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Linus Pauling Science Center
President Ed Ray, Tamara Valley, Al and Pat Reser 
In his opening remarks, LPI director Balz Frei told the story of meeting Linus Pauling on Oct. 17, 1989: the day of the Loma Prieta earthquake. 
Campaign Steering Committee co-chair Pat Reser 
More than 200 friends, alumni, faculty and staff celebrated the construction launch, including Dr. Linus Pauling, Jr., seated at right.
Senior Kelsie Warner described the great research experiences she's had in OSU's Department of Chemistry. 
College of Science dean Sherman Bloomer noted, "The Linus Pauling Science Center represents a seminal moment for our college." 
Linus Pauling, Jr., Tamara Valley, and Al Reser were the first to sign a beam that will be visible inside the Linus Pauling Science Center. 
Linus Pauling, Jr. 
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Funding for the Linus Pauling Science Center represents a public/private partnership including $31.25 million in state bonds, a $20 million grant from the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, and a gift of $10.65 million from Al Reser '60 and Pat Reser '60.
In addition, some 2,600 other donors have made gifts totaling more than $21 million to support the educational and research programs that will be housed in the building.
At the construction launch celebration, all participants were invited to sign a steel beam which will be visible inside the Linus Pauling Science Center.
OSU launches construction september 25, 2009
The centerpiece initiative of The Campaign for OSU took center stage September 25 as more than 200 members of the OSU community gathered to celebrate the launch of construction on the Linus Pauling Science Center. The $62.5 million, 105,000-square-foot facility is the university's largest-ever academic building project. It will house the Linus Pauling Institute and chemists from the College of Science, and contain classroom and laboratory space for students and researchers studying chemistry, biology, and life sciences.
"The center will bring together, for the first time, all of the faculty, students, and staff of the Linus Pauling Institute under a single roof," noted LPI director Balz Frei in his opening remarks. "It will embody Linus Pauling's innovative spirit and life-long commitment to chemistry, molecular biology, and orthomolecular medicine, and to improving the human condition."
Sherman Bloomer, dean of the College of Science, noted that the building will not "belong" to just one unit, such as chemistry. Rather, it will provide an opportunity, he said, "for thousands of students from nearly every major at OSU to learn critical parts of their curriculum in state-of-the art learning facilities, shoulder to shoulder with some of the nation's most talented scientists."
More about the Linus Pauling Science Center
Gazette-Times article about the construction launch celebration
Linus Pauling Institute campaign priorities
The Linus Pauling Science Center is scheduled for completion in spring 2011.
A pioneering chemist, Dr. Linus Pauling '22 is the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes.
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