Gongdong Chen is a Ph.D. candidate in the history of science at the University Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He is also a visiting scholar in the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center.

This presentation documents Chen's research on Chinese translations of works about Linus Pauling and also touches upon Pauling's relationship with Lu Jiaxi (Chia-Si Lu), a physical chemist who studied under Pauling in the 1940s and later served as the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.