An American Physicist and Nobel laureate who was the first scientist to produce a transuranium element.
He obtained both his bachelor's and master's degree from the California Institute of Technology.
He co-created the element neptunium in 1940.
He moved with his family from Redondo Beach to Pasadena when he was young.
He did a research project with Linus Pauling as an undergraduate at the California Institute of Technology.
