Early Life
Price was born in 1922. His father, an electrician, died when Price was four. His mother was a former opera singer, and the family struggled through the Great Depression.
Having attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in New York, Price graduated with a degree in chemistry from University of Chicago in 1943 and received his doctorate in the subject from the same institution in 1946, having worked on the Manhattan Project.
In 1947 he married Julia Madigan, but their relationship was contentious because George was a strong atheist whilst his wife was a practicing Roman Catholic. They divorced in 1955, having had two daughters, Annamarie and Kathleen.
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