2012 Linus Pauling Legacy Award

Cornell University professor Dr. Roald Hoffmann, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, spoke in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, April 19, 2012. His lecture, titled "Indigo - A Story of Chemistry in Culture," was presented at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Hoffmann was honored as the seventh recipient of the Linus Pauling Legacy Award, granted once every two years for outstanding achievement in an area of study once of interest to Dr. Linus Pauling. The Pauling Legacy Award is sponsored by Oregon State University Libraries.