Richard Errett Smalley (1943-2005)

Awarded the Prize “for his discovery of fullerenes.”

American chemist. Smalley was born in Akron, Ohio on June 6, 1943. He was educated at Michigan University at Princeton where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1973. After spending the period from 1973 to 1976 at the James Franck Institute, he moved to Rice University was appointed Professor of Chemistry in 1981. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences American Academy of Arts Sciences. Smalley died in Houston, TX on October 28, 2005.