Larned B. Asprey

Larned B. Asprey
Larry and Marge Asprey with their family, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in 2004
Born	(1919-03-19)March 19, 1919 Sioux City, Iowa
Died	March 6, 2005(2005-03-06) (aged 85) Mesilla Park, New Mexico
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Iowa State University University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Actinide, lanthanide, rare-earth and fluorine chemistry
Awards	Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award (1986)
Scientific career
Institutions	Metallurgical Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thesis	Equilibria in the oxide systems of praseodymium and americium  (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Burris B. Cunningham

Larned (Larry) Brown Asprey (March 19, 1919 – March 6, 2005) was an American chemist noted for his work on actinide, lanthanide, rare-earth, and fluorine chemistry, and for his contributions to nuclear chemistry on the Manhattan Project and later at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.^[1]