Linus Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling and Professor San-ichiro Mizushima standing in front of a large statue of the Buddha. 1955. Picture  Larger Images / More Information.

January  1955   > S M T W T F S             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31           Travel: India

Activity Listings

• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Dr. Frederick C. Elliott, Executive Director, Texas Medical Center, Inc., RE: Informs that LP is in India and will not return to Pasadena until March. Believes that LP would be interested in visiting Houston to discuss a Basic Research Institute. [Letter from Elliott to LP January 6, 1955, Letter from Elliott to Wulf January 28, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence)), #112.21]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Hjalmar Lind RE: Lind's letters to LP and AHP were received. They are traveling around the world and will not return until the middle of March. LP will write to Lind upon his return. [Letters from Lind to LP December 15, 1954, March 12, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1955-1960), #231.1]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Professor Paul A. Beck, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Dept., University of Illinois, RE: LP is abroad and will not return to Caltech until March. It will not be possible to give a definite answer as to whether he can participate in the Symposium on the Theory of Alloy Phases until that time. [Letter from Beck to LP January 8, 1955, Letter from Beck to Wulf February 8, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.22]
• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman & Co., RE: Unable to find the original illustrations of General Chemistry. Will hear from LP in a few days and telephone Freeman when she has a definite address where LP can be reached. [Filed under LP Books: (General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory, Second Edition), #1953b.1]
• Letter from Carl Niemann, Acting Chairman, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, to Dr. Lawrence C. Cerny, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, RE: Cerny's letter has been given to Niemann for reply. The blank from the American Cancer Society arrived after LP left on his trip abroad and has been forwarded to him in India. Believes that it would be possible to accept Cerny if he were awarded the fellowship from the ACS. Before leaving, LP had requested more detail regarding the problem which Cerny intended to research. [Letter from Cerny to "M" January 10, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1921-1957), #74.23]
• Letter from Flora Greenhoot to LP RE: Invites LP to be the Long Beach Unitarian Church's Forum Speaker. Choice of subject would be up to LP. [Letter from Wulf to Greenhoot February 28, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1936-1956)), #140.19]
• Letter from Mrs. Oliver Reynolds Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, RE: Informs that LP will not return until March 12 and suggests that it is safe to send mail except to India. Asks Moe if his letter to LP regarding Dr. Gobind Behari Lal can wait until LP returns or if she should send the material back. [Letters from Moe to Wulf January 11, 1955, January 17, 1955] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.3]
• Letter from Victor Reynolds, University Publisher, Cornell University Press, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Would like to write to the Chase National Bank of Tokyo about the matter of LP withdrawing royalty funds while in Japan. If more specific information is received from the Bank, Reynolds will let Wulf know. Otherwise, Reynolds will make arrangements for LP to withdraw the entire amount in the account, but as only half belongs to LP, one half of it will be deducted from his next royalty check. [Letter from Wulf to Reynolds January 7, 1955, Letter from Reynolds to Wulf February 1, 1955] [Filed under LP Books: (The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry, Third Edition), #1960b5.2]