his final years while battling cancer. During the final year of his life, Smalley wrote: "Although I suspect I will never fully understand, I now think the answer is very simple: it's true. God did create the universe about 13.7 billion years ago, and of necessity has involved Himself with His creation ever since." At the Tuskegee University's 79th Annual Scholarship Convocation/Parents' Recognition Program he was quoted making the following statement regarding the subject of evolution while urging his audience to take seriously their role as the higher species on this planet. Genesis' was right, and there was a creation, and that Creator is still involved ... We are the only species that can destroy the Earth or take care of it and nurture all that live on this very special planet. I'm urging you to look on these things. For whatever reason, this planet was built specifically for us. Working on this planet is an absolute moral code. ... Let's go out and do what we were put on Earth to do." Old Earth creationist and astronomer Hugh Ross spoke at Smalley's funeral, November 2, 2005. Publications Smalley, R.E. "Supersonic bare metal cluster beams. Final report", Rice University, United States Department of Energy—Office of Energy Research, (October 14, 1997). Smalley, R.E. "Supersonic Bare Metal Cluster Beams. Technical Progress Report, March 16, 1984 – April 1, 1985", Rice University, United States Department of Energy—Office of Basic Energy Sciences, (January 1, 1985). Honors Fellowships Harold W. Dodds Fellow, Princeton University, 1973 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1978–1980 Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1987 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003 Awards and prizes Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 1991 Popular Science Magazine Grand Award in Science & Technology, 1991 APS International Prize for New Materials, 1992 (Joint with R. F. Curl & H. W. Kroto) Ernest O. Lawrence Memorial Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 1992 Welch Award in Chemistry, Robert A. Welch Foundation, 1992 Auburn-G.M. Kosolapoff Award, Auburn Section, American Chemical Society, 1992 Southwest Regional Award, American Chemical Society, 1992 William H. Nichols Medal, New York Section, American Chemical Society, 1993 The John Scott Award, City of Philadelphia, 1993 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize, European Physical Society, 1994 (with Wolfgang Kraetschmer, Don Huffman and Harold Kroto) Harrison Howe Award, Rochester Section, American Chemical Society, 1994 Madison Marshall Award, North Alabama Section, American Chemical Society, 1995