Glenn T. Seaborg
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Seaborg in 1964
2nd Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
In office
1958–1961
Preceded byClark Kerr
Succeeded byEdward W. Strong
Personal details
Born
Glenn Theodore Seaborg

(1912-04-19)April 19, 1912
Ishpeming, Michigan, U.S.
DiedFebruary 25, 1999(1999-02-25) (aged 86)
Lafayette, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
  • UCLA (BS)
  • University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forhis contributions to the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements
Awards
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1947)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1948)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1951)
  • Centenary Prize (1956)
  • Perkin Medal (1957)
  • Enrico Fermi Award (1959)
  • Franklin Medal (1963)
  • Willard Gibbs Award (1966)
  • Priestley Medal (1979)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1985)
  • Vannevar Bush Award (1988)
  • National Medal of Science (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear chemistry
Institutions
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Manhattan Project
  • US Atomic Energy Commission
ThesisThe interaction of fast neutrons with lead (1937)
Doctoral advisor
  • George Ernest Gibson
  • Gilbert Newton Lewis
Doctoral students
  • Ralph Arthur James
  • Joseph William Kennedy
  • Elizabeth Rauscher
  • Arthur Wahl
Other notable studentsMargaret Melhase
Signature
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