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Correspondence
| Jerry Donohue to LP, LP's reply. November 9, 1952. |
LP's reply - Page 01
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Authors: Linus Pauling, Jerry Donohue
LP's reply - Page 01
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Linus Pauling's reply to Jerry Donohue [1 of 2] |
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Linus Pauling's reply to Jerry Donohue, November 19, 1952 |
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Pauling, Linus, 1901- |
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1952-11-19 |
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Pauling, Linus, 1901- -- Correspondence
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en |
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http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/dna/copyright.html |
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Dear Jerry: I thank you for sending your letter, with mention of Crick's letter to Nature, "Is alpha-keratin a Coiled coil?".
I remember that when I was in Cambridge Crick asked me if I had thought about the possibility of alpha helixes twisting around
one another, and I had said that I had--I don't remember that we said any more about the matter. In fact, I have been trying
to account for the x-ray data, etc.,. for the alpha keratin proteins on this basis, and after considerable work felt that
the answers had been found. Corey and I sent the paper to nature about two months ago, on this subject, but it has not yet
appeared. I wrote to the editors last week, asking when it would be published we are writing several detailed papers about
these compound helixes now. I didn't have the chance to say anything to Stanley about the Berkeley job, when I was up there.
I judge that things are not to promising, from what you say. I have accordingly just written to Prof. Stanley J. Cristol,
at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, recommending you for appointment there. They won a man who would ask that
appointment to the staff and also be willing to serve as the department chairman, for a limited term. They are interested
only in man eligible for the rank of associate professor or full professor. I think the Colorado is a fine place, and that
this would be a good job for you--the University is in Boulder. Why do you not write to Cristol, giving him detailed information
about your career. I hope that she finished up with the cysteyl glycine sodium iodide structure. I'm glad to learn that
you have a good house. We were disturbed to know that you are having trouble. I know the housing is a problem in Cambridge.
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