Haakon Chevalier

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1901 – 1985

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Who was Haakon Chevalier?

Haakon Maurice Chevalier was an American author, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.

Oppenheimer's relationship with Chevalier, and Chevalier's relationship with a possible recruiter for Soviet intelligence, figured prominently in a 1954 hearing of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on Oppenheimer's security clearance. At that hearing, Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked.

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Born
Sep 10, 1901
Lakewood
Nationality
  • United States of America
Employment
  • University of California, Berkeley
Died
1985
Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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