Darleane C. Hoffman papers
Scope and Content
This collection (1947-2011, undated) contains biographical information, resumes, research notebooks, correspondence, published materials, appointment books, and calendars. The papers document the career of Hoffman, focusing on her Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory years and her professional commitments in her current positions.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-2011, undated
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Use/Re-use Restrictions
Consult Special Collections and University Archives
Biography/Profile
Darleane Christian Hoffman was born in 1926 and received her B.S. (1948) in Chemistry and her Ph.D. (1951) in Physical (Nuclear) Chemistry from Iowa State University. She was employed as a chemist (1952-1953) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and was a staff member of the Radiochemistry Group (1953-1971); Associate Group Leader of the Radiochemistry Group (1971-1979); Division Leader of the Chemistry-Nuclear Chemistry Division (1979-1982); and Division Leader of the Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry Division (1982-1984), all at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. From 1984 till 1991 she was a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley and professor emeritus from 1991 until 1993. Her current positions are the Faculty Senior Scientist and Group Leader (1984- ) at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Senior Advisor and Charter Director (1996- ) of the Glenn T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science where she was Director from 1991-96, and Professor (1993- ) in the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School.
Her research interests include rapid chemical separation of short-lived fission products; nuclear structure; chemical and nuclear properties of the heaviest elements; studies of the spontaneous fission process; heavy ion reactions; and the search for heavy elements in nature. Among Hoffman's accomplishments are her discovery of plutonium-244 in nature and conducting the first aqueous chemistry on element 105.
She is a member of numerous professional organizations and advisory committees, including the American Chemical Society (Fellow), the American Institute of Chemists, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and other honorary societies. Among the awards she has received are the John Dustin Clark Award (1976); Alumni Citation of Merit, Iowa State University (1978); the American Chemical Society Award for Nuclear Chemistry (1983); the Garvan Medal (1990) for contributions to the physics and chemistry of the heaviest elements; University of California Berkeley Citation of Merit (1996); the President's National Medal of Science in 1997; and the Priestley Medal (the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society) in 2000.
Extent
7.14 Linear Feet (17 document boxes and 1 map case folder)
Arrangement
This collection is organized into 12 series:
Series 1: Biographical Information, 1984-2008
Series 2: Research & Course Work, 1947-1989
Series 3: Correspondence, 1963-1990
Series 4: Appointment Calendars, 1979-1989
Series 5: Published Materials, 1952-2011, undated
Series 6: Awards and Certificates, 1951-2010
Series 7: Photographs, circa 1960s-1999
Series 8: Personal Files, 1951-1989
Series 9: International Union of Pure And Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 1984-1991
Series 10: Large Einsteinium Activation Program (LEAP), 1985-1990
Series 11: Miscellaneous Subject File, 1963-1990, undated
Series 12: Course Work at Iowa State, 1946-1950, undated
Processing Information
Released on 2018-11-01.
- Title
- RS 21/7/100. Darleane C. Hoffman papers, 1938-2011, undated
- Date
- June 15, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames Iowa 50011-2102 United States
(515) 294-6672
archives@iastate.edu