| Harold C. Urey  AKA Harold Clayton Urey
Born: 29-Apr-1893
Birthplace: Walkerton, IN
Died: 5-Jan-1981
Location of death: La Jolla, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Fairfield Cemetery, DeKalb County, IN
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Discovered Deuterium Father: Samuel Clayton Urey (clergyman)
Mother: Cora Rebecca Reinsehl
Wife: Frieda Daum (m. 1926, three daughters, one son)
University: BS Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula (1917)
Professor: University of Montana, Missoula (two years)
University: PhD Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (1923)
Professor: Johns Hopkins University (1924-29)
Professor: Columbia University (1929-45)
Professor: Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Nuclear Studies (1945-52)
Professor: Ryerson Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago
Professor: Professor-at-Large, University of California at San Diego (1958-70, emeritus 1970-81)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Astronautical Society Fellow
American Astronomical Society
American Chemical Society
American Geophysical Union Honorary Fellow
American Institute of Chemists Honorary
American Philosophical Society 1935
American Physical Society
Federation of American Scientists Life Member
Franklin Institute Honorary
International Association of Geochimica and Cosmochimica
International Astronautical Academy
International Platform Association
Mellon Institute Honorary
Meteoritical Society Fellow
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society Foreign Member
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1934
Davy Medal 1940
Priestley Medal 1973
Manhattan Project
Asteroid Namesake 4716 Urey
Author of books:
Atoms, Molecules and Quanta (1930, with A. E. Ruark)
The Planets: Their Origin and Development (1952)
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