Glenn T. Seaborg Ph.D.
Glenn T. Seaborg Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951
National Medal of Science – Chemistry 1991
Nobel co-recipient: Edwin M. McMillan
Name: Glenn Theodore Seaborg
Birth: 19 April 1912, Ishpeming, MI, USA
Death: 25 February 1999, Lafayette, CA, USA
Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements”
Field: nuclear chemistry
Mentor: Gilbert Newton Lewis
Franck Report: “I had joined a committee of scientists who advocated the use of the atomic bomb for demonstration purposes. We hoped the enemy would see the destructive power of this weapon and immediately surrender. In June, 1945, we attempted to deliver our plan, the Franck Report, to President Truman. I don’t know if he ever saw our work…”
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Nat’l Medal, Chemistry
Bearing Laureate’s Name
History of Affiliated Institures
Bearing Laureate’s Name
Seagorgium, Sg, Element atomic number 106, atomic weight 269 © Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
A branch of the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducts collaborative research between LLNL and the academic community in radiochemistry and nuclear forensics. Livermore CA
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal, University of California Los Angeles. Since 1987 Honoring scientists for their significant contributions to Chemistry and Bio chemistry. 
Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry, awarded by American Chemical Society: To recognize and encourage research in nuclear and radiochemistry or their applications.
Seaborg Mathematics and Science Center, Northern Michigan University
Glenn Seaborg Trail Germantown, MD. Department of Energy.
Seaborg SYISS Award: all expense-paid trip awarded to three senior finalists to attend Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar during the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in December
The Glenn T. Seaborg Scholarship … to a student of Nordic descent. Glenn T. Seaborg No. 719, Vasa Order of America: local lodge…established for benefit of Swedish immigrants more than a century ago… preserving and sharing Nordic culture and heritage..
Swedish Council of America Glenn T. Seaborg Science Scholarship. Awarded to student from six Swedish Heritage Colleges that maintain an active connection with modern Scandinavia.
Glenn T. Seaborg Scholarship, Swedish Club of Los Angeles.
The Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium, Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Lafayette, CA.
Seaborg IBM supercomputer
‘In the late 1990s, supercomputers, like this IBM RS/600 SP, grew dramatically larger as they were designed around commodity processors and standard cabinets.
In 1999, the Department of Energy’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center began installing an IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer-called Seaborg, in honor of Berkeley Lab Nobel Laureate Glenn Seaborg. Over the years, the system expanded to 6,656 processors. It performed about 10 trillion calculations per second (10 teraflops) at its peak. And by June 2003, Seaborg was the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world.
NERSC’s Seaborg supercomputer-an IBM RS/6000 SP-retired in 2007, after 9 years of 24/7 service.
History of Affiliated Institutes
History of Seaborg Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory, second quarter, 2009
History of Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. From Particle Physics to the Full Spectrum of Science