Public service and human contributions

MUCH HAS BEEN SAID and written about Robert Oppenheimer by the many friends and students with whom he shared his life—his knowledge, wisdom and the wealth of his personal warmth and wide range of worldly interests. Thus I would like to begin with my personal recollections of him. I was fortunate enough to have known and worked with him over a long period of time—particularly in the early years of nuclear discovery and development when we shared some of the excitement of those historic days.