| Richard E. Smalley  AKA Richard Erret Smalley
Born: 6-Jun-1943
Birthplace: Akron, OH
Died: 28-Oct-2005
Location of death: Houston, TX
Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Discovered first fullerine Father: Frank Dudley Smalley, Jr. (trade journal CEO)
Mother: Esther Virginia Rhoads
Wife: Judith Grace Sampieri (m. 4-May-1968)
Son: Chad Richard (b. 9-Jun-1969)
Wife: Deborah Lynn Smalley (until his death)
Son: Preston
High School: Southwest High
University: Hope College
University: BS, University of Michigan (1965)
University: MA, Princeton University (1971)
University: PhD, Princeton University (1973)
Scholar: University of Chicago (1973-76)
Professor: Rice University (1976-)
Royal Dutch Shell
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1996 (with Robert F. Curl, Jr. and Sir Harold Kroto)
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
National Academy of Sciences 1990
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1991
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Draft Deferment: Vietnam
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