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Letter from Linus Pauling to George M. Reynolds Page 1. December 20, 1938

Letter from Linus Pauling to George M. Reynolds December 20, 1938. Page 1 Larger Images / More Information. 1 p. View Transcript

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Letter from J. McKeen Cattell to J. Murray Luck, Secretary, Pacific Division, A. A. A. S. RE: Financial relations of the American Association and the Pacific Division, which, at present, are not good due to the fact the Association wishes to reduce the Pacific Division allowance. [Luck's reply January 13, 1939] [Filed under LP Science: Box #14.001, Folder #1.2]
Letter from LP to Dr. David M. Dennison RE: Is looking forward to seeing he and Mrs. Dennison in Pasadena during October. LP notes that all of the department should be in the area at this time. [Dennison's note: December 12, 1938] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #98, Folder #98.3]
Letter from LP to Dr. Park Turrill RE: LP explains that there are no positions available for women to work in the Chemistry department. Miss Gerfen may qualify to work as a technical assistant in the biology department or work as a secretary to department of chemistry in other universities. [Filed under: T: Correspondence, Box #410, Folder #410.3]
Letter from LP to Mr. Andy Pace RE: LP writes that he was glad to hear that Jack Sherman is recovering after the death of his brother, Albert. The publication of LP's book has been delayed for three months. [Filed under: LP Correspondence, Box #312, Folder #312.3]
Letter from LP to Mr. George M. Reynolds. [Reynold's letter: December 14, 1938] [Filed under: L: Individual Correspondence, Box #218, Folder #218.11]

December 20, 1938

Mr. George M. Reynolds

4901 Ellis Avenue

Chicago, Illinois

Dear Mr. Reynolds:

I am very glad indeed to give a strong recommendation to you for the renewal of the Rosenwald Fund Grant to Mr. James B. LuValle. Mr. LuValle has made an excellent record in his graduate work with us. He is classed in the upper group of our graduate students, despite the fact that the graduate students are very carefully selected and have in general great ability. Mr. LaValle has made already an outstanding record in research. He has more energy and enthusiasm, I believe, than any other graduate student working in the molecular structure field, and he has, during the summer and fall of this year, been the mainstay of Dr. Schomaker in the difficult job of constructing an improved electron diffraction apparatus.

His research program on the study of unsaturated conjugated systems containing oxygen is well planned and is now well under way. There is very little doubt that he will have completed by June 1940 a thoroughly satisfactory doctor's dissertation and that he will receive his Doctorate at that time, if he is able to continue his studies. He is hoping then to be given appointment in some university, such as Fisk, and I believe that with his many qualifications he will surely receive an appointment of this type.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

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Letter from LP to Professor M. J. Buerger RE: LP sends Buerger the tracing used bye the Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie in making Figure 8 of the "Screening Constants" paper. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #33, Folder #33.4]