death_date death_place birth_place party birth_date image article_title name occupation alma_mater
11 november 2014 indio , california westfield , new jersey democratic 19 january 1932 harry lonsdale.jpg harry lonsdale
 harry lonsdale businessman/scientist rutgers university
harry lonsdale

harold k. lonsdale -lrb- january 19 , 1932 -- november 11 , 2014 -rrb- was an american scientist , businessman , and former politician .
a democrat , he ran for united states senate in the u.s. state of oregon three times , losing twice in the primaries and once as the democratic candidate , losing in the 1990 general election to incumbent mark hatfield .
in 2011 lonsdale sponsored a research challenge to determine the origin of life on earth .
