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September 24, 1952
 
LP to William Howell
LP to William Howell. Click to enlarge.
 
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  • Letter from James Mathias, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, to LP RE: Form letter asks LP to judge the quality of applicants grant proposals. Also asks if LP knows of anyone that does particularly good work that he would recommend for a fellowship. [Reply from LP to Mathias 10-2-52]. [Filed under LP Science: 14.010].
  • Letter from John E. Despaul to LP RE: Says that Dr. Donald K. Tressler has written a letter about him which has been enclosed in this letter as a sort of introduction to LP for when he visits the lab. Requests a brief tour of the lab from LP around Oct. 27th. [letter from Donald K. Tressler to LP included 9-22-52, letter of response from LP to Mr. Despaul 9-26-52].
  • Letter from R. N. Dyer of Humble Oil and Refining Company to LP RE: Sends a brochure "Looking at Humble." Hopes the brochure will be informative of their activities and are grateful to LP for helping them to acquire more high quality personnel.
  • Letter from LP to Mr. William J. Howell, Jr. RE: Sends congratulations on Mr. Howell's marriage and goes on to describe the happenings in the laboratories at Cal Tech. In particular, he describes a discovery by Professor Schomaker involving the Born scattering formula for electrons, as well as their work on protein structure. Also writes about the progress of his son, Linus, Jr.
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