Activity Listings
- Letter from Dr. W. Albert Noyes, Jr., President, American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Lists the representatives from the ACS to the Centennial Celebrations of the Chemical Society of London. States that LP will be able to attend as an honorary member, but the Board of Directors of the ACS will not allow any other candidates to be sent with their funds. Adds that he hopes Hammett appoints LP as a delegate to the Council of the International Union. [Letter from LP to Noyes February 11, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #279.5, file:(Noyes, W. A., Jr.)]
- Letter from Frank Aydelotte to LP RE: Regrets that LP will not be able to begin his work at Oxford in October and states that he will communicate the request to the electors in Oxford. Goes on to ask if perhaps LP could do the entire professorship for the 1948-49 academic year. Suggests that while in England this Summer LP consult with the professors at Oxford and also look into housing and food issues. [Letter from LP to Aydelotte February 12, 1947, February 17, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #6.21, file:(Aydelotte, Frank, 1940-1956) and copy in #299.8 (Oxford University, [re: Eastman professorship and residency in Oxford] 1946-1948)]
- Letter from George Scathard, MIT, to LP RE: Informs LP that the Committee on the Awarding of the Theodore William Richards Medal voted to present the award to LP provided that he can be in Cambridge on May 8th to receive the award. Explains that the Committee will pay for the traveling expenses. Describes the events that will take place on the evening of the eighth. [Filed under: LP Speeches, 1947s.7]
- Letter from LP and GW Beadle to Dr. DuBridge RE: Suggests two ways the Institute could contribute in the venture to support research over a period of fifteen or twenty years in physics, chemistry and biology. [Letter from LA DuBridge to LP February 19, 1947 [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, California Institute of Technology: Assorted Financial Materials: 1945-1965: Box #1.032, Folder 32.1]
- Letter from Leslie Sutton, Magdalen College, Oxford, to LP RE: Hopes LP will come to England, and states he may go to Brockway's electron diffraction conference. States he will try to get the reprints to LP soon. [Letters from H. Marshall Chadwell to LP January 31, 1947, from LP to Dr. Leslie Sutton March 3, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #370.8]
- Letter from President Donald B. Tresidder to LP RE: Responds to LP's letter of support in regards to Dr. Thomas Addis, remarking that Addis is a professor emeritus, and that the university takes this into consideration and is allowing him to continue his research until a younger scientist is found to take charge of the lab. [Letter from LP to Tresidder January 24, 1947, Letter from LP to Tresidder February 20, 1947] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.2, file:(Addis, Thomas 1946-1947)]
- Letter from W. Albert Noyes, Jr., to Walter J. Murphy, editor, Chemical and Engineering News. RE: Informs him of his opinion regarding the editorial by Murphy. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.3]
- Memorandum from B.H. Sage to J.H. Sturdivant, CC LP, RE: At Sturdivant's request, Sage has created an additional breakdown of expenditures among the accounts of the Chemical Engineering Laboratory. [Filed under LP Biographical, Academia; Box 1.021, Folder 21.3]
- Memorandum from C.L. Wyman, Safety Director, to Dr. J.B. Koepfli, RE: Wyman provides a list of safety recommendations for Koepfli to consider. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, Box 1.020, Folder 20.4]
- Newspaper Clipping: “Scientists Seek Funds to Reveal Atom Secrets”, Washington D.C. Times Herald [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings, 1947n.1]
- Writes cheque to “As. Etchings. AAA” $6.00 [LP Biographical: Business and Financial 4.073, folder 73.5]
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February
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