Linus Pauling was born in Portland on Feb. 28, 1901. He went on to win two Nobel prizes and is considered one of the greatest chemists of the 20th century. Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling in New ...

Linus Pauling is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes: for chemistry (in 1954) and peace (in 1962).

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

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Happy birthday, Linus Pauling! Every year, the Oregon-born scientist and humanitarian is honored on his birthday at his alma mater, Oregon State University. Pauling, considered the father of ...