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Katherine Oppenheimer
American biologist (1910–1972) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katherine Vissering "Kitty" Oppenheimer (née Puening; August 8, 1910 – October 27, 1972) was a German American biologist, botanist, and a member of the Communist Party of America until leaving in the 1930s. Her husbands were Frank Ramseyer, Joe Dallet, Richard Stewart Harrison, and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
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Born | Katherine Vissering Puening (1910-08-08)August 8, 1910 Recklinghausen, German Empire |
Died | October 27, 1972(1972-10-27) (aged 62) Panama City, Panama |
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Education | University of Pittsburgh University of Pennsylvania (BS) University of Wisconsin |
Political party | Communist (until 1930s) |
Spouses | Frank Ramseyer
(m. 1932; ann. 1933)Richard Stewart Harrison
(m. 1938; div. 1940) |
Partner(s) | Joseph Dallet Jr. (1934–1937) |
Children | 2 |
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