Fun Fact: American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg contributed to the discovery of element 106 as well as of nine other elements�all those numbered 94 to 102. Chemists joked that one could address letters to Seaborg using exclusively chemical symbols: Sg, Bk, Cf, Am�for �Seaborg,� �University of California at Berkeley,� �California,� �America.� The name seaborgium for 106 was initially disputed by scientists who believed no element should be named after a living person.