Steve Lawson was an administrative officer at the Linus Pauling Institute from 1977 to 2016. In this, the fifth of six interviews, Lawson discusses his assumption of the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine; recounts the history of the Linus Pauling Heart Foundation; and details the process by which it was decided that LPISM would move from Palo Alto, California to the campus of Oregon State University. He then provides insight into the Institute's physical and administrative relocation to Oregon; early allies that the Institute found at OSU; important hires that were made once the organization had settled at OSU; and the rationale behind the change of the Institute's name to the Linus Pauling Institute.
From there, Lawson discusses litigation that lingered in the early OSU years; the creation of the LPI Micronutrient Information Center; and broader research that continues on intravenous vitamin C. The session concludes with a discussion of the founding of the LPI Prize for Health Research; the construction and impact of the Linus Pauling Science Center; and future endeavors envisioned for LPI.
Interview conducted by Chris Petersen for inclusion in the History of Science Oral History Collection (OH 017), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
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