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September 24, 1953
 
LP to F.N. van Niekerk
LP to F.N. van Niekerk. Click to enlarge.
 
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Location: Pasadena, CA


  • Letter from Professor J. Timmermans, Institut International de Chimie Solvay, to LP RE: Thanks LP for participating in the April 1953 Solvay meeting. Also encloses a "Comptes-Rendus" of the Council, and photographs of all members. [Reply from LP to Timmermans 10-27-53]. [Filed under LP Speeches: 1953s].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Irving S. Bengelsdorf, Department of Chemistry, UCLA RE: LP thanks him for sending 2 Japanese articles on the resonance controversy. Mentions he had conversations with Shadnov and Budinin.
  • Note from Jonas Brachfeld, M. D. of the University of Pennsylvania to LP RE: Asks for a letter of recommendation from LP to help him in attaining a "traineeship" in the field of cancer at the National Cancer Institute. He is currently training as a radiologist at U of Penn. [letter of reply from LP to Dr. Jonas Brachfeld 10-6-53].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Makisaburo Ogasawara RE: Looks forward to receiving a copy of his recently published book Exercises in Quantum Mechanics. [note from Dr. Ogasawara to LP 9-9-53].
  • Letter from LP to Dr. F. N. van Niekerk RE: writes that Prof. Corey has turned his letter over to him. Goes on to comment on his papers regarding cupric acetate and chromous acetate. Sends reprints of a lecture of his on the unsolved problems of structural chemistry in which there is mention of structures with bonds between metal atoms. [letter from Dr. van Niekerk to Dr. Corey 8-11-53].
  • AHP writes cheque to: Walter Fritts: amount: $9.00
  • AHP writes cheque to: Susie Perry [Boormans Market] : amount: $14.00
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Kurt Mislow RE: in response to Dr. Mislow's letter of request, states that he has written him a letter of recommendation. Cannot accept his invitation to speak before the N.Y.U. Sigma Xi chapter. [copy of letter from LP to Prof. Harrow included] [letter from Dr. Mislow to LP 9-16-53] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #197: file (Mislow, Kurt)].
  • Material from National Committee to Repeal the McCarran Act [LP involved as "Initiator"]. Newspaper article from the New York Times states that the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act will not be revised at the next session of Congress.
  • Letter from LP to A. H. Walter RE: In reply to Mr. Walter's memo on 7-6-53, says that he approves Ammendment 7 to Contract N6onr-24432 between CIT and ONR.[Filed under LP Science: Box 13.017]
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