Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling in New York City on Jan. 13, 1958. AP Photo / AP. Every year on Feb. 28, Oregon commemorates the life of Linus Pauling, a Portland-born and Oregon State University ...

Dr. Linus Pauling and wife, Ava Helen Pauling, in a file photo from 1981. Oregonian. When atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, Pauling became an outspoken critic of nuclear weapons.

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Happy birthday, Linus Pauling! ... “It’s a time to celebrate Pauling, and a time to celebrate science,” said Dr. Emily Ho, director of the Linus Pauling Institute.