A Pauling Chronology By Dr. Robert J. Paradowski [ pre-1920 | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s ] 1980s 1981 • Delivers the inaugural Ava Helen Pauling Lecture for World Peace at Oregon State University. • On November 1, Ava Helen is awarded the 5th Ralph Atkinson Award, in celebration of her efforts on behalf of civil liberties and peace. It is her last public appearance. • Ava Helen Pauling dies of stomach cancer on December 7, following an illness that lasted 5 years and 3 months. 1982 • In June, Pauling takes a sentimental trip to Oregon and Washington. He revisits several places where he and Ava Helen spent time together. He sees, for the first time, the grave of his grandfather, Linus Wilson Darling, in the Condon Cemetery. 1983 • Publishes the 25th Anniversary Edition of No More War! • The American Chemical Society announces that Pauling will receive its most prestigious award, the Priestley Medal, in 1984. • Announces the discovery of a new type of chemical bond that can mimic, for small molecules, the kind of bonding believed to exist in bulk metals. 1986 • Publishes How to Live Longer and Feel Better. The book makes the New York Times best-seller list. • In April announces plans to give all of his papers, as well as those of his wife, to his alma mater, Oregon State University. • In December, the first 125,000 (of an eventual 500,000+) items arrive on the OSU campus. 1987 • Pauling and Cameron begin to advocate the use of vitamin C in the treatment of AIDS. • Delivers a special series of the George Fisher Baker Non-resident Lectures in Chemistry commemorating the 1937 Lecture Series; entitled "The Nature of the Chemical Bond." 1989 • Receives the Vannevar Bush Award of the National Science Foundation. • Participates in the discussions about "cold fusion" and offers a chemical explanation for what some have interpreted as a nuclear phenomenon. Back to Chronology Index