Harold Urey
- Born: April 29, 1893 (Walkerton, Indiana)
- Died: January 5, 1981 (La Jolla, California)
Education
- 1917: BS, University of Montana (Zoology)
- 1923: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Chemistry)
Major Positions
- 1918–1919: Barrett Chemical Company, Research Chemist
- 1919–1921: University of Montana, Instructor in Chemistry
- 1923–1924: University of Copenhagen, American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellow
- 1924–1929: Johns Hopkins University, Associate in Chemistry
- 1929–1934: Columbia University, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 1934–1945: Columbia University, Professor of Chemistry
- 1945–1952: University of Chicago, Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1952–1958: University of Chicago, Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Nuclear Studies
- 1958–1970: University of California, San Diego, Professor-at-Large of Chemistry
- 1970–1981: University of California, San Diego, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Other Positions
- 1933–1940: Journal of Chemical Physics, Editor
- 1939–1942: Columbia University, Executive Officer, Department of Chemistry
- 1942–1945: Manhattan Project, Columbia SAM Laboratories, Project Leader
- 1956–1957: Oxford University, George Eastman Visiting Professor
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1940–1941: Member, Committee on Uranium, National Defense Research Committee
- 1941–1942: Member, Section on Uranium, Office of Scientific Research and Development
- 1942–1942: Program Chief, Section S-1, Office of Scientific Research and Development
- 1942–1945: Member, Executive Committee, Section S-1, Office of Scientific Research and Development
- 1946–1951: Vice Chair, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1934: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1935: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1964: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
University of California at San Diego, Geisel Library, Mandeville Special Collections Library, La Jolla, California
Online Finding Aid
Oral History Interviews
- 1964: Columbia University, Oral History Research Office
- 1964: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Published Resources
James R. Arnold, Jacob Bigeleisen, and Clyde A. Hutchison Jr., "Harold Clayton Urey: 1892-1981", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Stephen G. Brush, "Harold Urey and the Origin of the Moon: The Interaction of Science and the Apollo Program," in Space Lab, Space Platforms, and the Future, ed. Peter M. Bainum and Dietrich E. Koelle (San Diego: American Astronautical Society: 1982), 437-470
Ferdinand G. Brickwedde, "Harold Urey and the Discovery of Deuterium," Physics Today 35 (1982): 34-39
