The Pauling family consists of the four children of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling. Linus Jr., born in 1925, a retired psychiatrist, resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. Peter, born in 1931, a retired crystallographer, resides in Wales, UK. Linda. born in 1932, president of LCProgeny Inc., lives in Pasadena, California. Crellin, Professor of biology (1937-1997), is represented by his wife Kay.

Linus Pauling Jr. is Chairman of the Linus Pauling Exhibit Advisory Committee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. Engaged in the private practice of psychiatry for over thirty years, Dr. Pauling, Jr. received his doctorate of medicine from Harvard Medical School in 1952.

Oregon State University

Oregon State University (OSU) serves the people of Oregon, the nation, and the world through education, research, and service. The institution extends its programs throughout the world, and is committed to providing access and educational opportunities to minorities and to challenged and disadvantaged students.

As a Land Grant, Sea Grant and Space Grant university. OSU has a special responsibility for education and research enabling the people of Oregon and the world to develop and utilize human, land, atmospheric, and oceanic resources. Unique programs of public service throughout Oregon supplement campus-based university teaching and research.

Through research, Oregon State extends the frontiers of knowledge in the sciences, liberal arts, and in all aspects of natural', human, and economic resources OSU contributes to the intellectual development and the economic and technological advancement of humankind.

Among OSU's outstanding graduates are Linus Pauling, Douglas Englebart, the inventor of the computer mouse, and Milton Harris, the 1926 graduate who helped develop the home permanent, shrink-proof wool and coated razor blades.

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OSU Pauling Special Collections

In the Spring of 1916, the alumnus Linus Pauling (Class of 1922) presented OSU with his papers and those of his late wife, Ava Helen Pauling. This collection of papers led to the creation of the Pauling Special Collections, which is now a part of the University Library.

The collection contains over 300,000 items and includes all of the Paulings' personal and scientific papers. notebooks, and correspondence from 1916 to 1994. The research notebooks, models and memorabilia featured in the exhibit are also part of the collection. The Pauling archive is considered to be one of the more important scientific archives of an individual in this century.

Among the most prominent items in the collection, in addition to Dr. Pauling's Nobel medals, are the original petition for nuclear disarmament presented to the United Nations; numerous letters from Albert Schweitzer, Bertrand Russell, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, .Jr and other notables; original manuscripts and research notebooks; and the manuscripts and correspondence related to his most influential work, The Nature of the Chemical Bond.

Over 100 hours of audio and video material are also part of the collection.

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Linus Pauling Institute

The Linus Pauling Institute (LPI) was established at OSU in August 1996 under an agreement between its antecedent organization, the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, and OSU. LPI was established as a working memorial to Linus Pauling.

The mission of the LPI at OSU is to determine the function and role of micronutrients, phytochemicals and microconstituents of food in maintaining human health and preventing and treating disease; and to advance the knowledge in areas which were of interest to Linus Pauling through research and education.

The LPI continues the pioneering efforts of Linus Pauling in orthomolecular medicine, an area of medicine devoted to restoring the optimal concentrations and functions of substances (e.g., vitamins) normally present in the human body.

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Soka Gakkai International (SGI)

Soka Gakkai International (SGI) was established in 1975 and includes more than 12 million members in 128 countries. Its peace, cultural and educational activities are based on the long-standing traditions of Buddhist humanism. SGI is a non-governmental organization that supports the United Nations, and its current president is Daisaku Ikeda, a well-known educator, poet and advocate for peace.

The Japanese forerunner of SGI, the Soka Gakkai (Society for the Creation of Value), was established in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, an educator who was later imprisoned and died in jail during World War II as one of the few voices for peace and religious freedom in wartime Japan.

In its early days, the Soka Gakkai was an association of teachers who were interested in the Nichiren school of Buddhism. Makiguchi's successor, Josei Toda, expanded the organization's activities in the 1950's, however, by applying Buddhist philosophy not only to education but to various cultural and peace-related endeavors.

Daisaku Ikeda, the third Soka Gakkai president, further advanced Toda's work: by founding the Soka school system and Soka University (in Japan and the U.S.); the Min-On Concert Association; the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum; the Institute for Oriental Philosophy; and the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, among other institutions.

SGI-USA, established in 1960, is considered to be the largest and most ethnically diverse Buddhist organization in America. It currently includes some 300,000 members and has more than 60 community centers across the country.

Further information about SGI is also available at: www.sgi-usa.org

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