Linus Pauling honored at Oregon State Agricultural College
- Title
- Linus Pauling honored at Oregon State Agricultural College
- LC Subject
- Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947 Commencement ceremonies Portraits, Group Universities and colleges--Faculty
- Description
- Linus Pauling was bestowed with an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Oregon State Agricultural College in June 1933. He was an alumni of Oregon State (Class of 1922) and later in his career a two-time Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry, 1954; Peace, 1962). The 1933 commencement program stated that Pauling was "now acclaimed among the distinguished scientists of our time." Included in the photograph (left to right) are Dr. Marvin Gordon Neale, Commencement speaker; David C. Henny, honorary degree recipient; Dr. Linus C. Pauling; Dr. William J. Kerr, Chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education and OSAC president from 1907-1932; and Charles A. Howard, honorary degree recipient.
- Work Type
- photographic prints photographs
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1933-06
- Identifier
- HC1578
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Harriet's Photograph Collection, 1868-1996 (P HC)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
- Institution
- Oregon State University