Raymond Davis Jr.

Born: October 14, 1914 (Washington, DC)

Died: May 31, 2006 (Blue Point, New York)

Education

1937: BS, University of Maryland
1940: MS, University of Maryland
1942: PhD, Yale University (Physical Chemistry)

Major Positions

1937–1938: Dow Chemical Company, Research Chemist
1942–1946: United States Army, Member, Army Air Forces
1946–1948: Monsanto Chemical Company, Research Chemist, Mound Laboratory
1948–1984: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Scientist
1984–2001: University of Pennsylvania, Research Professor of Astronomy

Selected Awards and Honors

1982: National Academy of Sciences, Member
1988: American Physical Society, Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics
1992: American Physical Society, W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics
2000: Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
2001: National Medal of Science
2002: Nobel Prize in Physics
2003: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award

Resources on the Web

Nobel Prize Autobiography

Brookhaven National Laboratory memorial page

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