Letter from Linus Pauling to Charles L. Parsons. December 30, 1940. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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• Letter from Charles Krause of Brown University to LP RE: Asks him to inform interested graduates of assistantships, scholarships, and fellowships available at Brown for 1941-1942. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.7, file:(B: Correspondence, 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Alpheus Smith, Dean of the Graduate School, Ohio State University, RE: Recommends Prof. Thorfin R. Hogness of the University of Chicago for the position of Chair of the Chemistry Department at Ohio State. Goes on to discuss his qualifications. [Letter from Smith to LP January 8, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #162.5, file:(Hogness, Thorfin)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Alfred E. Cohn, Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, RE: Regrets to hear that Mirsky will no longer have a position upon Cohn's retirement. Suggests that a teaching position at a university be found for him. Adds that he will speak with Sturtevant in Biology about finding a position. [Letter from Cohn to LP December 13, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #248.3, file:(Mirsky, Alfred)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Charles Parsons, Secretary, ACS. [Letter from Debye to LP December 18, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #90.1, file:(Debye, Peter: Correspondence, Reprints)]

  December 30, 1940

  Dr. Charles L. Parsons, Secretary

  American Chemical Society

  Mills Building

  Washington, D. C.

  Statement Regarding Nomination of Dr. J. L. Hoard for the American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry.

  Gentlemen:

  I have learned from Professor Debye that he and Kirkwood have nominated Dr. J. L . Hoard for the American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry. Dr. Hoard carried out his graduate work at this Institute under my direction, and I have followed his subsequent career with interest. He is an able and well trained crystal structure investigator. As a student he was not the most brilliant man to have studied here, but he was thoroughgoing and persistent, and was never satisfied until he had obtained a fundamental understanding of his subject. As a mature investigator he has shown again the qualities of thoroughness and persistence. He has attacked the problem of inorganic crystals containing complex ions in a businesslike way, and has made several very interesting structure determinations, including those for complexes with seven or eight groups coordinated about a central atom. He has carried out these difficult investigations very satisfactorily, and I would class him as one of the two of three leading investigators in this field in the world.

  In general my opinion is that Hoard is to be considered a serious candidate for the Award. The comparison of his record with those of other candidates might show that the Award should be given to him; on the other hand, there might well be in the country another man with a more imposing record.

  Respectfully yours,

  Linus Pauling

  LP:jr

• Letter from LP to Dr. H. F. Helmholz, Mayo Clinic, RE: Accepts the invitation for he and AHP to stay at the Helmholz's when they come to Rochester on March 13th. [Letter from Helmholz to LP December 16, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #165.5, file:(H: Correspondence, 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Leslie Bliss RE: Sends results of the rosin, acidity, and chloride tests on the two samples performed by Harold Herd. [Letter from Bliss to LP November 23, 1940] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.7, file:(B: Correspondence, 1940)]
• Letter from LP to Mr. Edward C. Barrett RE: Recommends Dr. John M. Chemerda be appointed Research Assistant to Dr. ER Buchman at a salary of $166.67 per month from December 1, 1940 to August 31, 1941 to be paid from Cyclobutane Fund. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box #1.029 file 29.1]
• Letter from William McPherson, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, to LP RE: Requests LP suggest a potential candidate to replace Dr. William Lloyd Evans as Chair after his retirement. [Letter from LP to McPherson January 4, 1941] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #162.5, file:(Hogness, Thorfin)]
• Report on “Further Observations of Riboflavin Deficiency in the Dog.” By Harold R. Street, George R. Cowgill and H. M. Zimmerman, Departments of Physiological Chemistry and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine. [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular medicine materials related to vitamin B2, 1938-1976: Box #11.068 Folder #68.1]