TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, California Institute of Technology letterhead, November 15, 1954. Letter to noted bacteriophage biologist Dr. Gunther Stent, in full: "I wish to thank you for your kind letter of congratulations. It has given me pleasure to read it and to hear from you again." He adds a handwritten postscript, "I am honored to have been put into your testament some years ago, and am happy to think that I may have been an influence for the good." In fine condition, with light creasing and toning. Dr. Stent's retained carbon copy of his letter to Pauling is stapled to the upper left, in part: "Just like all those others who are lucky enough to know you and who, I suppose, are writing, telegraphing, telephoning, etc., to you from all over the world today, I also want to send my good wishes at the occasion of your award of the Nobel Prize." Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 for his 'research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances.' He would famously win again in 1962—this time the Nobel Peace Prize—for his efforts to quell nuclear proliferation.
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