Linus Pauling Ph.D.
Linus Pauling Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954
The Nobel Peace Prize 1962
National Medal of Sciences – Physical Sciences 1974
Name: Linus Carl Pauling
Birth: 28 February 1901, Portland, OR, USA
Death: 19 August 1994, Big Sur, CA, USA
Institution: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
Award: “for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances”
Subject: chemical bonding, theoretical chemistry
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Also awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1962. As of Sept. 2019, only four persons and two organizations have been awarded the Nobel Prize multiple times.
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Nat’l Medal, Science
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Chemistry
Affiliation: Stanford University Stanford,California USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1994
Award Discipline: Physical Sciences
Award Year: 1974
Citation: “For the extraordinary scope and power of his imagination, which has led to basic contributions in such diverse fields as structural chemistry and the nature of chemical bonding, molecular biology, immunology, and the nature of genetic diseases.”
1974 Medal presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on September 18, 1975. Note: Dr. Pauling is the only person to individually receive two Nobel Laureates – 1954 for Chemistry; 1963 for Peace.