Letter from Linus Pauling to Ruth Ann Tukey. January 12, 1959. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

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Activity Listings

• Check from AHP to Edward Hawks for $100.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2]
• Check from LP to Mrs. Julia Pauling for $150.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Check from LP to Scientific World, American Association of Scientific Workers for $5.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, December 1957-December 1959), Box #4.025, Folder #25.2] [Also filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Check Registers, 1957-1962), Box #4.076, Folder #76.1]
• Letter from Dr. William A. Nierenberg, The American Physical Society to LP RE: Invites him to the symposium in Hawaii on August 27, 28, and 29, asks if he could read a paper on solid state physics, and says the length of time for each slot will be decided later. [Letter from LP to Nierenberg January 14, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (American Physical Society, 1935, 1943-1945, 1959-1968), #11.10]
• Letter from Herbert T. Rosenfeld to LP RE: Requests that LP provide a word of endorsement for Rosenfeld's candidacy as a member of the Board of the American Humanist Association. [Letter from LP to Rosenfeld January 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Rosenfeld, Herbert T.), #336.2]
• Letter from Joe Capsin to LP RE: Sends enclosures, thinks LP will like what Dr. Snyder has to say in "Nuclear Peril," says Dr. Lippman phoned him the morning of his arrival, and says he is enjoying LP's book very much. [Letter from LP to Capsin February 18, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Capsin, Joseph), #57.9]
• Letter from LP to Arthur H. Livermore, Reed College. RE: Informs him that it is unlikely that he will be able to come to Portland during the summer. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L:Correspondence, 1958) #231.4]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Curtis Williams RE: LP is pleased to learn that Williams will give a seminar about his research. Tells Williams that he is doing no work on "tranquilizers" and is researching the chemical basis of mental deficiency. Note: This letter did not reach Williams it was sent back to LP as "unclaimed." [Notes from Williams to LP January 8, 1959, February 5, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Materials re: Ford Foundation grants for the study of mental disorders, 1955-1966: Box #11.089, Folder #89.9]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Gabriel Chuchani, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Departamento de Quimica RE: Says he was interested in his letter to learn that they are hoping to add some physical and organic chemists to their department, says he turned his letter over to Dr. Swift who is their Chairman of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Cal Tech, and says he will let him know in case he has some likely candidates. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1959), #75.2]
• Letter from LP to Dr. Leonard G. Ginger, Director of Research, Baxtor Laboratories, Inc. RE: Regrets to say that they have not yet used the Bier electrophoretic cell, says the reason is because he was not successful in appointing a man to operate and check the apparatus for its usefulness to them, and say accordingly he can't comment on it. [Letter from Ginger to LP January 8, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1959), #39.2]
• Letter from LP to JE Varner, Ohio State University RE: States that the reports are not mimeographed for distribution because they are informal and contain tentative statements. Apologizes that he can't send a copy. [Letter from JE Varner to LP January 7, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]
• Letter from LP to Lois G. Bowen, Professional Assistant, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Division of Medical Sciences RE: Says he is pleased to comment on Dr. Richard T. Jones, tells about his background, research, and ability, tells about his personality, and recommends him for reappointment. [Letter from Bowen to LP January 6, 1959, letter from Cannan to Jones May 28, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Jones, Richard T.), #190.6]
• Letter from LP to Mary Alice Fox RE: Thanks her for her Christmas card and copy of The People's Plato, and says he was interested to see her acknowledged in the introduction. [Following: statement from LP recommending Mary Alice Fox and telling how she worked for him from 1953 to 1955] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1959), #129.3]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Gideon Hadary RE: Says he doesn't remember the article in Scientific American, says the work she refers to on the possible effect of the fertilizer he believes is done by Dr. Libby, says she should check and write to him, and says he thinks it would not be wise for her to try to do any experiments with radioactive material. [Note from Hadary to LP January 7, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Harold Gates, American Association for the United Nations Inc., RE: Says he has no copies of his book, No More War!, to be sold. Encloses a copy of his letter to Mrs. Ronstad [below]. [Letter from Gates to LP January 7, 1959] [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.4]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. J. Ronstad RE: Sends a photograph and biographical sketch of himself for publicity purposes. Inquires about having mats made for the photograph. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1959s.4]
• Letter from LP to Mrs. Ruth Ann Tukey. [Letter from Ruth Ann Tukey to LP January 9, 1959] [Filed under LP Science: Box #11.088, Folder #88.14]

  12 January 1959

  Mrs. Ruth Ann Tukey

  1320 Westview

  East Lansing, Michigan

  Dear Mrs. Tukey:

  I am pleased to have received your letter. It would have been fine to have seen you - my wife and I, with all of our descendents, were together in Honolulu over the holidays.

  I shall look forward to talking with your son Harold Jr., when he drops into my office.

  As to our work on chemistry and mental disease, I must say that we are concentrating on chemistry and mental deficiency - not because I am more interested in mentally deficient individuals than in the gifted ones, but because I think that they provide a problem that can be answered by chemical methods, in part, at least, more easily than the general problem of intelligence or the gifted person.

  It is interesting to me that you should say that gifted girls of high school and college age have aspirations that are lower than their potentialities. Perhaps our society does not provide enough opportunity for them. In this respect, it is interesting that about 70 percent of medical students in the U. S. S. R. are women, and (I think) about 30 percent of engineering students. France, too, offers more opportunities for the gifted women than we do.

  With best regards, I am

  Sincerely yours,

  Linus Pauling:JH

• Letter from LP to Professor Peter Kovacic, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology RE: Says he has been interested to read his manuscript on "A Unified Theory of Carcinogenesis," says he doesn't have much of a background in this field so he can't give him advice about publishing it as is, says he has the feeling that the title is claiming more than is justified, talks about the role of hydrogen peroxide, and asks about people in Japan with the hereditary disease acatalasia. [Letters from Kovacic to LP January 8, 1959, January 23, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (K: Correspondence, 1959), #201.3]
• Letter from Professor B. Clifford Hendricks, Lower Columbia Junior College, to LP RE: Says he is grateful for the copy of No More War!, thanks him for suggesting a review for the School Science and Mathematics, says he will check with the editor of The Christian Century to see if they have already had a review of No More War, and says that their mutual acquaintance Dr. Robert Rundle is in Oxford, England, doing research. [Letters from LP to Hendricks January 6, 1959, January 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1959), #167.4]
• Letter from Professor J. I. Fernández Alonso, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valencia, to LP RE: Says he is working at Oxford for all of January with Professor C. A. Coulson on the structure of the hydrogen molecule employing one-center wave function, reminds LP that he needs to finish writing his work with Fernández and Schomaker in the PCl5 molecule, says people have asked to see it and he needs it to justify his Spanish scholarship. [Letter from LP to Fernández January 16, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (F: Correspondence, 1959), #129.3]
• Memo from E. C. Watson to LP RE: Thanks LP for his suggestion of promoting Alfred Stern to a full professorship. Informs that little action has been taken on the suggestion. [Memo from LP to Watson January 8, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Stern, Alfred) #368.1]
• Memo from LP to J. Vinograd RE: Discusses a stipend for Dr. Pedersen for his seminar at Caltech. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence) #313.7]
• Memo from LP to Professor Swift RE: Says he telephoned Professor John C. Slater of MIT about Löwdin, says that Slater said Löwdin is a fine man, says MIT tried to get him but didn't offer a full professorship, says Löwdin doesn't have a full professorship in Sweden but intends to stay there anyway, says Löwdin's personality is fine, tells what Löwdin is interested in teaching, says Slater said it is unlikely that Löwdin is interested in a job at Cal Tech or anywhere else outside of Sweden, says he might be more attracted to California than Massachusetts, and says that there might be a possibility of getting Löwdin out to Pasadena for a visit. [Memo from LP to Swift January 26, 1959] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Lowdin, Per-Olov), #218.4]
• Newspaper Clipping: "An appeal to the 86th Congress of the United States," Washington Post, January 12, 1959. [Filed under LP Biographical: (LP Scrapbooks, 1956-1960), Box #6.007, Folder #7.267]
• Telegram from Alan Sidd to LP RE: Requests an interview with LP about nuclear testing for a Boston radio station. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S:Correspondence, 1959), #380.3]