University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present University Relations 4-6-1966 Nobel Prize winner, Harold C. Urey, to speak here University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations, "Nobel Prize winner, Harold C. Urey, to speak here" (1966). University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present. 1894. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases/1894 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Relations at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FROM INFORMATION SERVICES MISSOULA. MONTANA 59801 PHONE 243-2522 AREA CODE 406 DR RELEASE IMMEDIATELY stewart NOBEL PRIZE WINNER 4-6-66 UREY TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Harold C. Urey, Nobel Laureate, will explore the "Origin of Life" in his featured talk to the joint scientific meetings in Missoula, Friday, April 15, Dr. LeRoy H. Harvey, executive secretary of the Montana Academy of Sciences reports. Dr. Urey's address, which is open to the interested public, is slated for 8 p.m. in the Florence Hotel Bitterroot Room. It will follow a 6 p.m. banquet, for which reservations are necessary, and a 7*30 p.m. annual business meeting of the Northwest Scientific Association. Holding meetings concurrently with the Association are the Montana Academy and its affiliated Montana Psychological Association and the Northern Rocky Mountain Section of the Society of American Foresters. Sessions are to begin on Thursday and conclude at 5 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Urey, holder of the distinguished Order of the Grizzly, is associated with the University of California. He won his B.S. degree from the UM in 1917, and his Ph.D. from UC in 1923. He is a former UM chemistry instructor, 1919-1921. He won the Nobel prize in chemistry for his discovery of heavy water, one of the keys that unlocked the secret of atomic energy. With Dr. Enrico Fermi and Dr. Edward Teller, he worked with the University of Chicago team that played a major role in developing the atom bomb. Dr. Urey is now professor-at-large on the faculty of the University of California in San Diego. He still specializes in studies of the structure of atoms and mole­ cules, the thermodynamic properties of gases and the separation of isotopes. 30.