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| Award/Medal | National Medal of Science |
| Awarded by | Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States
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| Description/Note | The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest scientific honor. Circular medal with image of man bent down at the edge of water writing a mathematical formula in sand and holding a crystal in the other hand; inscription: National Medal of Science. Reverse side has same water and sand image at bottom plus stars above; inscription: Awarded by the President of the United States of America to Linus Carl Pauling, 1974. |
| Award/Medal Composition | metallic |
| Subject | Science
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| Item Number | The Pauling Catalogue:
Honors, Awards, Citations, Diplomas and Other Recognitions, 1914-2001, undated
Box: 1975h2
Item:1975h2.1 |
| Date Awarded | 1975-09-18 |
| Transmission data | Image created using a Canon EOS-D60 digital camera for digital capture and cleaned using Adobe Photoshop 6. |
| Copyright | Permission to use must be obtained from OSU Special Collections: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/copyright.html |
