Robert Millikan By aidancarrollgrant Mar 22, 1868 Birth of Robert Millikan Robert Millikan was born Oct 7, 1891 Graduation Graduated from Oberlin College Oct 7, 1895 Obtained Doctorate Oct 7, 1902 Married Greta Erwin Blanchard Oct 7, 1909 Began expirements to determine the electric charge by a single electron Oct 7, 1909 Presented results at a meeting in canada Oct 7, 1910 Became a professor Oct 7, 1923 Nobel Prize Honored the Nobel Prize Oct 7, 1945 Retired as Chairman Dec 19, 1953 Death date Death of Robert Millikan