Who's who
Dr. Linus Pauling
Dr. Pauling won two Nobel Prizes - in 1954 for Chemistry and in 1962 for Peace. Dr. Pauling was globally admired for his tremendous contributions to chemistry and for advocating peace. Dr. Pauling shared the spotlight in this latter endeavor with Albert Einstein.
Source: Oregon State University
Pauling's advice:
When a person (even a Nobel laureate) speaks to you, listen with respect -
but never trust him into anything without your own intellect.
Linus Pauling PhD (1901-1994)
Dr. Pauling was born in 1901 in Portland, Oregon. He received a BS in chemical engineering from the Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in 1922 and a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1925. Dr. Pauling joined the faculty of California Institute of Technology in 1925 where he started theoretical work on the nature of the chemical bond. . He became the recipient of many fellowships and honors, including the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1954.
Dr. Pauling had 350 publications including work on the structure of crystals by X-ray diffraction ; the structure of proteins; the structure of antibodies and the nature of serological reactions; the structure and properties of hemoglobin and related substances; abnormal hemoglobin molecules in relation to the hereditary hemolytic anemias. He was a member of numerous professional societies and was elected Rationalist of the Year for 1960 and Humanist of the Year for 1961. His best-known book was The Nature of the Chemical Bond. He also became deeply involved in campaigning for peace during the Cold War, publishing No More War! (1958, 1959, 1962). In 1963, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962.
Dr. Pauling married Ava Helen Miller (English-Scottish and German descent) in 1923. They had four children, Linus (Carl) Jr. (1925), Peter Jeffress (1931-2004), Linda Helen (1932) and Edward Crellin (1937-1997). Dr. Pauling died on August 19, 1994. Dr. Pauling was globally admired for his tremendous contributions to chemistry and for advocating peace. Dr. Pauling shared the spotlight in this latter endeavor with Albert Einstein. His endeavors in chemistry and peace continue to change the lives of people throughout the world.
Founder
Dr Grace WongCEO, ActoKine Therapeutics, USA
Board of Directors
Linus Carl Pauling Jr, MDBoard of Director, Student Vision
Hing Leung Sham, PhD
Sr. VP, Elan Pharmaceuticals (former Abbott)
Claude G. Biava, MD
Chief Medical Officer, ActoKine Therapeutics.
Robert Allen Lewis, MD
Former Sr VP and Site Head for the Aventis Pharmaceuticals, USA
Martin A. Wasserman, PhD.
(former Aventis, GSK, BMS, Roche)
John S.K. Lo
OBE, JP, Vice President, Hong Kong Science Park
Lex Van der Ploeg, PhD
Head of Merck Research Laboratories- Boston
Scott Wadsworth, PhD
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical R & D, L.L.C.
Gunther Winkler, PhD
VP, Strategic Initiatives, former Biogen-Idec
Dr. Morten Sogaard
Executive Director, Head Biotechnology & Precision Medicine, External R&D Innovation, Worldwide R&D, Pfizer
Dr. Howard A. Young, PhD
Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Head, Cellular and Molecular Immunology Section, Deputy Laboratory Chief, NCI-Frederick
Reinhard Ebner, PhD
VP of Biomarkers, ActoKine Therapeutics
Scientific Advisory Commitee
- Jeffrey Browning PhD, Former Distinguished Scientist, BiogenIdec
- Yuling Li PhD, Fellow, MedImmune
- Linda Burkly PhD, Distinguished Investigator, BiogenIdec
- Diane Pennica PhD, former Genentech
- Napoleone Ferrara, MD former Staff Scientist, Genentech
- David Leung PhD, Former Cell Therapeutics, former Genentech
- Pat Gray PhD, VP of Research, former Genentech
- Kuldeep Neote PhD, Director of Research, Eli Lilly, former Genentech
- Jim Strickler PhD, Director, former Serono
- Steve Arkinstall PhD, VP of Research, Head of EMDSerono (Boston)
- Tim Wells PhD, former Head of Drug Discovery, Serono (Geneva)
- David Merberg, PhD, Director, former AstraZeneca
- Dr. CN Ramchand PhD, CEO, Laila Pharma, India
- Dr. Gordon Vehar PhD, VP of Research, former Genentech
- Prof David Vaux, MD, PhD, Medical researcher, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
- Prof Sir Gus Nossal, former the head of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
- Wolfgang Ketterle, PhD MIT-Harvard, Nobel Prize 2001
- David Baltimore, PhD Caltech, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975
- Mike Brown, PhD, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985
- Bruce Stillman, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Jordan S. Pober, MD, PhD Yale University School of Medicine
