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سيبروج، جلين، 1912-1999

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Seaborg, Glenn T., 1912-

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Biographical History

Seaborg was born on Apr. 19, 1912 in Ishpeming, MI; AB, UCLA, 1934; Ph. D, UC Berkeley, 1937; research assoc. (1937-39), instructor (1939-41), asst. professor (1941-45), prof. of chemistry (1945-71), univ. professor beginning in 1971, UC Berkeley; director of plutonium work for Manhattan Project at Univ. of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory (1942-46); head of Nuclear Chemistry Division (1946-58 and 1971-75), and assoc. director of laboratory, 1954-61 and again beginning in 1971, Lawrence Berkeley Lab; member of first general advisory committee, US Atomic Energy Commission (1946-50), member of historical advisory committee (1958-61), and commission chairman (1961-71); chancellor, UC Berkeley, 1958-61; won Nobel Prize in chemistry (shared with Edwin M. McMillan), 1951; credited with the discovery of plutonium and nine other new elements (atomic numbers 94-102 and 106), the last of which was named "seaborgium;" published books and over 250 articles and papers; he died Feb. 1999.

From the description of Diaries, 1927-1946. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40946404

Research chemist, college president, educator, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nobel prize winner.

From the description of Audio materials, 1961-1985 [sound recording]. 1961-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723091

Scientist, public official, and educator; died 1999.

From the description of Glenn Theodore Seaborg papers, 1866-1999 (bulk 1940-1998). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983328

Chemist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Glenn Theodore Seaborg : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528175

Both Glenn T. Seaborg and Darleane C. Hoffman served as Division Directors for the Nuclear Chemistry Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. During Seaborg's tenure many discoveries were made in the realm of the heavy elements and there were numerous controversies with the staff of the Russian facility at Dubna over priority of discovery.

From the description of A selection of records from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nuclear Division, 1964-2003 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 428818554

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), research chemist, educator, and government official, was Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971.

From the description of Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580887

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1912, Apr. 19 Born, Ishpeming, Mich. 1934 A.B., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 1937 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1940 1974 Codiscovered numerous atomic elements including plutonium (1940), curium (1944), americium (1944-1945), berkelium (1949), californium (1950), eisensteinium (1952), fermium (1953), mendelevium (1955), nobelium (1958), and seaborgium (1974) 1941 1971 Assistant professor and professor, Chemistry Department, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1942 1946 Section chief in charge of plutonium chemistry, Manhattan Project, Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1944 Developed the actinide concept of heavy element electronic structure 1945 Signed report written by James Franck urging the United States not to drop the atomic bomb on Japan Inadvertently announced the recent discovery of two new chemical elements on “Quiz Kids” radio program 1946 1950 Member, General Advisory Committee, Atomic Energy Commission 1950 1955 Consultant, Technical Advisory Panel on Atomic Energy, Defense Department Research and Development Board 1951 Awarded with Edwin M. McMillan Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of plutonium 1953 1958 Faculty athletic representative, Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1954 1961 Associate director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif. 1957 Published with Joseph J. Katz The Chemistry of the Actinide Elements (New York: John Wiley and Sons. 508 pp.) 1958 1961 Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1959 1961 Member, President's Science Advisory Committee 1959 1974 Chairman, Chemical Education Material (CHEMStudy) Steering Committee 1960 1961 Member, National Science Board, National Science Foundation 1961 1971 Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission 1963 Chairman, United States delegation for signing the “Memorandum on Cooperation in the Field of Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes,” Moscow, USSR Member, United States delegation for signing the Limited Test Ban Treaty, Moscow, USSR 1964 Chairman, United States delegation, Third United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland 1971 Appointed university professor, Chemistry Department, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. President, Fourth United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland Published with William R. Corliss Man and Atom: Building a New World through Nuclear Technology (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 411 pp.) 1972 President, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1976 President, American Chemical Society 1981 Published with Benjamin S. Loeb Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Test Ban (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. 320 pp.) 1981 1983 Member, National Commission on Excellence in Education 1982 1998 Cofounder, director, and chairman, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 1987 Published with Benjamin S. Loeb Stemming the Tide: Arms Control in the Johnson Years (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books. 495 pp.) 1993 Published with Benjamin S. Loeb The Atomic Energy Commission under Nixon: Adjusting to Troubled Times (New York: St. Martin's Press. 268 pp.) 1994 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemisty approved the name “seaborgium” for atomic element 106 1998 Published A Chemist in the White House: From the Manhattan Project to the End of the Cold War (Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. 341 pp.) 1999, Feb. 25 Died, Lafayette, Calif. From the guide to the Glenn Theodore Seaborg Papers, 1866-1999, (bulk 1940-1998), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Seaborg was born on April 19, 1912 in Ishpeming, Michigan; AB, UCLA, 1934; Ph.D, University of California at Berkeley, 1937; research associate (1937-39), instructor (1939-41), assistant professor (1941-45), professor of chemistry (1945-71), university professor beginning in 1971, University of California at Berkeley; director of plutonium work for Manhattan Project at University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory (1942-46); head of Nuclear Chemistry Division (1946-58 and 1971-75), and associate director of laboratory, 1954-61 and again beginning in 1971, Lawrence Berkeley Lab; member of first general advisory committee, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1946-50), member of historical advisory committee (1958-61), and commission chairman (1961-71); chancellor, University of California at Berkeley, 1958-61; won Nobel Prize in chemistry (shared with Edwin M. McMillan), 1951; credited with the discovery of plutonium and nine other new elements (atomic numbers 94-102 and 106), the last of which was named seaborgium; published books and over 250 articles and papers; he died February 1999.

From the guide to the Glenn Theodore Seaborg Diaries, 1927-1946, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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