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Major Events

  • In January, the Rockefeller Foundation makes a conditional grant of $1,500,000 to CIT for research in chemical biology (the condition is that the Institute must match the Foundation’s grant in a period of three years). Pauling’s work on proteins, nucleic acids, immunochemistry, and disease in relation to molecular abnormalities will be supported.
  • On April 29, Pauling delivers the Harvey Lecture: "Abnormalities of Hemoglobin Molecules in Hemolytic Anemias."
  • In June, Pauling calls the suspension, as a security risk, of J. Robert Oppenheimer from his advisory activities with the Atomic Energy Commission "a disgraceful act on the part of the government of the United States." He finds this "display of ingratitude" toward one of the country’s most distinguished scientists unjustifiable by any rational argument.
  • In July, Pauling is refused a passport to leave the country. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had invited him to India for a dedication of an institute for scientific research.
  • In October, Linus Pauling learns that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances."
  • Pauling is granted a passport (which had been most recently refused on October 1, but as one magazine put it: "Win a prize, get a passport").
  • Pauling and his family travel to Stockholm, Sweden, where, on December 10, Pauling receives his Nobel Prize from King Gustav Adolph VI.
Chronology by Robert Paradowski.

Travel

 Washington, DC 
 Honolulu, HI (12)
 Honolulu, HI (3)
 Vandalia, OH (10)
 Kansas City, MO 
 Portland, OR (3)
 Dallas, TX (2)
 Philadelphia, PA (5)
 Washington, DC (4)
 New York, NY (2)
 Toronto, (ON, Canada) (5)
 Philadelphia 
 Hanover, New Hampshire (2)
 Toronto, (ON, Canada) (2)
 San Diego 
 Idyllwild, CA (3)
 Kalamazoo, MI 
 Chicago, IL (4)
 New York, NY 
 Ithaca, NY (2)
 Princeton, NJ (4)
 New York, NY (3)
 Philadelphia, PA (2)
 Princeton, NJ (7)
 Tucson, AZ (3)
 transit to Europe (3)
 Stockholm, Sweden (5)
 Europe (4)
 Oslo, Norway (3)
 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2)
 Tel Aviv, Israel (2)
 Bethlehem, Israel (2)
 Tel Aviv, Israel 
 Jerusalem, Israel 
 Nicosia, Cyprus (2)
 Karachi, Pakistan 
 Ahmedabad, India 
See the Paulings' activities in January 1954
See the Paulings' activities in January 1954

Snapshot

Linus Pauling and King Gustav VI, Nobel Prize ceremonies, Stockholm, Sweden. Picture. 1954
Linus Pauling and King Gustav VI, Nobel Prize ceremonies, Stockholm, Sweden. 1954. Larger Image / More Information

Statistics

  • 4073 activity listings
  • 206 scanned documents
  • 185 full-text transcripts

Activity Listings - 1954 (No Date)

  • AHP Medical Records [Filed under LP Safe: Box 2.028, Folder 28.1]
  • Diary: 2.75x4.5" Westinghouse diary [Filed under LP Safe: 4.085]
  • Diary: 3.75x6" labeled as "My Trip" for 1954 for Ava Helen, with newspaper clippings and a letter from Asima Chatterjee to AHP April 15, 1955. [Filed under LP Safe: Box 4.036]
  • Foreword to The Structural Chemistry of Proteins by H. D. Springall (London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1954), vii. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.11]
  • Handwritten note form R. A. Pasternek to LP RE: Discusses Consolidated Computer work. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.030, Folder #30.8]
  • LP Biographical: Personal Income Tax Information [Filed under LP Biographical, Box 4.001, Folder 1.8]
  • LP Newspaper Clipping: 1954n. Pasadena California Institute of Technology Engineering and Science, vol. XVIII, no. 2, (November 1954): 11-14. Journal Article "Linus Pauling Nobel Prizewinner." [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1954n.40]
  • Linus Pauling: "A disgraceful act ..." The Nation 178 (1 May 1954): 378. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.4]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Caltech Chemist in Spotlight", Publication Unknown, 1954. [1954n2.44]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Dr. Pauling Wins Prize", Publication Unknown (Oregon), 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.49]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Fear and Dr. Oppenheimer", The Washington Post, 1954. [LP Biographical: Box 2.037, Folder 37.24]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Fem Nobelprestagare kommer till Stockholm", Publication Unknown, December 1954. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.42]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Nobel Fest", Publication Unknown, (Sweden) 1954. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1954n2.48]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Oppenheimer Judge Got a More Tolerant Decision", Publication Unknown, 1954. [LP Biographical: Box 2.037, Folder 37.25]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Pauling och Gard blev ljuspunkter", Publication Unknown (Germany), 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.47]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Reed Graduates to Hear Pauling", Publication Unknown, 1954. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box 6.006, Folder 6.52]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Reed to Hear Caltech Man", Publication Unknown, 1954. [LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.43]
  • Newspaper Clipping: "Slam", Publication Unknown, 1954. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings: 1954n2.46]
  • Newspaper Clipping: Re: Nobel Prize Speech, National Guardian, 1954. [Filed under LP Newspaper Clippings 1954n2.45]
  • Non-Pauling Reprints and Articles: Biological Specificity, 1940-1954, No Date. [Filed under LP Science: (Research on Biological Specificity, 1979-1996), Box #8.002 Folder #2.6]
  • Note from Beatrice Wulf to LP RE: All of the research fellows were included in the list, let Dr. Bacher and NRC take out who they want, and make all the changes you want. [Filed under B: Correspondence, 1954 Box #37.21]
  • Note from Friedrich Cramer to LP RE: Thank you note for all the help LP has given for a booklet on inclusion compound. [Note from Friedrich Cramer to LP, reply from LP to Cramer April 21, 1954] [Filed under C: Correspondence, 1954 Box #74.22].
  • Note from Swift Bergman to LP RE: Thank you note for LP recommending Bergman for the Fellows. [Filed under B: Correspondence, 1954 Box #37.21]
  • Note to Braunstein and Williams from unknown RE: Discussion of wave functions. [Filed under C: Correspondence, 1954 Box #74.22].
  • On the structure of the heteropoly anion in ammonium 9-molybdomanganate, (NH4)6MnMo9032.8H20. Acta Cryst. 7 (1954): 438-441 . [John L. T. Waugh, David P. Shoemaker, and Linus Pauling]. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.3]
  • Pamphlet: "Are We Moving Toward Fascism?" , D. F. Fleming [LP Biographical: Box 2.039, Folder 39.25]
  • Pamphlet: “John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,” lists the 1953 Fellows and briefly describes the Fellowships available. [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder 15.2]
  • Paul Sabatier Centennial Medal [Filed under LP Awards 1954h.1]
  • Pauling and Non-Pauling Reprints: "Papers on Sickle-Cell Anemia", [sickle-cell anemia and hemoglobin reprints as bound together by LP] 1937, 1944-1945, 1949-1954. [Filed under LP Science: (Non-Pauling Reprints re: Sickle Cell Anemia research), Box #6.012, Folder #12.1]
  • Photo: A photograph collage of two of unidentified cancan dancers and Linus Pauling Jr. dressed in a dark overcoat and top hat. "LP Jr. with Cancan girls." Photographer unknown. Black and white print. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.37]
  • Photo: Anita Oser and Linus Pauling Jr. standing next to their MG. Hawaii. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.16]
  • Photo: Crellin, Linus Fowler, Peter Chadwick, and Christopher Carl Pauling sitting indoors, eating grapes. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.17]
  • Photo: Kurt Godel and Albert Einstein standing outside. "Albert Einstein + Kurt Godel ca. 1954 Courtesy of Richard Arens Univ. of California Los Angeles" Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.12]
  • Photo: Linus Fowler Pauling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.5]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling Jr.'s son Christopher Carl Pauling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.4]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling Jr.'s son Peter Chadwick Pauling. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.3]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling holding a chemical model. "Professor Linus Pauling holding model of sulfanilamide molecule 1954 1665" Photographer unknown. Black and white prin. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.65]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling sitting at a table. "Dr. Linus Pauling 1954 1761" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.51]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling sitting on a file cabinet, talking. Behind him, a collage made of beach stones glued on a board. "Church Lab, CIT 1954" "2021" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.19]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling standing and holding a model of sulfanilamide. "Early 1950's Dr. Linus Pauling 1760" Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.66]
  • Photo: Linus Pauling standing in front of a house. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.11]
  • Photo: Portrait of Linus Pauling standing outside. Photographer unknown. Black and white print. 1954. [Filed under LP Photographs: 1954i.9]
  • Reprint: "Determination of O2 Consumption with Pauling Oxygen Meter", R. Margaria, G. Meschia and F. Marro, J. Appl. Phys., 6, 12 (1954). [Filed under LP Science: (Scientific War Work- Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1944-1984-2), Box #13.003, Folder 3.9]
  • Reprint: “Effect of Vitamin E on Carbohydrate Metabolism of Rat Diaphragm,” by Doris E. Gray and H.A. De Luca, Canadian Journal of Chemistry and Physiology, Vol. 32. Marked with a red “XII-6” and “1954” as well as the publication information. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular medicine materials related to vitamin E (general)), Box #11.073, Folder 73.1]
  • Reprint: “Effects pf a Fat-Free Diet on Growing Male Rats with Special Reference to the Endocrine System,” by Theodore C. Panos and John C. Finerty, Journal Nutr., 54 (1954). Marked with a red “XII-7” and “1954” as well as the publication information. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular medicine materials related to vitamin E (general)), Box #11.073, Folder 73.1]
  • Reprint: “Further Gross Observations on the B12-Deficient Chick Embryo,” by T.M. Ferguson and J.R. Couch, Journal Nutr., 54 (1954), p. 361-370. Marked with a red “XVIII-8” and “1954” as well as the publication information. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular medicine materials related to vitamin B12), Box #11.071, Folder 71.1]
  • Reprint: “Influenza della vitamina E sel ricambio glucidico,” by R. Romeo ana A. Parrinello, Acta Vitaminologica, Vol. 8, p. 129-134, 1954. Marked with a red “XV-6” and “1954” as well as the date. LP handwritten notes on the first page. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular medicine materials related to vitamin E and other diseases), Box #11.075, Folder 75.1]
  • Review of International Tables for X-ray Crystallography, Vol. 1. Symmetry Groups, N. F. M. Henry and K. Lonsdale, eds (Birmingham: Kynoch Press, 1952). Acta Cryst. 7 (1954): 304. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.1]
  • Review of Nature and Structure of Collagen: Papers presented for a discussion convened by the Colloid and Biophysics Committee of the Faraday Society at King's College, London, 26-27 Mar. 1953 by J. T. Randall, Science 120 (1954): 133. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.10]
  • Review of The Proteins. Chemistry, Biological Activity, and Methods. Vol. 1, part A, Hans Neurath and Kenneth Bailey, eds (New York: Academic Press, 1953). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 49 (1954): 254. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.2]
  • Second Report: Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, 1950-1954. [Filed under LP Science: (Helen Hay Foundation–Scientific Advisory Committee: Publications and Activities, 1947-1958), Box #15.001, Folder #1.2]
  • The configuration of polypeptide chains in proteins. Fortschr. Chem. Organ. Naturs. 11, 180-239 (1954). [Linus Pauling and Robert B. Corey]. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.6]
  • The dependence of bond energy on bond length. (Debye 70th Birthday Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY). J. Phys. Chem. 58 (1954): 662-666. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.7]
  • The stochastic method and the structure of proteins. in 13th International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry: Plenary Lectures, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Stockholm, 1954, pp. 37-52. Reprinted in Am. Scientist 43 (1955): 285-297. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.8]
  • The structure of protein molecules. Scientific American 191 (July 1954): 51-59. [Linus Pauling, Robert B. Corey, and Roger Layward]. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.9]
  • The world problem and the hydrogen bomb. New Outlook 7 (May 1954): 6-12. [Filed under LP Publications, 1954p.5]
  • Typescript: Abnormality of Hemoglobin Molecules in Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias, 1954. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles, 1954a.15]
  • Typescript: Some Aspects of Theoretical Chemistry in Russia, by Moyer Hunsberger, 1954. [?] [Filed under LP Science: (Materials re: Resonance Theory Controversy, 1949-1984), Box #2.003, Folder #3.12]
  • Typescripts and Correspondence: The Stochastic Method and the Structure of Proteins, May-October 1954. [Filed under LP Manuscripts of Articles, 1954a.14]