writer reporter. FLATOW: Well, it was nice of you to call in and reminisce with us. FLATOW: Was there one event in your life, with your interaction with your father, that stands out? As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. I had no interest in science. Nuclear physicist. It has a practical purpose, but that's not why people do it normally. From 2005 to 2015, the Exploratorium was led by Dr. Dennis Bartels, a nationally known science-education and policy expert. Frank had also visited the Tel Aviv Science Museum in 1965, and later used several of Ivan Moscovich's designs and exhibits in his revolutionary Exploratorium in San Francisco. Nolan Previews 'Oppenheimer' Footage at CinemaCon Prof. COLE: Right. Our family lived in the Chicago area until 1956, when we moved to the border South (Kentucky, 1956-1957 and Oklahoma, 1957-1958). To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. As Frank said, he never learned to drive a car or chop wood. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Julius S. Oppenheimer, Ella Oppenheimer (born Friedman), Sep 10 1936 - Los Angeles, California, United States, Julius S Oppenheimer, Ella Oppenheimer (geboren Friedman), Jaquenette "jacki" Oppenheimer (geboren Quann), Julius Oppenheimer, Ella Oppenheimer (born Freidman), 1940 - College Ave, Township 3, San Mateo, California, USA, Julius Oppenheimer, Ella Oppenheimer (born Freedman), Feb 3 1985 - Sausalito, Marin, California, USA, Julius Seligman Oppenheimer, Ella Oppenheimer (ne Friedman), er Julius Oppenheimer, Robert Julian Oppenheimer, Robert J. Oppenheimer, George Seligmann Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer, Louis Oppenheimer, Judicial Township 3, San Mateo, California, Judicial Township 3, San Mateo, California, United States, Prominent Scientists: (i) Exact Sciences & Natural Sciences, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Oppenheimer. I mean, Feynman was much more wise-cracking kind of guy. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. It took a lot of guts. When you hear the name Oppenheimer, probably you think of Robert, the father of the atomic bomb. I - writing this book actually told me as much about myself, I think, as it did about Frank. Frank Oppenheimer | Exploratorium FLATOW: You know, it sounds very much like something Richard Feynman would have said, you know, that kind of art and science being connected. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. He refused to name others he knew to be members. So, Frank Oppenheimer (1912-1985): physicist, bomb-builder, balloon-launcher, political activist, cowboy (ish), teacher and museum-maker. It's that amazing moment where you finally understand things. Peter Oppenheimer - Nuclear Museum - Atomic Heritage Foundation Learn more about managing a memorial . [2] In 1935, he worked on the development of nuclear particle counters at the Institute di Arcetri in Florence, Italy. READ ALSO: What Is J. Robert Oppenheimer Full Name? There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. In 1969, Oppenheimer founded the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and he served as its first director. Cole is a science writer and professor at the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Journalism. The Oppenheimer family, we suspect, has yet to reveal all of its dark sides. Prof. COLE: Oh yeah. He entered into studies at Johns Hopkins University in 1930, graduating three years later with a BS in physics. With improvement in the political climate, Frank was offered an appointment at the University of Colorado in 1959. So in the process, you waste a lot of time. Frank Friedman Oppenheimer (August 14, 1912 February 3, 1985) was an American particle physicist, professor of physics at the University of Colorado, and the founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. He really wanted to reach a larger world. Oppenheimer is a sports fan and plays squash, golf and cricket. In 1947 he took a position as assistant professor of physics at the University of Minnesota,[13] where he participated in the discovery of heavy cosmic ray nuclei. In 1945 he was sent to the enrichment facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee to help monitor the equipment, and then later in the year arrived at the secret Los Alamos laboratory which his brother was running. Okay, they were different. COLE (Journalism, University of Southern California): Nice to be here. There, he revamped the teaching laboratory, creating a library of experiments that was in many ways a prototype for the Exploratorium. Prof. COLE: Which one of the best - one of the neighbors comes up and says, hey, you know, you can just, Admiring the beautiful grass? Instead of tour guides, fifteen to twenty college students or secondary students, as well as some adults, were employed as "explainers". While completing his PhD work at the California Institute of Technology, Oppenheimer became engaged to Jaquenette Quann, an economics student at the University of California, Berkeley, who was active in the Young Communist League. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. K.C. After the end of World War II, Frank Oppenheimer joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota, and was dismissed from that institution in 1949 after testifying before the House Un-Ameican Activities Committee that at one time he was a member of the American Communist Party. Why does he have a tail by the FBI? Oppenheimer was a target of McCarthyism and was blacklisted from finding any physics teaching position in the United States until 1957, when he was allowed to teach science at a high school in Colorado. FLATOW: So he gets tagged then by the FBI and he. He somehow had that effect on an enormous number of people, I think because he was just such an unfiltered soul, that everything - the playfulness, the sadness, the anger, the deep thinking, it was all always right there. [6]:185 He personally recruited artist Bob Miller to create Sun Painting, the first major art installation at the Exploratorium. There was an exhibit of Duane Hanson work. That kind of thing he did all the time. [12] In 1945 he was sent to the enrichment facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to help monitor the equipment. And then we had a lot of support afterwards to do some of the exhibits that were BARBARA: at the Exploratorium. From 1890 onwards, he began to concern himself with sociopolitical questions and social economics. Year should not be greater than current year. Frank talk about Oppie's brother - Discover Los Alamos National Oral History Interviews | Frank Oppenheimer - Session I | American "Meet the ultra-rich South Africans youve probably never heard of", Business Tech, 18 May 2018. Brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer, Curator's note: Please ignore the supposed match proposed by FamilySearch.org, assigning Frank three additional siblings, namely "WAlter J. Oppenheimer, Louis Oppenheimer, [and] George S.