Glenn T. Seaborg

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) was an American chemist, who was prominent in the discovery and isolation of many transuranic elements (including plutonium, during the Manhattan Project), for which he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951. He was later the chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 until 1971.

Marriage

Seaborg got married in 1942, to Helen Griggs, the secretary of Ernest Lawrence.

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Under wartime pressure, Seaborg had moved to Chicago, Illinois. Later, when Seaborg returned to collect Griggs for them to be together, they took the train from Los Angeles to Chicago. They got off in Caliente, Nevada for what they thought would be a quick wedding, but when they asked for City Hall, they found Caliente had none—they would have to go 25 miles north to Pioche, the county seat. Happily, one of Caliente's newest deputy sheriffs turned out to be a recent graduate of the Berkeley chemistry department. He was happy to do a favor for Glenn Seaborg. The deputy sheriff arranged for the wedding couple to ride up and back to Pioche in a mail truck. The witnesses at their wedding were a clerk and a janitor.

Related Topics:
Chicago, Illinois - Caliente, Nevada - Pioche - County seat

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He had six children with Helen, of whom the first, Peter Glenn Seaborg, died in 1997. The others were Lynne Seaborg Cobb, David Seaborg, Steve Seaborg, Eric Seaborg, and Dianne Seaborg.

Related Topics:
1997 - David Seaborg

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