Robert Floyd Curl was born in
Alice, Texas, on August 23, 1933.
He was an American chemist who received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University in 1954 and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1957.
A professor emeritus at several universities, he was a successful researcher, primarily in the field of physical chemistry.
He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene with two other researchers.
Robert, who had been married to Jonel Whipple since 1955 and had two children, retired in 2008. He was a longtime ACBL member and a respected player.
He passed away in Houston on July 3, 2022.

