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February 12, 1953
 
LP to CIT Committee on Graduate Study
LP to CIT Committee on Graduate Study. Click to enlarge.
 
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Location: Pasadena, CA


  • Letter from Howard L. Brooks, Unitarian Service Committee, to LP RE: Outlines specifics regarding the funding of LP's upcoming trip to Germany to participate in the protein symposium. [Related letter from Brooks to LP 2-13-53]. [Filed under LP Peace: 4.001].
  • Letter from C.J. Lapp, National Research Council, to LP RE: asks LP to evaluate Zevi W. Salsburg for his fellowship application. [Filed under LP Science: 14.016].
  • Letter from Dr. A. B. Biswas to LP RE: Thanks LP for his letter and writes about his work in India at a lab where he is growing crystals and determining structures. He asks LP to write some supporting letters in his favor, to aid him in his quest to fill a position as Assistant Director in Physical Chemistry through the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. [note in black pen at top of page "(alpha sign) - glycylglycine - all ready for [unidentifiable word](Gamma sign) glycylglycine-he collected data and made Patterson" [letter from LP 1-8-53, letter of reference from LP to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 3-6-53].
  • Letter from Bernard Lewis of the United States Department of the Interior to LP RE: requests that LP write a letter commenting on Mr. Robert Paul Smith who is applying for work with Mr. Lewis and who gave LP as a reference in his application. [letter of response from LP to Dr. Lewis 2-19-53].
  • AHP writes cheque to: Market Basket amount: $25.00
  • Letter from LP to K.S. Pitzer, Dean of the College of Chemistry, U.C. Berkeley RE: In response to Prof. Pitzer's enquiry, writes that he will be unable to open the A.C.S. meeting discussion by introducing Mueller's paper. [letter from Dean. K. S. Pitzer to LP 1-13-53, letter from Dean Pitzer to LP 10-19-53] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #249 (Pitzer, Kenneth)].
  • Letter from Clarence Zener of the Westinghouse Electric Corp. Research Laboratories to LP RE: notifies LP that he will be in Pasadena in March and that he is looking forward to a discussion on their differing ideas of magnetism. Also wishes to meet with students that may be interested in coming to his laboratory. [letter of response from LP to Clarence Zener 2-17-53] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #380: File (Zener, Clarence 1936-1953).
  • Letter from LP to the Committee on Graduate Study RE: LP states that the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has requested to the CIT Faculty Board to change their regulations to "permit women applicants with exceptional qualifications and unusual promise of continuing scientific productivity to be admitted as graduate students." Asks for discussion on this matter.
  • Letter from LP to the Faculty Board RE: LP requests a change in policy to allow women to apply to their graduate program.
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