Title:

Letter from Salvador E. Luria to Linus Pauling

Creator:

Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991

Recipient:

Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994

Date:

25 March 1965

Description:

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.

Original Repository:

American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria. and Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Ethics

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Linus Pauling to Salvador E. Luria, 1965

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers. 12096

Legacy ID:

QLBBCW

NLM ID:

101584611X39

Profiles Collection:

The Salvador E. Luria Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584611X39

Story Section:

Politics, Science, and Social Responsibility