American Prometheus (138 page)

587
“I walked him”:
Francis Fergusson, interview by Sherwin, 7/7/79, p. 19, and 6/23/79, p. 10.

587
“His death was”:
JRO death certificate, no. 08006, State Department of Health of New Jersey; Dyson,
Disturbing the Universe,
p. 81; Sabra Ericson, interview by Sherwin, 1/13/82, p. 20. According to Dr. Stanley Bauer, director of pathology at Princeton Hospital, Oppenheimer’s autopsy report indicated that his liver showed signs of necrosis due to an external toxic substance, presumably the chemotherapy. It also seems that the radiation treatment had completely eradicated Oppenheimer’s throat cancer—in which case, he died as a result of the chemotherapy.

587
“grieved at the news”:
Strauss to Kitty Oppenheimer, cable, 2/20/67, Strauss Papers, HHL.

588
“Renaissance man”:
Ferenc M. Szasz, “Great Britain and the Saga of J. Robert Oppenheimer,”
War in History,
vol. 2, no. 3 (1995), p. 320.

588
“The world has lost”:
NYT, 2/20/67.

588
“a man of exceptional”:
“Talk of the Town,”
The New Yorker,
3/4/67.

588
“Let us remember”:
Congressional Record,
2/19/67.

588
“In Oppenheimer,” he wrote:
Rabi, et al.,
Oppenheimer,
p. 8.

588
“That’s where he wanted”:
John and Irva Green, and Irva Claire Denham, interview by Sherwin, 2/20/82, pp. 1–2.

Epilogue: “There’s Only One Robert”

589
Within a year or two:
Charlotte Serber committed suicide in 1967.

589
In 1972, Kitty:
Serber,
Peace and War,
pp. 218–19.

589
Kitty died of an embolism:
Serber,
Peace and War,
p. 221; Pais,
The Genius of Science,
p. 285.

590
“The whole point”:
Hilde Hein,
The Exploratorium,
pp. ix–x, xiv–xv, 14–21.

590
“Toni always felt”:
Robert Serber, interview by Sherwin, 3/11/82, p. 20.

590
“She could shift”:
Sabra Ericson, interview by Sherwin, 1/13/82, p. 9.

590
The FBI opened:
“Letter to Newark,” 12/22/69, sect. 59, JRO FBI files (declassified 6/23/99).

590
“She made the mistake”:
Serber, interview by Sherwin, 3/11/82, p. 18; June Barlas, interview by Sherwin, 1/19/82, pp. 1–7.

591
“But when she did mention”:
June Barlas interview by Sherwin, 1/19/82, p. 1; Ellen Chances interview by Sherwin, 5/10/79.

591
“her resentment toward”:
Inga Hiilivirta interview by Sherwin, 1/16/82, p. 20.

591
She swam for a long time:
Ed Gibney interview by Bird, 3/26/01.

591
On a Sunday afternoon:
June Barlas interview by Sherwin, 1/19/82, p. 5; Fiona St. Clair interview by Sherwin, 2/17/82, p. 4; Sabra Ericson interview by Sherwin, 1/13/82, p. 12.

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