No Title. [re: Japanese scientists and science] March 10, 1955. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 5 pp.  View Transcript

<   March  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: Tokyo, Japan

Activity Listings

• Letter from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, to Joe K. Adams, Secretary-Treasurer, Society of the Sigma Xi, Bryn Mawr College, RE: LP will be able to deliver a Sigma Xi lecture at Bryn Mawr on April 28. LP and AHP will be in Washington just before that time and LP will deliver a lecture in New York on April 29. Requests that Adams let her know whether this date would be acceptable. [Letter from Adams to LP January 25, 1955, Letter from Adams to Wulf March 11, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.7]
• Letter from David W. Bailey, Secretary, President and Fellows of Harvard College, to LP RE: LP has been appointed John M. Prather Lecturer in Biology for the second half of the academic year 1954-1955. [Letter from LP to Bailey March 21, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.5]
• Letter from Dr. E.U. Condon, Physics Dept., University of California, Berkeley, to Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai, Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, RE: Honored that Sarabhai would consider him for the Directorship of The Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA). Will be visiting Dr. Bhabha at Tata University on July 1. Doubts that he is appropriate person to head ATIRA, as he has no knowledge in the textile field. Hopes to meet Sarabhai. [Letter from Sarabhai to LP January 28, 1955, Letter from LP to Sarabhai March 18, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
• Letter from Dr. Jack Dunitz to LP RE: Congratulates LP on his receipt of the Nobel Prize. Applied for a lectureship in Chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford and given LP's name as a reference. With a baby expected in May, Dunitz would like a stable position with long-term prospects; does not feel that he would want to work at NIH permanently. Does not think that he will get the Oxford job as the competition will be severe. [Letter from Lowe to LP May 14, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Individual Correspondence. (Dil - Dyson)), #96.21]
• Letter from Professor Henry J. Bowldon, Physics Dept., Wayne University, to LP RE: Has applied to the National Research Council's Merck Fellowship for 1955-56. Originally proposed to work in x-ray diffraction under Sir Lawrence Bragg at the Royal Institution, but cannot move to England. Requests an opinion of whether it might be possible to study at Caltech with the x-ray diffraction group there. Summarizes his background and credentials. Would appreciate the opportunity to work under an experienced researcher. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1955-1957), #38.1]
• Letter from Professor Paul A. Beck, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Dept., University of Illinois, to LP RE: Encloses a copy of the revised tentative program for the ASM Symposium on the "Theory of Alloy Phases." Hopes to receive confirmation of LP's acceptance for participation in the Symposium. Handwritten notes in the margin read: "20 May 1955: I told Duvez that I can't do it" and "25 May 1955: Telephone call for Dr. Beck" and "I to speak Sat. evening." [Letter from Beck to Wulf February 8, 1955, Letter from Beck to LP May 25, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.22]
• Letter from Professor R. P. Mariella, Chairman, Chemistry Dept., Loyola University, to LP RE: After a telephone conversation with LP's secretary, has learned that LP will be back in Pasadena around March 12. Says the committee has decided to continue to wait for LP's response. [Letter from Mariella to LP February 25, 1955, Letter from LP to Mariella March 14, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1950-1955), #256.6]
• Letter from Thaxton Springfield, University Methodist Church, to Unknown Recipient RE: Has read "God Is." Recommends that it be filmed. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1955-1959) #341.4]
• Memo from Dr. L.L. Whyte to LP RE: Has spent a year in the U.S. on a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in theoretical and bio physics. Regrets having missed LP at Caltech. Plans to leave for Berkeley tomorrow morning and will be on the west coast for four months. Says he can come back to Caltech to talk with LP and Dr. Went. Will write to LP when he has a permanent address at Berkeley. [Letter from Whyte to LP, March (general)] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W: Correspondence, 1953-1959), #444.3]
• Newspaper Clipping: "Linus Pauling to be Honored," Pasadena (California) Star-News, March 7, 1955. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1951-1955), Box #6.006, Folder #6.147]