Professor and Chancellor at the University of California, Berkeley Glenn T. Seaborg

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seaborg (second left) during operation plumbob


after conclusion of world war ii , manhattan project, seaborg eager return academic life , university research free restrictions of wartime secrecy. in 1946, added responsibilities professor heading nuclear chemistry research @ lawrence radiation laboratory operated university of california on behalf of united states atomic energy commission. seaborg named 1 of ten outstanding young men in america u.s. junior chamber of commerce in 1947 (along richard nixon , others). seaborg elected national academy of sciences in 1948. 1954 1961 served associate director of radiation laboratory. appointed president truman serve member of general advisory committee of atomic energy commission, assignment retained until 1960.


seaborg served chancellor @ university of california, berkeley, 1958 1961. term coincided relaxation of mccarthy-era restrictions on students freedom of expression had begun under predecessor, clark kerr. in october 1958, seaborg announced university had relaxed prior prohibitions on political activity on trial basis, , ban on communists speaking on campus lifted. paved way free speech movement of 1964-65.


seaborg enthusiastic supporter of cal s sports teams. san francisco columnist herb caen fond of pointing out seaborg s surname anagram of go bears , popular cheer @ uc berkeley. seaborg proud of fact cal bears won first , national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) basketball championship in 1959, while chancellor. football team won conference title , played in rose bowl year. served on faculty athletic committee several years , co-author of book, roses ashes: breakup , rebirth in pacific coast intercollegiate athletics (2000), concerning pacific coast conference recruiting scandal, , founding of pac-12, in played role in restoring confidence in integrity of collegiate sports.


seaborg served on president s science advisory committee (psac) during eisenhower administration. psac produced report on scientific progress, universities, , federal government , known seaborg report , in november 1960, urged greater federal funding of science. in 1959, helped found berkeley space sciences laboratory clark kerr.



from left right: chairman seaborg, president kennedy, secretary mcnamara on 23 march 1962. point, mcnamara , seaborg had been discussing aec s studies on ecological effects of nuclear war , clean weapon alternatives. (courtesy: national security archive, original: national archives)








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