January 10, 1962 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Itinerary [handwritten]: Chile [Filed under LP Travel, Box #1.003, Folder 3.2]

Letter from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi to LP RE: Tells LP about a talk he gave in Falmouth which is described in a newspaper clipping he encloses. Says that when he made the talk he did not yet know of LP’s numeric calculations about the probable number of people surviving an atomic war. Asks for this information, so it can be included in the published form of his talks. [Letter from LP to Szent-Gyorgyi February 28, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, Szent-Györgyi, Albert 1939-1989 Box 371 Folder 371.1]

Letter from Alexander Crosby to LP, RE: Crosby asks for LP to read an enclosed copy from a book on weather, meant for third grade children, and make any necessary corrections. The publisher has questioned the scientific accuracy of the material although the manuscript was approved by Dr. Ernest Christie. Christie is the former chief of the New York Weather Bureau. Crosby is sending LP a check and hopes that he will accept this nominal fee for his professional help in this matter. [Letter from LP January 22, 1962] [Filed under LP Peace: (Materials re: Fallout and Radiation Shelters, and Civil Defense, 1962-1965), Box #7.008, Folder #8.10]

Letter from Gilbert Ling to LP RE: Explains to LP that he is a molecular biologist at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and his work situation is deteriorating. Asks if LP might be able to offer him a job. Talks about his research. [Filed under LP Correspondence, L: Correspondence 1961-1963 Box 232, Folder 232.2]

Letter from Gorden W. Gilkey, Head of the Department of Art to LP, cc: James H. Jensen RE: Says that since they have not heard a response to Dr. Vernon Cheldelin’s invitation to LP to appear on the Liberal Arts Lecture Program, he supposes they should invite another off-campus speaker. [Letter from LP to Gilkey January 22, 1962] [Filed under LP Correspondence, Oregon Sate College/Oregon State University: Correspondence 1933-1996 Box 298, Folder 298.6]

Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Professor Ram Narain, Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University, RE: LP thanks him for the letter and the Christmas card. Under separate cover he send the autographed photo. He is pleased that Narain has been appointed as Assistant Professor in the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural University. [Letter from Narain to LP December 19, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (N: Correspondence, 1957-1964), #288.5]

Letter from LP [Signed by Joan Harris] to Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Expresses thanks for Schaefer’s advice about questions regarding material in College Chemistry. Requests that he be sent the new drawings and newly lettered drawings by February 1. [Filed under LP Books: 1955b.4]

Letter from LP [signed by Joan Harris] to Bruce Shawver RE: Says that he is pleased to learn about Shawver’s efforts in support of the idea of a voluntary income tax that would go to the UN. Says that he believes in supporting the UN, but that he thinks that something else is needed to attack world peace problems. [Letter from Shawver to LP December 22, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, S: Correspondence, 1962-1963 Box 382 Folder 382.1]

Letter from LP [signed by Joan Harris] to Ronald Rolfe, cc: Mrs. Townsend RE: Authorizes Rolfe to retain and use the items of equipment tabulated in Rolfe’s memorandum of 20 December 1961 until September 1962. [Filed under LP Correspondence, R: Individual Correspondence (Robinson, Miles - Roosevelt) Box 335 Folder 335.8]

Letter from LP to C. Marks RE: Apologizes for the delay in answering Marks’ letter. Says he hopes the conference in the East went well. Returns Marks’ document. [Letter from Marks to LP December 20, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence, M: Correspondence 1962-1964 Box 259, Folder 259.1]

Letter from LP to H. Sinclair Tait RE: Tells Tait that there is now a great literature on the abnormal hemoglobins in relation to the hereditray hemolytic anemias, but most of his own work is not available as reprints. Says he will send a few available reprints under separate cover. Also tells Tait that elements 102 and 103 have been made, but the names for them have not yet been approved. [Filed under LP Correspondence, T: Correspondence 1956-1963 Box 411, Folder 411.7]

Letter from LP to Professor Thomas B. Cameron, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati. [Letter from Professor Cameron to LP December 21, 1961] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Individual Correspondence. (Feinberg-Feynman)), #119.3]

10 January 1962

Dear Professor Cameron:

In answer to your letter, I write to suggest that you consider Dr. Gary Felsenfeld.

Dr. Felsenfeld is 32 years old. He received his Bachelor's degree at Harvard in 1951 and his Ph.D. from our Institute in 1955. His doctoral work was done under my supervision. He then spent a year (1954-55 - he had completed his doctoral work already in '54 although the degree was awarded in '55) as National Science Foundation Fellow in Oxford, where he worked with Professor C. A. Coulson. He then served as an officer in the National Institutes of Health for three years, and in 1958 took up appointment as Assistant Professor of Biophysics in the University of Pittsburgh. I believe that he has now returned to the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, but I am not sure that I can trust my memory about this.

Dr. Felsenfeld is an unusually able man, with a fine personality and good judgment. I do not know how much administrative experience he has had. I believe that he would be an excellent man to have as head of the Department of Chemistry, despite his youth.

Dr. Felsenfeld has thorough training in physical chemistry, physics, and mathematics, especially in quantum mechanics and molecular structure. He has been interested in the nature of the active regions of enzymes, and I anticipate that he will in the course of time make some really significant contributions in biophysics.

In my opinion he has considerable familiarity with all of the fields of chemistry, such as to permit him to handle the problems that reach the head of a chemistry department in a satisfactory way.

Sincerely yours,

[Linus Pauling]

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