To escape fascism in Italy, the Fermi family immigrated to the United States after going to Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize. Fermi taught at Columbia University in New York City and did research on uranium. Early in 1942 Fermi transferred to the University of Chicago. He became a United States citizen in 1944.
After the war Fermi continued as a University of Chicago professor. In 1954, he was given the first special Atomic Energy Commission award of $25,000. Several days later, on November 28, he died of cancer in Chicago.
