Harold C. Urey Ph.D.
Harold C. Urey Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1934
National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1964
Name: Harold Clayton Urey
Birth: 29 April 1893, Walkerton, IN, USA
Death: 5 January 1981, La Jolla, CA, USA
Institution: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Award: “for his discovery of heavy hydrogen”
Subject: nuclear chemistry, physical chemistry
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Biography
Patents
Nat’l Medal, Science
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Chemistry
Affiliation: University of California, San Diego La Jolla,California USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1981
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1964
Citation: “For outstanding contributions to our understanding of the origin and evolution of the solar system and the origin of life on Earth and for pioneering work in the application of isotopes to the determination of the temperatures of ancient oceans.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House Ceremony in the East Room on February 8, 1965.