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Glenn Seaborg was born in Michigan on April 19, , and earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley in chemistry in He is best known for discovering the element plutonium with Edwin McMillan, in February In , Dr. Seaborg was appointed an instructor in chemistry at Berkeley, where he was promoted to Assistant Professor in , and to Professor of Chemistry in In , he also took responsibility for directing nuclear chemical research at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by the University of California. In , he married Helen Griggs, then secretary to Ernest O. Lawrence.

Seaborg was given a leave of absence from Berkeley from , during which period he headed the plutonium work of the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. He led the team that was responsible for devising the chemical process for the separation, concentration and isolation of plutonium. This process was used at the pilot plant, the Clinton Engineer Works, at the Oakridge site and the production Plant at Hanford.

Seaborg is best known for discovering in February , along with Edwin McMillan, the element plutonium and all further transuraniu

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