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[] Glenn Seaborg 1912-1999 Birthplace: Michigan Elemental discoveries beginning in 1941 (plutonium)

Glenn Seaborg was born in Michigan, but after his birth moved to California. He graduated from the University of California in 1937 with a Ph.D. in chemistry. While in college he fell in love with sports and chemistry. Being the top student in his class his teacher gave him the experience to meet Albert Einstein and this motivated all of his work. After graduation he became a professor at the University of California and this is when he did all of his work. In his later life he was the commissioner of the Atomic Energy commission. He also advised ten presidents on nuclear policy.

He is credited with the discovery of more than 100 isotopes of elements and ten isolated elements. He was the first to propose the actinoids series which lead to the currect periodic table structure. He won the Nobel Prize in 1951 for the discovery of the transuranium elements. []