Joseph W. Kennedy
American scientist
Died when: 40 years 340 days (491 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Joseph William Kennedy (May 30, 1916 – May 5, 1957) was an American chemist who was a co-discoverer of plutonium, along with Glenn T.
Seaborg, Edwin McMillan and Arthur Wahl.During World War II he was head of the CM (Chemistry and Metallurgy) Division at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory, where he oversaw research onto the chemistry and metallurgy of uranium and plutonium.
After the war, he was recruited as a professor at Washington University in St.Louis, where he is credited with transforming a university primarily concerned with undergraduate teaching into one that also boasts strong graduate and research programs.
He died of cancer of the stomach at the age of 40.
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