I am the head researcher and writer for The Pauling Blog. I began working for the blog in March 2019.

The Pauling Blog, which was established in 2008, is a weekly publication. In my role as head researcher and writer, I use archival material from Oregon State University’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Most material for the blog comes from the the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, the world’s largest collection of archival materials related to Linus Pauling. The collection was donated by Linus Pauling in 1986 and consists of over 500,000 items.

Check out the book Vision of Linus Pauling. It is a collection of Pauling Blog articles. My article on Soviet Resonance can be found in chapter 5.

My Publications from The Pauling Blog

2021

• “A Resonating-Valence-Bond Theory of Metals and Intermetallic Compounds, 1949” November 3, 2021 https://bit.ly/3cM2u0Q
• “The Nature of Intermolecular Forces Operative in Biological Processes, 1940” October 27, 2021 https://bit.ly/3cHUU7m
• “The Nature of Interatomic Forces in Metals, 1938” October 20, 2021 https://bit.ly/30TCA8z
• “The Theoretical Prediction of the Physical Properties of Many-Electron Atoms and Ions. Mole Refractions, Diamagnetic Susceptibility, and Extension in Space, 1927” October 13, 2021 https://bit.ly/3pCKNZe
• “Ava Helen Miller in Corvallis, 1921-1923” October 6, 2021 https://bit.ly/3nvQ2aj
• “Ava Helen’s OAC” September 29, 2021 https://bit.ly/3EpVpip
• “Pauling’s OAC: Super Senior Year” September 22, 2021 https://bit.ly/2XQYHLS
• “Cancer and Vitamin C: Crossroads of New Research” July 7, 2021 https://bit.ly/3r3rO8W
• “Cancer and Vitamin C: A Major Conference” June 23, 2021 https://bit.ly/3dG2GQ1
• “Cancer and Vitamin C: The Mayo Clinic Trial” June 16, 2021 https://bit.ly/3AnVnpV
• “Cancer and Vitamin C: Misnomers and More” June 9, 2021 https://bit.ly/3wh7TUV
• “Cancer and Vitamin C: A Review of the Book” May 26, 2021 https://bit.ly/3ia35NM
• “Optimal Health and the Synthesis of Vitamin C” May 19, 2021 https://bit.ly/3bQGF0a
• “Why Vitamin C? The Scurvy Connection” May 12, 2021 https://bit.ly/3ycQm2t
• “Why Vitamin C? Cancer Fighting Properties” May 5, 2021 https://bit.ly/3wcg6dp
• “Reading ‘Cancer and Vitamin C’” April 28, 2021 https://bit.ly/2R5QGPx
• “Vitamin C and Health: New Frontiers” April 7, 2021 https://bit.ly/3ecAbsA
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: Pulling Back” March 31, 2021 https://bit.ly/3sSbBDr
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: Clashes with Jean Mayer” March 24, 2021 https://bit.ly/3wuz6Vv
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: A Hearing Before the Connecticut State Senate” March 17, 2021 https://bit.ly/3lrUNAq
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: The Media” March 10, 2021 https://bit.ly/3qW9JrH
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: Support” March 3, 2021 https://bit.ly/38d6beb
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: Pushback” February 24, 2021 https://bit.ly/3uxfi2y
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: A Program of Work” February 17, 2021 https://bit.ly/2M8TOI3
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: A New Model Vitamin” February 10, 2021 https://bit.ly/3asNjZS
• “Pauling’s Study of Schizophrenia: Origins from Hoffer and Osmond” February 3, 2021 https://bit.ly/36L7YWZ

2020

• “Pauling’s Seventh Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” December 23, 2020 https://bit.ly/2LyKYTw
• “Pauling’s Sixth Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” December 16, 2020 https://bit.ly/34n3ox2
• “Pauling’s Fifth Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” December 8, 2020 https://bit.ly/2Jyj4pX
• “Pauling’s Fourth Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” December 2, 2020 https://bit.ly/2Jyj4pX
• “Pauling’s Third Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” November 18, 2020 https://bit.ly/3fbacC5
• “Pauling’s Second Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” November 11, 2020 https://bit.ly/3lqxeXT
• “Pauling’s First Paper on the Nature of the Chemical Bond” November 4, 2020 https://bit.ly/2I5jDqx
• “Pauling’s OAC: A New Decade” October 28, 2020 https://bit.ly/3jXWEuk
• “Pauling’s OAC: A Maturing Relationship with Chemistry” October 21, 2020 https://bit.ly/3mQluy8
• “Pauling’s OAC, 192021: A True Junior Year” October 14, 2020 https://bit.ly/3p8sgkW
• “The ‘Spanish Flu’ at OAC, 1918-1919” October 7, 2020 https://bit.ly/364iHuy
• “The Kennedy Assassination” September 30, 2020 https://bit.ly/33nfBSg
• “Pauling, Kennedy and Khrushchev: Public Interactions” September 23, 2020 https://bit.ly/2Gah8lf
• “Pauling, Kennedy and Khrushchev: Other Letters” September 16, 2020 https://bit.ly/2G4QmuI
• “Letters to Premier Khrushchev” September 9, 2020 https://bit.ly/33XHvmP
• “Letters to President Kennedy” September 2, 2020 https://bit.ly/32YrqxW
• “The Soviet Resonance Controversy: Outside Views” July 15, 2020 https://bit.ly/2WtlhpP
• “The Soviet Resonance Controversy: Dying Embers” July 8, 2020 https://bit.ly/38M2yLc
• “The Soviet Resonance Controversy: Pauling Fights Backs” June 24, 2020 https://bit.ly/2NAG2Lo
• “The Soviet Resonance Controversy: Escalating the Attack on ‘Bourgeois Science’” June 17, 2020 https://bit.ly/2V00rOg
• “The Soviet Resonance Controversy: Beginnings” June 10, 2020 https://bit.ly/3eal1mw
• “Pauling Supports his Resonance Theory” June 3, 2020 https://bit.ly/30K4MbT
• “What is Resonance Theory?” May 27, 2020 https://bit.ly/2Xd7eFE
• “Remembering Yuri Ovchinnikov, 1934-1988” February 19, 2020 https://bit.ly/2U32tvB
• “Remembering Frank Press” February 12, 2020 https://bit.ly/37p3gMd

2019

• “Pauling, the State Department, and the Right to Travel” December 18, 2019 https://bit.ly/2QRaBPo
• “Pauling and Sakharov” December 11, 2019 https://bit.ly/2Ns5tiA
• “Andrei Sakharov: An Overview” December 4, 2019 https://bit.ly/2DMofvZ
• “Lawrence Brockway, 1907-1979” November 6, 2019 https://bit.ly/37d9ekb
• “The Lenin Peace Prize: Aftermath” September 11, 2019 https://bit.ly/2nEB8nr
• “Pauling’s Receipt of the Lenin Peace Prize” September 4, 2019 https://bit.ly/2nA9Q1k
• “Remembering Barbara Low” July 17, 2019 https://bit.ly/2q2jLgZ