Born: 14-Oct-1914
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Died: 31-May-2006
Location of death: Blue Point, NY
Cause of death: Alzheimer's

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Detected solar neutrinos

Military service: US Army (1942-45)

Father: Raymond Davis, Sr. (photographer)
Mother: Ida Rogers Younger
Brother: Warren
Wife: Anna Torrey (m. 1948, three sons, two daughters)
Son: Andrew Davis
Daughter: Martha Kumler
Daughter: Nancy Klemm
Son: Roger Davis
Son: Alan Davis

    University: BS Chemistry, University of Maryland (1938)
    University: MS, University of Maryland
    University: PhD Chemistry, Yale University (1942)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 2002
    Wolf Prize in Physics 2000 (with Masatoshi Koshiba)
    Enrico Fermi Award 2003
    Risk Factors: Alzheimer's

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