Glenn Seaborg
- Born: April 19, 1912 (Ishpeming, Michigan)
- Died: February 25, 1999 (Lafayette, California)
Education
- 1934: AB, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1937: PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1937–1939: University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate in Chemistry
- 1939–1941: University of California, Berkeley, Instructor in Chemistry
- 1941–1945: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- 1945–1971: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry
- 1958–1961: University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor
- 1961–1971: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Chair
- 1971–1999: University of California, Berkeley, University Professor of Chemistry
Other Positions
- 1942–1946: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Chief, Plutonium Chemistry Section
- 1946–1958: University of California, Berkeley, Director, Nuclear Chemistry Division, Radiation Laboratory
- 1954–1961: University of California, Berkeley, Associate Director, Radiation Laboratory
- 1959–1961: President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC), Member
- 1972–1972: American Association for the Advancement of Science, President
- 1972–1975: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Director, Nuclear Chemistry Division
- 1976–1976: American Chemical Society, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1947–1950: Member, General Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1946–1956: Member, Joint Commission on Radioactivity, International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
- 1958–1961: Member, History Advisory Committee, United States Atomic Energy Commission
- 1959–1961: Member, Pacific Coast Committee, American Council on Education
- 1959–1974: Chair, Steering Committee, Chemical Education Material Study, National Science Foundation
- 1960–1961: Member, National Science Board
- 1961–1967: Member, Board of Trustees, Educational Services, Inc.
- 1961–1971: Member, Federal Council for Science and Technology
- 1961–1971: Member, National Aeronautics and Space Council
- 1961–1971: Member, Federal Radiation Council
- 1962–1977: Member, Board of Trustees, Pacific Science Center Foundation
- 1963–1977: Member, Science Advisory Committee, Pacific Science Center Foundation
- 1964–1964: Chair, United States Delegation, Third United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva
- 1966–1971: Member, National Council on Marine Research and Development Engineering
- 1971–1971: President, Fourth United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva
- 1981–1983: Member, National Education on Excellence in Education
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1948: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1951: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1959: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Enrico Fermi Award
- 1991: National Medal of Science
Archival Resources
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC
Online Finding Aid
Resources on the Web
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory Exhibit
Academy of Achievement Profile
Published Resources
Darleane C. Hoffman, "Glenn Theodore Seaborg: 1912-1999", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Glenn T. Seaborg, edited and annotated by Ronald L. Kathren, Jerry B. Gough, and Gary T. Benefiel, The Plutonium Story: The Journals of Professor Glenn T. Seaborg, 1939-1946 (Columbus: Battelle Press, 1994)
Glenn T. Seaborg, A Scientist Speaks Out: A Personal Perspective on Science, Society, and Change (Singapore: World Scientific, 1996)
Glenn T. Seaborg, A Chemist in the White House: From the Manhattan Project to the End of the Cold War (Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1998)
Glenn T. Seaborg with Eric Seaborg, Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001)
David W. Ridgway, "Interview with Glenn T. Seaborg," Journal of Chemical Education 52 (1975): 70-75
Geoff Rayner-Canham and Zheng Zheng, "Naming Elements after Scientists: An Account of Controversy," Foundations of Chemistry 10 (2008): 13-18
