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Letter from Linus Pauling to Alan T. Waterman. April 7, 1954.
Pauling writes to submit a National Science Foundation grant proposal for work on the configuration of polypeptide chains in proteins.

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7 April 1954

Dr. Alan T. Waterman, Director

National Science Foundation

Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Dr. Waterman:

I submit herewith an application to the National Science Foundation for a grant for support of research on configurations of polypeptide chains in proteins.

I think that the success that has been obtained in the investigations along this line during recent years indicates that further progress can be made. The problem of determining the structure of proteins is, or course, a very difficult one, and it is hard to predict what can be done; nevertheless, I feel optimistic about it.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling:W

Encl: 15 copies of application

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