| 1940 |
• Becomes involved in various types of war work in explosives, rocket propellants, and medical research. Also develops the Pauling Oxygen Meter.
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| 1941 |
• Receives the William H. Nichols Medal.
• Diagnosed with glomerulonephritis, a commonly fatal renal disease. A radical new treatment program developed by Dr. Thomas Addis, which stresses consuming a modicum of protein and drinking large amounts of water, is undertaken and followed by Pauling for the next fifteen years. It likely saves Pauling's life.
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| 1942 |
• Ava Helen Pauling speaks out against the internment of Japanese - Americans.
• Pauling, Dan Campbell, and David Pressman announce successful formation of artificial antibodies.
• In the Fall, J. Robert Oppenheimer offers Pauling a job as Director of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Division for the Manhattan Project. Because of his nephritis and involvement with other war projects, Pauling declines.
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| 1945 |
• Pauling and Campbell announce successful development of a substitute for blood plasma called oxypolygelatin.
• Aids in the preparation of the Bush Report (about science in U.S. after WWII); argues that it is the board's responsibility to encourage research on how to avoid war.
• In August, Pauling becomes concerned upon learning of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He begins giving talks about atomic bombs for local groups.
• At the urging of Ava Helen, decides to devote a large portion of his time learning about subjects relating to the question of how to abolish war from the world.
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| 1946 |
• Receives the 35th Willard Gibbs Medal of the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society.
• At the request of Albert Einstein, joins in the formation of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists.
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| 1947 |
• Receives the Theodore William Richards Medal of the Northeast Section of the American Chemical Society.
• Publishes a textbook, General Chemistry, which revolutionizes the teaching of college chemistry.
• Awarded the Davy Medal of the Royal Society of London.
• In late December, Pauling writes a pledge on the back of a cardboard placard: "In every lecture that I give from now on, every public lecture, I pledge to make some mention of the need for world peace."
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| 1948 |
• Awarded the Presidential Medal for Merit.
• Attacks again the problem of the structure of proteins and this time finds that he can formulate a structurally satisfactory helical configuration.
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| 1949 |
• Becomes president of the American Chemical Society for 1949. In his presidential address he urges American industrial corporations to support a scientific research foundation that will insure them a steady supply of new products.
• In April, Pauling and Harvey Itano, with Singer and Wells, present their results on sickle-cell anemia as a molecular disease at a meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
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