PEOPLE AND IDEAS HERE
The Human Network Behind the Address
The documented home remains private; only a coarse neighborhood point is public.
Robert A. Millikan
1868–1953
resident · Caltech leadership years
Millikan lived in San Marino while leading the development of Caltech and Southern California science.
Interaction circle
• Millikan formed Caltech’s “Big Three” with George Ellery Hale and Arthur Amos Noyes.
• Carl Anderson was his protégé.
• Person-specific eugenics evidence must not be transferred to Clark Millikan or to genetics as a field.
LOOK CLOSER
The Gloriously Specific Details
Location history
• The documented home remains private; only a coarse neighborhood point is public.
Interaction circle
• Millikan formed Caltech’s “Big Three” with George Ellery Hale and Arthur Amos Noyes.
• Carl Anderson was his protégé.
• Person-specific eugenics evidence must not be transferred to Clark Millikan or to genetics as a field.
Map disclosure
• The marker is a coarse area point, not the residence or parcel.
CONFIRMED · HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
The documented home remains private; only a coarse neighborhood point is public.
INTERPRETATION · IDEA NETWORK
A responsible “big ideas” layer makes achievement and harm legible together: Millikan shaped experimental physics and Caltech while participating in the Human Betterment Foundation.
UNDERSTAND THE PLACE
Context Without a Doorstep
Public location
Oak Grove Avenue area (approximate)
Hours
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Access
Private residence or private residential area. The public point is deliberately coarse; do not route to, approach, or photograph a home.
Map disclosure
The marker identifies a general area, not a house or parcel.
Photography
Do not photograph residents, windows, or private property, and do not linger.
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