August 24, 1954 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

AHP writes cheque to: Israel Feuer amount $17.24 [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #4.022, Folder #2]

Letter from Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., Princeton University Press, to LP RE: Delighted that he has accepted the invitation to deliver the Vanuxem Lectures. Discusses the possibility of publishing a book from the lectures. [Letter from LP to Bailey September 24, 1954] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.19]

Letter from LP to Dexter M. Keezer, Vice-President, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc. [Keezer's letter August 11, 1954] [Filed under McGraw-Hill and Co., 1954, Box #253.6]

24 August 1954

Mr. Dexter M. Keezer, Vice-President

McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.

330 West 42nd Street

New York 36, N.Y.

In answer to the question in your letter of 11 August, I may say that it is my opinion that the cost of carrying on research in chemistry and of providing adequate training for the Ph.D. degree in chemistry is now approximately 250 percent of what it was 15 to 20 years ago.

For example, the salary paid to a young postdoctoral man 15 years ago, in our Division, was $1800 per year. The salary now paid is $4200 per year.

I may point out that the part of the expense that involves the salaries of professors has not increased two and one-half fold during this period. I judge that it has increased by about 50 percent only. However, the cost of apparatus in general has increased by about 150 percent, and there is another factor that must be taken into consideration. With the progress of science during the past 15 or 20 years it has become necessary to make use of far more extensive equipment than was necessary before. For example, we now have or propose soon to buy about a half dozen pieces of equipment that cost around $15,000 each - such as an electron microscope recording infrared spectrometer, analytical ultracentrifuge, and so on. All in all, I think that a department budget that was $200,000 fifteen years ago must be $500,000 now.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:W

Letter from LP to Jeff Minckler RE: In accordance with Minckler's letter of August 3, 1954, LP has signed and sent out donation cards to Reed College parents. He has also written a letter to the editor of the Pasadena Star News citing Reed College as one of the best institutions of higher learning in the U. S. [Minckler's letter August 3, 1954] [Filed under R: Organizational Correspondence, Reed College, Box #339.4]

Letter from LP to Kim Jong Kun, Normal College, National University, Seoul, Korea RE: Reply to Kun's letter of August 1, 1954; recommends he takes more advanced work in chemistry in institutions in Korea and Japan and then come to Caltech as a post-doctoral fellow. [Kun's letter August 1, 1954] [Filed under K: Correspondence 1954, Box #200.19]

Letter from LP to Paul Zamecnik RE: Recommends Itano for the position at Massachusetts General Hospital but doubts that he would be willing to leave his post in MD. [Zamecnik's letter August 11, 1954] [Cable from LP September 2, 1954] [Filed under Z: Individual Correspondence 1954, Box #464.3]

Letter from LP to Prof. Takesi Nagata RE: LP thanks him for copy of his book on rock-magnetism and also enjoyed seeing him in Idyllwild. [Filed under N: Correspondence 1954, Box #287.21]

Letter from LP to Sven Malmstrm RE: LP regrets that he will not be in PA to see Malmstrm's exhibit in connection with the First International Instrument Exhibition. LP also confirms Malmstrm's plans to visit Caltech during October. [Filed under M: Correspondence 1954, Box #256.5]

Letter from LP to W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Co., RE: LP suggests that Freeman introduce another pair of color plates in College Chemistry, specifically for his new chapter on rocks and minerals. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Books, 1955b.1]

Letter from R. S. Schreiber, The Upjohn Company to LP RE: The Upjohn Company is happy to host LP on his upcoming visit to Kalamazoo [Filed under S: Correspondence 1954, Box #379.2]

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