Raymond Davis, Jr., Nobel Prize in Physics, 2002

Raymond (Ray) Davis, Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.

Early life and education

Davis was born in Washington, D.C., where his father was a photographer for the National Bureau of Standards. He spent several years as a choirboy to please his mother, although he could not carry a tune. He enjoyed attending the concerts at the Watergate before air traffic was loud enough to drown out the music. His brother Warren, 14 months younger than he, was his constant companion in boyhood. He graduated in chemistry from the University of Maryland in 1938. He also received a master's degree from that school and a Ph.D. from Yale University in physical chemistry in 1942. Honors and awards

• Comstock Prize in Physics of the National Academy of Sciences (1978)
• Tom W. Bonner Prize of the American Physical Society (1988)
• W. K. H. Panofsky Prize of the American Physical Society (1992)
• Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize of the American Astronomical Society (1994)
• George Ellery Hale Prize of the American Astronomical Society (1996)
• Wolf Prize in Physics (2000)
• National Medal of Science (2001)
• Nobel Prize in Physics (2002)
• Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003)