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Linus Pauling was born in 1901 to a pharmist in the suburb of Portland, Oregon. When Linus was nine, his father died, leaving Linus, his two younger sisters and their mother to fend for themselves. This started a long 15 years when Pauling tried to pursue his education, while finding means to support his mother and sisters. By the time he was twelve he was a freshman at Washington High School in Portland. In November of 1950, he was scheduled to appear before the Senate Investigating Committee on Education of the State of California. He testified for over two hours, swearing that he had , in no way, been