RIP Darleane C. Hoffman (1926-2025)

[robphy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darleane_C._Hoffman
https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/people/darleane-hoffman

https://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/darleane-c-hoffman-pioneering-nuclear-chemist-has-passed-away

It is with profound sadness that I write to share the news that Darleane C. Hoffman, pioneering nuclear chemist and trailblazer for women in science, has passed away at the age of 98.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/science/darleane-hoffman-dead.html

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98.
Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the understanding of nuclear fission.

https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/darleane-hoffman.html
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-50-most-important-women-in-science-5574

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(2006) Discovery of the Transuranium Elements (Darleane Hoffman, Nuclear Chemist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

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Darleane C. Hoffman- 1997 National Medals of Science

• https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/darleane-c-hoffman/
• https://www.nsf.gov/honorary-awards/national-medal-science/recipients/darleane-c-hoffman

(2023) 2023 Enrico Fermi Presidential Award Winner: Darleane Hoffman, Berkeley Lab Faculty Scientist

• Oral history interview with Darleane C. Hoffman (2012-Feb-28 – 2012-Feb-29) (Science History Institute)
  https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/x6yrkj8
• Interview with Darleane C. Hoffman ( Women in Chemistry Oral Histories )
  https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/wcoh/items/wcohms0650av205411.html
• Darleane C. Hoffman papers (Iowa State U)
  https://cardinal.lib.iastate.edu/repositories/2/resources/1329
• ACS publications search for Darleane+Christian+Hoffman
  https://pubs.acs.org/action/doSearch?AllField=Darleane+Christian+Hoffman
• A Retrospective View of My 70 Years in Chemistry Darleane Christian Hoffman* ( DOI: 10.1021/bk-2015-1195.ch018 )
  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bk-2015-1195.ch018

https://shethoughtit.ilcml.com/biography/darleane-c-hoffman/

 

[berkeman]

Wow, what a good, long life.