Raymond Davis Jr.

Raymond (Ray) Davis, Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist and physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.^[2] He was awarded the prize for the detection of cosmic neutrinos, looking at the solar neutrino problem in the Homestake Experiment. He was 88 years old when awarded the prize.

Raymond Davis, Jr.
Davis in 2001
Born	(1914-10-14)October 14, 1914 Washington, D.C., USA
Died	May 31, 2006(2006-05-31) (aged 91)[1] Blue Point, New York, USA
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	University of Maryland Yale University
Known for	Neutrinos
Awards	Comstock Prize in Physics (1978) Tom W. Bonner Prize (1988) Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1994) Wolf Prize in Physics (2000) National Medal of Science (2001) Nobel Prize in Physics (2002) Enrico Fermi Award (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, physics
Institutions	Monsanto University of Pennsylvania

Davis, Jr. died in Blue Point, New York from Alzheimer's disease, aged 91.^[3]