James R. Arnold

James R. Arnold
Born	(1923-05-05)May 5, 1923 Metuchen, New Jersey
Died	January 6, 2012(2012-01-06) (aged 88) La Jolla, California, United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Jim Arnold
Alma mater	Ph.D., Princeton University, 1946
Known for	Cosmochemistry Geology of the Moon
Spouse	Louise C. Arnold
Awards	Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, Chemistry and Metallurgy (1968) NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1970) Leonard Medal, Meteoritical Society, 1976
Scientific career
Fields	Cosmochemistry
Institutions	Princeton University University of Chicago University of California, San Diego

James Richard Arnold (May 5, 1923 – January 6, 2012) was the Harold C. Urey Professor of Chemistry (emeritus), and a noted pioneer in the field of planetary and space chemistry at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), where an endowed lectureship has been established in his name.