Linus Pauling, Ava Helen Pauling and Professor San-ichiro Mizushima standing in front of a large statue of the Buddha. 1955. Picture  Larger Images / More Information.

January  1955   > S M T W T F S             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31           Travel: India

Activity Listings

• Letter from George A.W. Boehm, Managing Editor, Control Engineering, to LP RE: Requests LP's assistance in the matter of Dr. Nicholas Rashevsky's dwindling support from the administration of the University of Chicago. Requests that LP arrange an introduction for Rashevesky with Dr. Seeley Mudd and that LP check up on Rashevsky's reputation. Requests that LP speak to Dr. Mudd and then write either to Boehm or to Rashevsky. [Letter from Wulf to Boehm February 9, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1955-1959), #341.1]
• Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation to LP RE: Asks LP to look at the application from Dr. Gobind Behari Lal for a Fellowship. [Letter from Wulf to Moe January 13, 1955] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.3]
• Letter from Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to Mrs. Oliver Reynolds Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Asks if she knows when LP will return to Pasadena so that he can send digests to him. [Letter from Wulf to Moe January 13, 1955] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.3]
• Letter from Jean E. Busch, Secretary, Princeton University Press, to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Thanks Wulf for the note to Herbert S. Bailey Jr. reporting that LP's book contract had not been received. Two copies of the contract are enclosed. Wulf should hold the contracts until LP's return to Pasadena. [Letter from Wulf to Bailey January 7, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1954s.19]
• Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman & Co., to Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Says he has written to LP asking if he wants Japanese currency and will write to LP in India to see if he has the necessary credentials for obtaining funds in Japan. The General Chemistry illustrations were returned to LP and they are not needed for College Chemistry. Hopes Wulf will find and send any or all they find. [Letter from Wulf to Freeman February 7, 1955] [Filed under LP Books: (General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory, Second Edition), #1953b2.2]
• Note from Gene M. Gray, Lehigh University, to LP RE: Tells LP that he has been asked to resign his post as research technician under Dr. Robert Stubbings at Lehigh University due to financial difficulties. Says Stubbings will not give him a recommendation. Gray asks LP if he has an opening in his Biochemistry Department for a Research Technician and lists four people as references. [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953-1975), Box #14.015, Folder #15.4]
• Telegram to R. K. Kapur from Beatrice Wulf, Secretary to LP, RE: Requests LP's itinerary for his stay in India because contact addresses are needed. [Filed under LP Awards: 1954h2.15]