THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
49 WEST 49th STREET, NEW YORK
THE NATURAL SCIENCES
WARREN WEAVER, DIRECTOR
FRANK BLAIR HANSON, A8SISTANT DIRECTOR
December 27, 1934
Dear Professor Pauling:
I take pleasure in sending you herewith a copy of the official notification of a recent
action of the Executive Committee of The Rockefeller Foundation appropriating not
to exceed $10,000 annually for three years beginning July 1, 1935 in support of your
researches. It is understood that the authorities of the California Institute of
Technology will supply $5,000 annually for the same purpose.
It is our hope that this assurance of support over a three year period will give a
desirable stability to your work, both in regard to staff and in regard to plans and
problems. You are well aware of our interest in the possible biological and medical
applications of the research in question. We are therefore particularly gratified
that the Institute has found it possible to make a substantial contribution which
will enable you to direct a larger proportion of our aid to the study of substances
of fundamental biological importance. I need hardly tell you that we are looking
forward with high confidence.
Very cordially,
[Warren Weaver]
Prof. Linus Pauling
Gates Chemical Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, Calif.
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