Activity Listings
- Letter from G. Hagg, University of Uppsala, to LP . RE: Hagg says that he has used LP's textbooks for several years and found them extremely valuable. He mentions two errors he has found in both texts. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1955b.1]
- Letter from LP to A. R. Todd RE: Reply to Todd's letter of May 11, 1954. LP invites him to lecture at Caltech during the fall term [Todd's reply June 28, 1954] [Filed under T: Individual Correspondence, Box #407.6]
- Letter from LP to Dr. T. S. Work RE: Invites Work to visit Caltech and stay at the Athenaeum, but cannot contribute to his traveling expenses [Letter from Work May 18, 1954; Work's reply June 14, 1954] [Filed under W: Correspondence 1954, Box #444.2]
- Letter from LP to E. S. Proskauer, Editor-in-Chief, Interscience Publishers, Inc. RE: LP declines invitation to serve on advisory board of a proposed new journal on Molecular or Physico-Chemical Biology and does not believe that such a journal would be a worthwhile endeavor. [Proskauer's letter May 19, 1954] [Filed under P: Correspondence 1954, Box #313.2]
- Letter from LP to J. F. Postell, Hanovia Chemical and Manufacturing Co. RE: LP responds that his part in the development of hydrocarbon insecticide was not significant and he does not know about the commercial process used to make it. [Postell's letter May 25, 1954] [Filed under P: Correspondence 1954, Box #313.2]
- Letter from LP to Prof. San-ichiro Mizushima RE: Reply to Mizushima's letter of May 29, 1954 and thanking him for bringing the silk worms to Pasadena; LP regrets that he will be out of town during Mizushima's visit, but has reserved a room for him at the Athenaeum for his stay. [Mizushima's letter May 29, 1954] [Filed under M: Individual Correspondence, Box #248.6]
- Letter from LP to Richard Wistar. [Wistar's reply June 11, 1954] [Filed under W: Correspondence 1954, Box #444.2]
2 June 1954
Dr. Richard Wistar, Chairman
Committee on Awards
California Section, A.C.S.
2082 Center Street, Room 322
Berkeley 4, California
Dear Dr. Wistar:
I thank you for your letter of 27 May.
I am writing to nominate Professor Lars Onsager of Yale University for the Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal. Beginning with his brilliant work on the theory of electric conductivity of salt solutions, he has made a series of outstanding contributions to theoretical chemistry. His work on dielectric constant and other properties of liquids may be mentioned, and also his fundamental contributions to the thermodynamic theory of non—equilibrium systems. Onsager must be included in any list of great theoretical chemists.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling:W
- Letter from LP to Theodore Shedlovsky RE: reply to Shedlovsky's offer of fellowships for some researchers at MIT; LP hopes to be able to make a recommendation in a few weeks when the situation for the following year is made clear. [Shedlovsky's letter May 18, 1954; Caltech's following letter June 23, 1954] [Filed under C: Organizational Correspondence Box #72.4]
- Letter from Marjorie McEnaney, Program Organizer, Talks and Public Affairs, Canadian Broadcasting Co., to LP RE: Informs that the CBC would like to record a nine minute talk from him. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.11]
- Letter from P. P. Ewald to LP RE: Reply to LP's letter and contribution of May 26, 1954, thanking him for the check. Identifies next step in countering Palmer's criticism that of writing a formal letter to the editor of the journal, which Palmer can formally reply to; however he wonders if this much work should be devoted to refuting the arguments of the reviewer. [LP's letter May 26, 1954; LP's reply June 9, 1954] [Filed under A: Organizational Correspondence, Acta Crystallographica, Box # 7]
- Manuscript Notes re: The Oppenheimer Case [LP Biographical: Box 2.036, Folder 36.1]
- Newspaper Clipping: "A-scientist Loyal But Still Out", Los Angeles Daily News, June 2, 1954. [LP Biographical: Box 2.037, Folder 37.2]
- Newspaper Clipping: "Oppenheimer Appeals Atomic Ouster Case", Pasadena Star-News, June 2, 1954. [LP Biographical: Box 2.037, Folder 37.3]
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