Paul Buford Price (1932 – 2021), usually known as P. Buford Price, was a professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His work had been wide-ranging over his career, but began with the study of physics and included cosmic rays, astrophysics, nuclear physics, glaciology, climatology, biology in extreme environments, and origins of life. He was born November 8, 1932 in Memphis, TN and died December 28, 2021.