Biography glenn seaborg atomic theory

Glenn Seaborg was born in Michigan on April 19, 1912, and earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley in chemistry in 1937. He is best known for discovering the element plutonium with Edwin McMillan, in February 1941.

In 1939, Dr. Seaborg was appointed an instructor in chemistry at Berkeley, where he was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1941, and to Professor of Chemistry in 1945. In 1946, he also took responsibility for directing nuclear chemical research at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by the University of California.

In 1942, he married Helen Griggs, then secretary to Ernest O. Lawrence.

Biography glenn seaborg atomic theory

Seaborg was given a leave of absence from Berkeley from 1942-1946, during which period he headed the plutonium work of the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. He led the team that was responsible for devising the chemical process for the separation, concentration and isolation of plutonium.

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