Scarc

LATEST ARTICLES ( 443 )

• Remembering Barbara Low

  

  Barbara Low in California, 1947. Credit: Low estate.Barbara Low, a former research fellow for Linus Pauling and an esteemed scientist, died earlier this year... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Final Years as Division Chair: The End of Pauling’s Chairmanship

  

  Pasadena Independent, June 1958 [Pauling as Administrator; Part 20 of 20]The final years of Linus Pauling’s tenure as chair of the Division of Chemistry and... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Final Years as Division Chair: Progress Within, Trouble Without

  

  Linus Pauling, 1958. Photo Credit: Wayne Miller. [Pauling as Administrator] Linus Pauling’s last years as Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Final Years as Division Chair: The Admission of Women

  

  Dorothy Semenow [Pauling as Administrator] As the 1950s moved forward, Linus Pauling’s increasingly public stances on nuclear weapons and peace issues emerged a... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• A Cold War Division Chair: The Church Laboratory and a Big Step Toward...

  

  Linus Pauling, unidentified [Norman Church?] and George Beadle participating in what is believed to be a groundbreaking ceremony for the Church Laboratory, circ... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• A Cold War Division Chair: Pauling Under Investigation

  

  [Pauling as Administrator] As Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Linus Pauling was... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• A Cold War Division Chair: Political Activism and Institutional Pressure

  

  Linus Pauling, 1950[Pauling as Administrator] Even before becoming Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Chairing the Division After the War: Pauling Shifts His Focus to the Big Picture

  

  Linus Pauling, 1949[Pauling as Administrator] As Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology,... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Chairing the Division After the War: Progress Toward Pauling’s Post-War Plan

  

  Linus Pauling, 1947[Pauling as Administrator] In January 1946, Linus Pauling presented his plan for a joint research program to be shared between the Division o... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Chairing the Division After the War: Organizing the Peace

  

  Linus Pauling, 1946[Pauling as Administrator] As the government’s demand for research and development projects began to wane following the end of the Second... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Taking the Division Beyond the War

  

  [Pauling as Administrator]In the fall of 1944, Linus Pauling took some time to formally reflect on both the past and the future of the Division of Chemistry... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Geraldine Richmond is the 2019 Linus Pauling Legacy Award Recipient

  

  Dr. Geraldine (Geri) Richmond, a renowned professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, is being honored as the 2019 winner of the Linus Pauling Legacy... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Chairing the Division During the War: Maintaining Security and Revising the...

  

  Linus Pauling, 1942 [Pauling as Administrator] As chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Linu... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Chairing the Division During the War: A Balance of Interests

  

  Members of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering seated together at a picnic, 1941. Pauling, the division chair, is at far right. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Chairing the Division During the War: Staffing

  

  Pauling’s NDRC authorization papers, 1944[Pauling as Administrator]The entry of the United States into the Second World War brought a shift in focus for the... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Remembering Ken Hedberg: Part 5, A Long and Distinguished Career

  

  [This is the final post in our series celebrating the life of Dr. Kenneth Hedberg (1920-2019).]Ken Hedberg participated actively in many professional... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Remembering Ken Hedberg: Part 4, An Influential Friendship

  

  Ken Hedberg performing in “The Road to Stockholm: The Appalling Life of Linus Pauling,” December 1954. Hedberg and other Caltech colleagues sang and danced on... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Remembering Ken Hedberg: Part 3, On Faculty at Oregon State

  

  Ken Hedberg, a colleague, and the Hedberg electron diffraction apparatus, 1960.[Kenneth W. Hedberg (1920-2019) in memorium, part 3 of 5. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Remembering Ken Hedberg: Part 2, Caltech and Norway

  

  Ken Hedberg and others onstage at Caltech, performing in the celebration held for Linus Pauling on the occasion of his receipt of the Nobel Chemistry Prize,... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• Remembering Ken Hedberg: Part 1, Early Years

  

  [Ed Note: Today we mark the 118th anniversary of Linus Pauling’s birth by hitting the pause button on our Pauling as Administrator series and celebrating the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2019 HISTORY, SCIENCE