March 26, 1943 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Letter from J. H. Strait, Honorary President, Mutual Orange Distributors, to the Chemistry Dept., Caltech, RE: States they are looking for a chemist experienced in working with citrus products. [Letter from LP to Mr. J. H. Strait March 29, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1943), #377.13]

Letter from LP to Captain Victor Herbert Ingersoll, U.S. Army Prisoner of War, Interned by Japan, c/o Japanese Red Cross. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #185.6, file:(I: Correspondence, 1943)]

March 26, 1943

Captain Victor Herbert Ingersoll

United States Army Prisoner of War

Interned by Japan

in care of Japanese Red Cross

Tokyo, Japan via New York, New York

Dear Herbert:

Having learned your address from the Caltech Alumni Review, I am writing to tell you something about how things are going here. Everybody is very busy with special duties pertaining to the war, and I am no exception. In addition to keeping busy in Pasadena, I have to go East several times each year.

After I had taught several sections of freshmen in the years when you were at Caltech, I stopped doing any undergraduate teaching for about fourteen years. Then, three years ago I took on the job of handling freshman chemistry myself, and for the last three years I have been giving the freshman lectures. I have written a little textbook, too, which is used by the boys. It has not been published, but I hope after the war to revise and complete it and put it out for general use. I like teaching the freshmen, but I do not get so well acquainted with the whole crowd that come to my lectures as I did with the few boys in my freshman section twenty years ago.

Dr. Jimmy Bell, who used to be in charge of freshman chemistry, is still teaching two sections. He is rather old now, and since his wife died last summer he has not been feeling very well.

Professor Millikan is as hale and hearty and full of energy as every. He is still carrying on his duties of Chairman of the Executive Council of the Institute very well.

My wife and I have four children, the eldest, Linus, Jr., who has just turned eighteen, being now a freshman in premedics at the University of California at Berkeley.

I see the boys who were in my section along about your time every once in a while. Alpheus Ball, who is with Hercules, dropped in awhile back — I don't remember whether or not he was in your class.

I shall look forward to your revisiting Caltech one of these days.

With very best regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

LP:mu

Letter from LP to James W. Howard RE: Responds that he will ask Niemann about the hydrolysis of hair and the isolation of cystine. Suggests Howard look at the local public library for books on physiology and bacteriology. Explains what a gamma weight is. Also suggests that Howard improve his spelling skills, as scientists must be able to clearly communicate their research. [Note from Howard to LP March 17, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #165.8, file:(H: Correspondence 1943)]

Letter from LP to Reinholdt Publishing Corporation. RE: Would be pleased to receive the copy of the new monographs by Cohen and Edsall. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Correspondence, 1943-1948: Box #14.003 Folder #3.1]

Letter from LP to The New Yorker RE: Requests they forward a copy of his letter to the Canada Dry company, as their adds have aroused his scientific interest in their carbonation process. [Letter from LP to Canada Dry January 12, 1943, page from New Yorker March 20, 1943, letter from Price to LP April 6, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #287.10, file:(N: Correspondence, 1943)]

Letter from Reuben E. Wood to D. Churchill, Jr., National Defense Research Committee. RE: Informs him that credentials for the stops on his trip have on arrived yet. Asks for arrangements to be made for him to talk to some one from the aero-medical group at Wright Field. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.1]

Note RE: Account of available antisera. [Filed under: RNB 17R: Addendum]

Note from Dr. Thomas Addis to LP RE: Replies that he and Mrs. Addis will be coming on the 9th and the 10th of April. Mentions that the CMR will probably approve the extension of the contract. [Letter from LP to Dr. Addis March 23, 1943, Letter from LP to Dr. Addis March 29, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.1, file:(Addis, Thomas 1940-1945)]

Report of the “ Committee for the Revision of the Nomenclature of Pectic Substances”, By the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards 1938-1950: Box #14.008 Folder #8.14]

Telegram from Reuben E. Wood to D. Churchill, Jr.. RE: Has not received credentials for visits in letter of March 12th to Stevenson. Leaves tonight. Gives date of Wright filed visit. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work - Materials re: the Pauling Oxygen Meter, 1942-1950: Box #13.002 Folder #2.1]

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