Arthur B. Robinson, Ph. D. v. Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, et al. 1972-1981.

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Arthur B. Robinson, Ph. D. v. Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, et al. 1972-1981.

Photocopies of legal files pertaining to the litigation initiated by Arthur B. Robinson against Linus Pauling and the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. Robinson accused Pauling and members of the Institute's Board of Trustees of wrongful firing, slander, and illegal seizure of Robinson's research and equipment. The case was eventually settled out of court.

18.3 lin. ft. (18 records cartons, 1 archives box)

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Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

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Born in Portland, Oregon on 28 February 1901. Died on 19 August 1994. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State College (1922), Ph.D., Physical Chemistry and Mathematical Physics, California Institute of Technology (1925). Employment: 1925-1926 National Research Council; 1926-1927 Universities of Münich, Zürich, and Copenhagen; 1922-1969 California Institute of Technology; 1969- Stanford University; 1973-1979 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. From the descr...

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Robinson, Arthur, 1942-

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Arthur Robinson was an undergraduate at Cal Tech when Linus Pauling was on the Cal Tech faculty. Robinson subsequently earned a Ph. D. in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and eventually took a position in the chemistry department at UCSD. In 1972 Robinson resigned from his UCSD position and Pauling from his faculty position at Stanford University, both to found the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine located in Menlo Park, Calif. From the descrip...

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