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A lifetime of Achievement


In addition to the Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and in Peace, Linus Pauling received numerous awards for his work in science and humanitarianism.

In Chemistry
  1931   American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry (Langmuir Prize; first recipient)
  1941   William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society -- New York Section
  1946   J. Willard Gibbs Medal of the American Chemical Society - Chicago Section
  1947   Theodore William Richards Medal, American Chemical Society - Northeastern Section
  1947   Humphry Davy Medal, The Royal Society of London
  1951   Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal, American Chemical Society - California Section
  1952   Pasteur Medal, Biochemical Society of France
  1954   Nobel Prize in Chemistry - "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of structure of complex substances"
  1956   Amedeo Avogadro Medal, Accademia Nazionale Dei XL, Rome
  1966   Linus Pauling Medal, American Chemical Society - Puget Sound and Oregon Chapter (The first recipient of annual honor established in his name)
  1977   Lomonosov Medal, Presidium of the Academy of the USSR
  1979   National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences (first recipient)
  1984   Joseph Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society
  1984   Chemistry Award of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities (first recipient)
  1986   Laurent Lavoisier Medal of Fondation de la Masion de la Chimie, France
  1987   Bozo Tezak Medal of the Croatian Chemical Society, Zagreb
  1989   Award in Chemical Education, American Chemical Society
  1991   Lord Foundation Award - for work in chemistry and biology
  1931   Richard Chace Tolman Award, American Chemical Society, Southern California Section
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Sciences other than Chemistry
  1948   University of Paris Medal
  1957   Pierre Fermat Medal, Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse -- the 6th award in 3 centuries
  1966   Institute de France Medal
  1967   Washington A. Roeling Medal, Mineralogical Society of America
  1975   National Medal of Science, presented by President Gerald R. Ford
  1979   Howard Vollum Science & Technology Award, Reed College
  1982   Nicolai V. Belov Medal, USSR Crystallographic Society
  1987   Outstanding Scientist Award, Oregon Academy of Sciences
  1993   Pioneer in Clay Science Award, Clay Minerals Society
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In Medicine
  1955   Thomas Addis Memorial Award, National Nephrosis Foundation
  1955   John Phillips Memorial Award, American College of Physicians
  1957   Louis Pasteur Medal, L'Institut Pasteur
  1961   Gold Medal, French Academy of Medicine
  1961   Verneil Medal of the City of Paris
  1962   Virchow Medal, Rudolf Virchow Medical Society of New York
  1963   Modern Medicine Award
  1964   Eliasberg Medal in Anesthesiology
  1964   Guedel Memorial Medallion
  1968   Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Achievement Award
  1971   American Schizophrenia Association Annual Award
  1974   Semmelweis Award, American-Hungarian Medical Association
  1977   The Rachel Carson Memorial Award
  1981   John K. Lattimer Award, American Urological Association
  1981   Stanford Medical School Special Commendation
  1981   John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science
  1986   Sesquicentennial Commemorative Award, National Library of Medicine
  1991   Sociedad de Cirugia Medal, Mexico
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For Work Benefiting Human Society
  1948   Presidential Medal for Merit - presented by President Harry S. Truman
  1953   Page One Award, Newspaper Guild of New York
  1957   Grotius Medal for Contributions to International Law
  1959   Hiroshima University Medal
  1960   Henry the Navigator Medal, Portugal
  1961   Humanist of the Year, American Humanist Society
  1962   Gandhi Peace Prize
  1962   Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for his efforts to stop the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons (presented in 1963)
  1965   Order of Merit, Republic of Italy
  1966   Supreme Peace Sponsor, World Fellowship of Religion
  1970   International Lenin Peace Prize, USSR
  1970   Congreso Nacional Senado Medal, Chile
  1978   Award of Merit, Decalogue Society of Lawyers
  1979   Gold Medal, National Institute of Social Sciences
  1982   Distinguished Achievement Award, American Aging Association
  1982   Women Strike for Peace Award
  1987   Lifetime Achievement Award, Bertrand Russell Society (first recipient)
  1987   Ben-Gurion Award, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  1987   Peace and Culture Award, Soka Gakkai International
  1989   Vannevar Bush Award, National Science Board
  1990   Linus Pauling Medal, World Health Research Foundation
  1991   Lifetime Achievement Award for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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Posthumous
  1994   Benjamin Franklin Award for Distinguished Public Service, American Philosophical Society
  1994   Albert Schweitzer Peace Medal, Albert Schweitzer Peace Center (Germany)
  1994   Ettore-Majorana-Erice Science for Peace Prize, Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture (Italy)
  1994   Infinity Award, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

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