In an effort to "stir public conscience," on the war in Vietnam, Luria proposed to Pauling that a group of prominent scientists should protest the war by resigning their membership in the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS was created in 1863 during the Civil War so as to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist.
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1 (85,958 Bytes)
Date:
1965-03-25 (March 25, 1965)
Creator:
Luria, Salvador E.
Recipient:
Pauling, Linus
Source:
Original Repository: American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria.
Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.
Subject:
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Ethics
Exhibit Category:
Politics, Science, and Social Responsibility
Relation:
Letter from Linus Pauling to Salvador E. Luria (March 29, 1965)
Letter from Linus Pauling to Salvador E. Luria (March 29, 1965)