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Linus Pauling
Theoretical physical chemist Linus Pauling, photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
Linus Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon, and spent his early years growing up in Condon and Portland, Oregon.12
For his higher education, Pauling attended Oregon State Universityāthen known as Oregon Agricultural Collegeāwhere he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1922. He subsequently pursued graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology, receiving his Ph.D. in 1925.2