Letter from Linus Pauling to Chauncey Leake. December 5, 1955. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to American Foundation for the Blind for $10.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from AHP to Georg Jensen Inc for $23.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from AHP to I.F. Stone's Weekly for $13.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from AHP to Mira Loma Mutual Water Company for $11.10. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from AHP to R. Walbridge Pool Company for $27.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from AHP to Richfield Oil Company for $3.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from AHP to Southern Counties Gas Company for $8.55. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.5]
• Check from LP to American Chemical Society for $45.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to American Institute of Physics for $47.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to California Institute of Technology for $24.14. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to D.C. Grahame, Secretary-Treasurer for $2.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to H.L. Byram, Tax Collector for $594.52. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Check from LP to Mineralogical Society of America for $4.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1954-February 1956), Box #4.023, Folder #23.1] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1951-1960), Box #4.075, Folder #75.3]
• Letter from Dael Wolfle, Administrative Secretary, Science, to LP RE: Received permission from Dr. G. Liljestrand to publish LP's Nobel lecture. [Letter from Wolfle to LP November 14, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Organizational Correspondence. (Sa - Sc)), #374.6]
• Letter from Dael Wolfle, Administrative Secretary, Science, to Professor A. Gero, Hahnemann Medical College, RE: Returns the paper "A Chemical Model of Drug Action," along with the reviewer's comments. Gero and Reese may consider withholding publication until he can offer an even better paper. [Review by LP November 4, 1955, Letter from Wolfle to Gero December 19, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Organizational Correspondence. (Sa - Sc)), #374.6]
• Letter from Dr. Gerald Laxer, Director of Science and Technology, The Wool Bureau, Inc., to LP RE: Sorry to hear that LP and Corey are not in a position to carry out x-ray and allied investigations on wool fiber at this time. Requests that they let Laxer know if they change their minds in the future. [Letter from LP to Laxer December 2, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1955-1960), #231.1]
• Letter from Dr. Paul N. Schatz to LP RE: Should have waited one more day before writing to LP. Just received a letter from the University of Virginia regarding a position in theoretical chemistry. Describes the position. Requests that LP write to Professor John H. Yoe at Virginia regarding Schatz's year at Caltech. Requests that LP still pass along any information about academic openings. [Letter from Schatz to LP December 3, 1955, Letter from LP to Schatz December 30, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
• Letter from Dr. W. A. Noyes, Jr., Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society, to LP RE: Encloses manuscript for review: Lippincott and Schroeder's General Relation between Potential Energy... Handwritten comments by LP fill the rest of the page. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Organizational Correspondence. (Ch - Ci), #70.3]
• Letter from Jose Maria Albareda, Secretary, Superior Advice of Scientific Investigations, Spain, to LP RE: Thanks LP for his hospitality during visit to Caltech. Invites LP to visit his institution. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence), #12.21]
• Letter from LP to Dean J.R. Little, University of Colorado, RE: Cannot accept the invitation to participate in the University of Colorado's Lecture Series in the Natural Sciences during the summer of 1956. Has already committed to finishing revisions of his book during the summer. [Letter from Little to LP November 17, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1955-1960), #231.1]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, Dean, College of Medicine, Ohio State University. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Individual Correspondence. (Lauritson - LeCompte)), #214.4]

  5 December 1955

  Dean Chauncey D. Leake

  The Ohio State University

  Columbus 10, Ohio

  Dear Chauncey:

  Thank you very much for your letter of 22 November. I myself am feeling somewhat encouraged about the situation with respect to the rights of individuals; I think that it is fine that Senator Hennings should have got a subcommittee to work on the problem.

  Ava Helen and I are pleased that you and Mrs. Leake are enjoying life in Columbus. We have been having a good time, but have been perhaps a bit too busy during recent months. We are having a vacation for a few days (not entirely vacation - we are driving to Berkeley for a meeting with a Public Health Service Committee, and we probably shall drive back along the Coast Highway, by Carmel).

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:ms

• Letter from LP to Dr. Edward L. Haenisch, Committee on Institutes and Conferences, A.C.S., Wabash College, RE: Regrets that he cannot accept the invitation to devote time during second semester to the Visiting Scientists program that Haenisch recently developed. Will not be able to participate in the program during fall semester of 1956-57 either. Suggests that he visit three of the Pacific Coast colleges during fall term: Reed College, Pomona College, and Redlands College. Since Occidental College is so close to Caltech, there is no reason why he should not give a talk there once in a while. [Letter from Haenisch to LP November 25, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1950-1955), #166.6]
• Letter from LP to Dr. John R. Pierce, Bell Telephone Laboratories, RE: Missed the two stories that Pierce published two or three years ago in Fantasy and Science Fiction because he only receives the magazine intermittently. Wishes that Pierce would stop by Caltech for a visit; would like to discuss his plans for carrying out biochemical work on the problem of mental deficiency. [Letter from Pierce to LP November 17, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1953-1959), #313.3]
• Letter from LP to Edwin S. Spencer, RE: Has not written anything about a philosophy of life; has not had much interest in what is ordinarily called philosophy. Was asked if he felt that he could be described as a scientific rationalist and he answered that he thought that he could. After a speech at Pomona, philosophy students labeled him as a materialist. Does not really know what these words mean. Believes that all problems can be attacked by logical thought and that one should not allow mysticism or dogma to prevent him from thinking about the world. [Letter from Edwin S. Spencer to LP January 29, 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1953-1956), #379.3]
• Letter from LP to Professor Bruce A. Benson, Physics Dept., Amherst College, RE: April 25-28 would be satisfactory for LP's visit to Amherst. The honorarium is satisfactory. [Letters from Benson to LP October 28, 1955, December 6, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.19]
• Letter from LP to Richard Wistar, Jr., President, Channing Club, Pomona College, RE: Enjoyed speaking with Wistar and his fellow club members last week. Wistar should not worry about the slides. Several of them were cracked before LP brought them over. [Letter from Wistar to LP November 25, 1955, Letter from Abernathy to LP December 28, 1955] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1955s.26]
• Letter from Peter Pauling to LP RE: Peter writes to update his father on his research and to recommend Dintzis as a possible Caltech chemistry hire. [Filed under LP Biographical: Box #5.042, Folder #42.2]

  5 December 1955

  Dear Daddy,

  I have written Stanley about coming but he has not yet had time to reply.

  You might think a little about this man Howard Dintzis. He of course wants to settle down & get to work and wants a permanent job some where, but there does not seem to be much around. He does not want to come too much to Pasadena he has been told stories on how difficult it is to get equipment made etc. for more or his new stuff, but Pasadena is ahead of everyone else in the United States in the e-ray Rotating Anode business. Dintzis is very good at thinking of stuff and trying it. If you were to consider working on crystalline proteins he would be a good start.

  Several of the boys are trying to begin building Rotating anode tubes. Joe Krant, Don Caspar at Yale, Alex, and this man Dintzis if he gets a place to go. If they get something adequately designed, you night be interested in getting one. These things won't happen for a while yet.

  Much love,

  Peter

• Letter from Professor Ralph L. Shriner, Chemistry Dept., State University of Iowa, to LP RE: Has heard that LP will be delivering the Coover Lecture at Iowa State College next spring. Invites LP to lecture before the Chemistry Colloquium at the State University of Iowa in conjunction with his trip to Iowa State College. Would be glad to cover travel expenses from Ames to Iowa City. Dr. George Glockler is no longer at Iowa as he has accepted a position with the Office of Ordnance Research. [Letter from LP to Shriner January 5, 1956] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1956s.13]
• Letter from W.H. Freeman, W.H. Freeman and Company, Publishers, to LP RE: Freeman has received a letter from Stan Schaefer about Francis Bonner. Bonner has been teaching at Brooklyn College, but he wants to leave. Bonner signed a book contract with Addison-Wesley. Hopes that LP will recommend Bonner for any open positions he hears about. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W.H. Freeman and Company, 1941-1959), #439.13]
• Proposed Itinerary: University of Indiana, Indianapolis [Filed under LP Travel: Box #1.002, Folder 2.1]
• Statement of Payment from University of California (Berkeley) to LP for $200.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Tax Documents, 1930-1956), Box #4.001, Folder #1.9]
• Telegram from Dr. W. Foerst, Heidelberg, Germany, to LP RE: Requests that LP return forwarded proof sheets. [Filed under LP Books: (General Chemistry: An Introduction to Descriptive Chemistry and Modern Chemical Theory, Second Edition), #1953b.2]