“Indigo - A Story of Craft, Religion, History, Science and Culture,” Dr. Roald Hoffmann
2012 Linus Pauling Legacy Award
April 19, 2012
Cornell University professor Dr. Roald Hoffmann, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke in Portland, Oregon on
Thursday, April 19, 2012. His lecture, titled "Indigo - A Story of Craft, Religion, History, Science and Culture," was presented
at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Hoffmann was honored as the seventh recipient of the Linus Pauling Legacy Award, granted once
every two years for outstanding achievement in an area of study once of interest to Dr. Linus Pauling. The Pauling Legacy
Award is sponsored by Oregon State University Libraries.
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“How Pauling Bent the Double Bond,” Julia Bursten
Resident Scholar Lecture
August 4, 2010
Beginning in July 2010, Julia Bursten of the University of Pittsburgh conducted research in Special Collections for one month
as an OSU Libraries Resident Scholar. Bursten reported on the results of her residency in a presentation titled "How Pauling
Bent the Double Bond," delivered at the Oregon State University Libraries.
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“The Molecular Basis of Eukaryotic Transcription,” Dr. Roger Kornberg
2010 Linus Pauling Legacy Award
April 20, 2010
Stanford University professor Dr. Roger Kornberg, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke in Portland, Oregon on
Tuesday, April 20, 2010. His lecture, titled "The Molecular Basis of Eukaryotic Transcription," was presented at the Oregon
Historical Society. Kornberg was honored as the sixth recipient of the Linus Pauling Legacy Award, granted once every two
years for outstanding achievement in an area of study once of interest to Dr. Linus Pauling. The Pauling Legacy Award is
sponsored by Oregon State University Libraries.
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“Hidden in Plain Sight - The Life of Ava Helen Pauling,” Dr. Mina Carson
Resident Scholar Lecture
November 30, 2009
In the Fall of 2009, Dr. Mina Carson of Oregon State University conducted research in Special Collections as an OSU Libraries
Resident Scholar. Dr. Carson's work was carried out in support of a biography of Ava Helen Pauling that she proposed to author.
Carson reported on the results of this phase of her research in a presentation titled "Hidden in Plain Sight - The Life of
Ava Helen Pauling."
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“The Useful Science of Paul Emmett,” Dr. Burtron Davis
Resident Scholar Lecture
April 30, 2009
Throughout April 2009, Dr. Burtron Davis of the University of Kentucky conducted research in Special Collections as an OSU
Libraries Resident Scholar. Davis reported on the results of his residency in a presentation titled "The Useful Science of
Paul Emmett," delivered at the Oregon State University Libraries.
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“Ion Channel Chemistry: The Electrical System of Life,” Dr. Roderick MacKinnon
2008 Linus Pauling Legacy Award
May 5, 2008
Rockefeller University professor Dr. Roderick MacKinnon, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke in Portland, Oregon
on Monday, May 5, 2008. His lecture, titled "Ion Channel Chemistry: The Electrical System of Life," was presented at the Portland
Hilton & Executive Tower. MacKinnon is the fifth recipient of the Linus Pauling Legacy Award, granted once every two years
for outstanding achievement in an area of study once of interest to Dr. Linus Pauling. The Pauling Legacy Award is sponsored
by Oregon State University Libraries.
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“My Father is a Book,” Janna Malamud Smith
Visiting Writers Series, Oregon State University
November 9, 2007
Janna Malamud Smith, the daughter of famed novelist Bernard Malamud, read from two of her works on the evening of November
9, 2007. The first reading, originally published in Summer 2003, was an essay titled "My Father is a Book." Following this,
Malamud Smith read from a chapter of her 2006 memoir, also titled "My Father is a Book," before taking questions from the
audience.
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“The Scientist as Educator and Public Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era.”
October 29 - 30, 2007
On October 29-30, 2007 a two-day conference at Oregon State University's LaSells Stewart Center was held to mark the sixtieth
anniversary of the publication of Linus Pauling's General Chemistry and the fiftieth anniversary of Linus and Ava Helen Pauling's
first public appeal for a ban on nuclear weapons testing. The theme of the conference was "The Scientist as Educator and Public
Citizen: Linus Pauling and His Era."
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“Useful Knowledge about Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” Dr. John D. Roberts
2006 Linus Pauling Legacy Award
May 4, 2006
California Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus Dr. John D. Roberts spoke on the Oregon State University campus on Thursday,
May 4, 2006. His lecture, titled "Useful Knowledge about Magnetic Resonance Imaging," was presented at the LaSells Stewart
Center. Roberts is the fourth recipient of the Linus Pauling Legacy Award, granted once every two years for outstanding achievement
in an area of study once of interest to Dr. Linus Pauling. The Pauling Legacy Award is sponsored by Oregon State University
Libraries.
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“A Liking for the Truth: Truth and Controversy in the Work of Linus Pauling.”
February 28, 2001
On February 28, 2001, a conference was held at Oregon State University's LaSells Stewart Center to mark the one-hundred year
anniversary of Dr. Linus Pauling's birth. The theme of the centenary celebration, Pauling's "liking for the truth" and the
implications of his numerous contributions to a wide range of fields, were discussed by a collection of biographers, colleagues
and family members over the course of six presentations and one panel discussion.
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“The Essential Bond”
A Play Based on the Life of Linus Pauling
June 12, 1999
Presented by the Youth Division of Soka Gakkai International-USA, "The Essential Bond" was produced in conjunction with the
traveling exhibit "Linus Pauling and the Twentieth Century," also developed by SGI-USA. This recording of the play was performed
at the Garland Theater of the Polytechnic School, Pasdena, California.
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“Prospects for World Order,” Dr. Noam Chomsky
Fourteenth Annual Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 24, 1995
Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr.
Noam Chomsky lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 24, 1995. Chomsky spoke as the fourteenth Ava Helen
and Linus Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. In 1982 the Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly
established by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment to
issues of peace and civil liberties. In 1995, beginning with Dr. Chomsky's presentation, the Lectureship was renamed to include
Linus Pauling, who had died in August of the previous year.
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“The Life and Work of Linus Pauling (1901-1994): A Discourse on the Art of Biography.”
February 28 - March 2, 1995
From February 28 - March 2, 1995, a symposium was held at Oregon State University's LaSells Stewart Center to celebrate and
discuss the remarkable life and legacy of Dr. Linus Pauling. The aim of the symposium was to convene three groups of speakers:
scholars and journalists who had been writing about Linus Pauling as a biographical subject; friends and colleagues who knew
Pauling personally; historians and archivists who have studied scientists as the subject of contemporary scientific biography.
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“Fulfilling Gandhi's Dream at the End of the 20th Century,” Arun Gandhi
Thirteenth Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 19, 1994
Journalist and peace activist Arun Gandhi lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 19, 1994 as the thirteenth
Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly established
in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment to issues
of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August of the
previous year.
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“The Craftsmanship of Peace: Moving to Global Demilitarization,” President Óscar Arias Sánchez
Eleventh Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 28, 1992
Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 28, 1992 as the eleventh
Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly established
in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment to issues
of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August of the
previous year.
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“Green Politics in New Europe: Hope for Change?” Petra Kelly
Tenth Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 30, 1991
German social and political activist Petra Kelly lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 30, 1991 as the
tenth Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly
established in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment
to issues of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August
of the previous year.
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“Is the U.S. Political Discourse Adequate to the Task of Peace?,” Dr. Johan Galtung
Seventh Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 14, 1988
Social scientist and author Johan Galtung lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 14, 1988 as the seventh
Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly established
in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment to issues
of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August of the
previous year.
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“Peace and Justice in Central and Latin America,” Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Sixth Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 28, 1987
Nobel laureate peace activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 28, 1987 as
the sixth Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly
established in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment
to issues of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August
of the previous year.
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“The Military Power and the Larger Complex,” Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith
Fifth Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 14, 1986
Economist and author Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 14, 1986 as the
fifth Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly
established in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment
to issues of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August
of the previous year.
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“United States Foreign Policy,” Ambassador George W. Ball
Fourth Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 9, 1985
United States Ambassador George W. Ball lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 9, 1985 as the fourth Ava
Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly established
in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment to issues
of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August of the
previous year.
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“We the People: A Prescription for Ending the Arms Race,” Dr. Helen Caldicott
Third Annual Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecture for World Peace
October 17, 1984
Physician and activist Dr. Helen Caldicott lectured on the Oregon State University campus on October 17, 1984 as the third
Ava Helen Pauling Memorial Lecturer for World Peace. The Ava Helen Pauling Lectureship for World Peace was jointly established
in 1982 by Dr. Linus Pauling and the OSU College of Liberal Arts in memory of Mrs. Pauling's multi-decade commitment to issues
of peace and civil liberties. In 1995 the Lectureship was renamed to include Linus Pauling, who had died in August of the
previous year.
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