Linus Pauling - Molecular Biologist and Orthomolecular Scientist

from the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the partial nuclear test ban treaty. Also, on that day, Pauling won the Nobel Peace Prize. He did not receive a passport until two weeks before the ceremony.

In 1964, Pauling left CalTech for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

In 1966, Pauling became interested in the effects of vitamin C. In 1967, he went to the University of California at San Diego to begin researching vitamin C. A student, Arthur Robinson, began collaborating. The two moved to Stanford and continued the research. In 1970, Pauling's book, Vitamin C and the Common Cold was published, followed in 1986 by How to Live Longer and Feel Better.

According to Pauling:

It is better to treat disease by means of substances occurring normally in the body than to resort to powerful synthetic substances that generally produce toxic side effects. By orthomolecular medicine I mean therapy entailing varying concentrations of such low-toxicity substances as vitamin C and other vitamins which are normally found in the body and which are necessary to good health.

In 1973, Pauling co-founded the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, to conduct research and education on orthomolecular medicine.

Pauling would spend most of his remaining years working in the field of nutrition and orthomolecular medicine. He died August 19, 1994. He is considered by many a founder of molecular biology. He authored or co-authored over 1,000 articles and books. He had four children: Linus Pauling, Jr., M.D. a psychiatrist, Peter Jeffress Pauling, Ph.D., a crystallographer and retired lecturer in chemistry, Linda Helen Pauling Kamb, Edward Crellin Pauling, Ph.D. (deceased), professor of biology at San Francisco State University.

The Linus Pauling Institute at Ohio State University was established in 1996 with assets from the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. The Linus Pauling Institute conducts research in micronutrients, phytochemicals and microconstituents and their role in health and treating disease.

Honors and Awards

1931, Langmuir Prize, American Chemical Society

1932, Member, National Academy of Sciences

1936, Member, American Philosophical Society

1948, Presidential Medal of Merit

1948, Member, Royal Society of London

1954, Nobel Prize for Chemistry

1962, Nobel Peace Prize

1975, National Medal of Science

1979,  National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences

1986, Sesquicentennial Commemorative Award, National Library of Medicine

1989, Vannevar Bush Award, National Science Board

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