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.

Nobel Laureate:

Physics, 1934