About Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
Nuclear chemist Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) discovered and investigated the 10 transuranium elements on the periodic table, along with more than 100 of their isotopes. His work garnered him the
His work garnered him the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and his passion for actinide science informed
ORNL News Photo – small group of men outside building 5500, Transuranium Research Lab.
the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements.
Seaborg advised 10 U.S. presidents – from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton – and chaired the United States
Atomic Energy Commission 1961-1971, advocating for commercial nuclear energy and peaceful applications of nuclear science. He was active in advising the Department of Energy on science and policy until his death in 1999. Element 106 was named seaborgium in his honor.
Seaborg strongly believed in educating the next generation of scientists, calling it as least as important as the research itself.