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Kenneth Street, Jr. (1920 – 13 March 2006) was an American chemist. He was part of the team that discovered elements 97 and 98 (berkelium and californium) during 1949 and 1950.

Street was born during 1920 in Berkeley, California. He obtained his degree in chemistry during 1943 from the University of California, Berkeley. He then served in World War II as a fighter pilot, with his awards including an Air Medal and a Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he returned to Berkeley, obtaining his PhD in nuclear chemistry during 1949, with a thesis titled 'Isotopes of americium and curium'.

The work on berkelium and californium was performed at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (now part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) with Stanley G. Thompson, Glenn T. Seaborg and Albert Ghiorso. Street joined the faculty at Berkely during 1949, and became Deputy Director of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, and later a professor of chemistry. His specialities and interests were nuclear chemistry, geochemistry and geothermal energy.

Street retired during 1986, and relocated to Taylorsville, California in 1997 with his wife Jane (nee Armitage). They had married during 1944 and had three children, two sons and a daughter. Street's interests included walking in the mountains, backpacking and sailing. Street died on 13 March 2006, in Paradise, California.

References

1. ^ Kenneth Street, Jr, Obituaries for April 25, 2006, Lassen County Times, accessed 06/03/2011
2. Isotopes of americium and curium, Kenneth Street, University of California, 1949
3. Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Elements 97 and 98, escholarship.org, accessed accessed 06/03/2011

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