He founded the Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim Foundation for Scientific Research.
In 2003, he was awarded the Croix de Commandeur from the French Legion of Honour for encouraging and deepening political and cultural ties between Germany and France.
In 1962, he married his wife Jeanne von Oppenheim, with whom he had three children, Victoria, Alexandra, and Christopher.
Oppenheim and his wife owned one of the largest private collections of world photography and donated it to an American Museum.
Obituary Alfred Baron von Oppenheim released by Sal.