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He frequently invited colleagues and visitors to accompany him, and the trail became known as the "Glenn Seaborg Trail." He and his wife Helen are credited with blazing a 12-mile (19 km) trail in the East Bay area near their home in Lafayette, California.
A portion of the Glenn Seaborg Trail (looking southerly) that runs through the forest. This central portion of the trail is a low spot blanketed with a lush bed of New York ferns and Christmas ferns, giving the area a very verdant appearance and a feeling of tranquility.
The Glenn Seaborg Trail. The map shows the Glenn Seaborg Trail and forest in relation to the site boundary to the east, the pond to the north, and Interstate 270 to the northeast. For a virtual walk on the Trail, mouse-over the red squares on the map to view a picture; click for
Aspects of the Natural History of the Forest Along the Glenn Seaborg Trail . Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Laureate and AEC Chairman from 1961 to 1971, blazed the trail that today bears his name. An avid hiker, he often walked on the trail with friends and associates.
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" [1], contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed the actinide concept and was the first to propose the actinide series, which led to the current arrangement ...
Feb 25, 1999 · After initial contributions by Edwin McMillan, Glenn Seaborg succeeded in 1940 in creating an element with an atomic number of 94, which was named plutonium. This new substance became significant for both nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.
Feb 25, 1999 · The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 was awarded jointly to Edwin Mattison McMillan and Glenn Theodore Seaborg "for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
