Born: 15-Jun-1917
Birthplace: New York City

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

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Electrospray ionization

Father: Herbert Bennett Fenn (d. 1944)
Mother: (d. 1990)
Brother: Norman
Wife: Margaret Wilson (m. for 53 years, d. 1992 automobile accident)

    High School: Berea Academy, Berea, KY (1932)
    University: BA, Berea College (1937)
    University: PhD, Yale University (1940)
    Professor: Princeton University (1952-67)
    Professor: Yale University (1967-87)
    Professor: Research Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University (1994-)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2002 (with Koichi Tanaka and Kurt Wüthrich)

Author of books:
Engines and Entropy: A Thermodynamics Primer (1982, physics)

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