Physics History Network
Over 1000 biographies of physicists and histories of institutions with information pertaining to their lives, careers, and research.
Tip: Search within this page by using Ctrl + F or ⌘ + F
Search Our Catalogs
Archives BooksCollections
Emilio Segré Visual Archives Digital Collections Oral Histories Archival Finding Aids Physics History Network Member Society Portals Ethical Cataloging StatementPreservation and Support
Donating Materials Suggest a Book Purchase Saving Archival Collections Grants to Archives Documentation Projects History NewslettersCenter for History of Physics
Scholarship & OutreachMain Navigation
HomeAboutTopic GuidesFeedbackTable of Contents
Biography
AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsResources
Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectRaymond Davis
Dates
October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006
Authorized Form of Name
Davis, Raymond, 1914-2006
Additional Forms of Names
Davis, Raymond, Jr.
Biography
Abstract
Raymond Davis Jr. was a Research Professor of Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania (1984–2001). Other institutional affiliations include Brookhaven National Laboratory. His research interests spanned chemistry, physics, and astrophysics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2002 with Masatoshi Koshiba.
Important Dates
October 14, 1914Birth, Washington (D.C.).
1937Obtained BS, University of Maryland, College Park (Md.).
1937 – 1938Research Chemist, Dow Chemical Company.
1940Obtained MS, University of Maryland, College Park (Md.).
1942Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1942 – 1946Member, Army Air Forces, United States Army.
1946 – 1948Research Chemist, Mound Laboratory, Monsanto Chemical Company.
1948 – 1984Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island (N.Y.).
1982Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1984 – 2001Research Professor of Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1988Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
1992Awarded W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
2000Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics.
2001Awarded National Medal of Science.
2002Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Masatoshi Koshiba "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos".
2003Awarded Enrico Fermi Award, United States Department of Energy.
May 31, 2006Death, Blue Point (N.Y.).
Occupation
Astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos."
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at University of Pennsylvania.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Livingston, M. Stanley (Milton Stanley)
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Scientist.
Dow Chemical Company
Research Chemist.
Monsanto Chemical Company
Research Chemist, Mound Laboratory.
United States. Army Air Forces
Member.
University of Pennsylvania. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Professor of Astronomy.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1988 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics and 1992 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. Department of Energy
Received 2003 Enrico Fermi Award.
University of Maryland, College Park. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Obtained BS and MS.
Wolf Foundation Prizes
Received 2000 Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics.
Yale University. Department of Chemistry
Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Joint symposium of the Division of Astrophysics and the Forum for History of Physics [sound recording] / 1987 April 21 & 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Masatoshi Koshiba, 1997 August 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Raymond Davis Jr. Nobel Prize autobiography