Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to A.C. Vroman for $5.15. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Adohr Milk Farms for $6.64. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Bonnie Dennis for $50.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to COPE for $4.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Dr. Herbert A. Whipple for $32.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Mira Loma Mutual Water Company for $19.24. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Priscilla Beattie for $7.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Robert Dawson Agency for $158.44. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Southern California Edison Company for $24.17. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Southern Counties Gas Company for $6.75. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Sunset Magazine for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to UNICEF Greeting Card Fund for $2.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Check from AHP to Women's International League for $60.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1]
- Letter from David B. Berd and Bob Potter to LP RE: Berd and Potter, both 14 years old, are interested in science. They are trying to design a microscope using the same principle as the electron microscope, except using gamma rays instead of de Broglie waves. Wonder what will deflect gamma rays. Wonder if gamma rays show up on anything besides film. Wonder if there is a known force that will affect gamma rays. [Letter from LP to Potter July 21, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1953-1959), #313.3]
- Letter from David M. Gibson, University of Wisconsin to LP RE: Gibson and Dr. Green were sorry to hear that LP cannot participate in the lecture series at the Enzyme Institute this year. [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.3]
- Letter from Dr. George M. Steinberg, Assistant Chief, Medicinal Chemistry Branch, Chemical Corps Medical Laboratories, Army Chemical Center, RE: Recalls a brief conversation with LP regarding the possibility of increasing the extent of ionization of a weak acid in a protein structure by the close proximity of a basic group. In attempting to explain enzyme activity or synthesizing a model based on this principle, wonders if it would be best to employ a strong base. Asks several other questions on this topic. Enjoyed LP's recent speech at Purdue. [Letter from LP to Steinberg July 25, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
- Letter from James M. Crowe, Executive Editor, Chemical and Engineering News, to LP RE: Dr. Stanerson mentioned that LP had expressed an interest in receiving a few more copies of the front cover of Chemical and Engineering News which featured LP's family. Encloses copies of the cover. Also encloses the original photograph; would like photograph returned after LP has made prints. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Organizational Correspondence. (Ch - Ci)), #70.3]
- Letter from Professor E.C. Kemble, Department of Physics, Harvard University, to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Chicago Press, Attn: LP c/o Mary D. Alexander, RE: Kemble encloses a paper entitled "Specific Forces Between Macro-molecules" sent to him by Professor Herbert Jehle in the hope that Kemble would submit it to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Requests that LP referee the paper. Kemble and his wife send their love to LP and AHP. [Letter from Alexander to LP July 11, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1936-1956), #200.20]
- Letter from Ruth Adams to LP RE: Adams has read with great pleasure LP's speech before the AAAS meeting in Pasadena on June 21st. Adams asks if LP has any objections to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists publishing his speech "The Genesis of Ideas." Adams can not commit the Bulletin to a specified issue, but the speech would most likely run in the fall. [Letter from LP to Adams July 25, 1955] [Filed under LP Peace: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 1948-1964), Box #3.016, Folder #16.4]
- Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Company, Publishers, to LP RE: A young chemist named Cagle informed Freeman that Parlin is writing an advanced physical chemistry textbook in collaboration with Zwolinsky. Spoke to Parlin, who says that the manuscript is coming along on schedule and is not yet committed to any publisher. The text would be for a first-year graduate physical chemistry course, to be taken by all graduates. Wonders if LP believes there is a need for such a book. Wonders if LP knows of Parlin, Zwolinsky, and Tanford. [Letter from LP to Freeman July 26, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959), #439.13]
- Letter from Wilbert Sandstrom to LP RE: Wonders how much mathematics he should take in college in order to have a thorough understanding of the theory of resonance and related subjects. Currently taking differential equations and advanced calculus. [Letter from LP to Sandstrom July 13, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
- Memo from Ernest M. Allen, Chief, Division of Research Grants, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, to LP RE: Reports that the National Advisory Health Council, on June 22, 1955, recommended approval of LP's application for research grant RG-4276 in the amount of $9,200, which includes the maximum of 15% for indirect costs. States that the Surgeon General will accept this recommendation and make the grant if LP's institution submits formal request for indirect costs desired. [Letter from Walter to Allen July 15, 1955] [Filed under LP Science: (United States Public Health Service: Assorted Grants, 1954-1964), Box #14.042, Folder #42.1]
- Offprint: "Possible Direct Effects on Man of Low Level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation." [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: The Biological Effects of Radiation, 1940, 1950, 1955-1959), Box #7.015, Folder #15.4]
- Reprint: "Dosages from National Radioactivity and Cosmic Rays," Science. [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Nuclear Fallout; Radiation Hazards, 1950, 1953-1956), Box #7.001, Folder #1.11]
- Telegram from LP to Mrs. Wendell M. Latimer RE: LP and AHP send their deepest sympathy and love (on the death of Wendell M. Latimer). [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Individual Correspondence. (Lacey - Lattimer)), #212.15]
- Telegram from LP to Professor Kenneth S. Pitzer, Chemistry Dept., University of California, Berkeley. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Individual Correspondence. (Lacey - Lattimer)), #212.15]
CL2 SW PD PASADENA CALIFORNIA JULY 8,1955
PROFESSOR K. S. PITZER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA THE MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SEND THEIR SYMPATHY TO YOU ON THE DEATH OF PROFESSOR WENDELL M. LATIMER, WHO THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE CONTRIBUTED IN AN OUTSTANDING WAY TO THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.
LINUS PAULING
CHG CHEMISTRY
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8, 1955
