Linus Pauling for Innovator of the Year [Nomination Example Only]

Nominee: Linus Pauling
Award: Linus Pauling Innovator of the Year

(Shamelessly taken from Wikipedia) Linus Pauling is notable for the diversity of his interests: quantum mechanics, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, protein structure, molecular biology, and medicine. In all these fields, and especially in the boundaries between them, he made decisive contributions. His innovative work on chemical bonding marks the beginning of modern quantum chemistry.

Pauling's work on crystal structure contributed significantly to the prediction and elucidation of the structures of complex minerals and compounds. His discovery of the alpha helix and beta sheet is a fundamental foundation for the study of protein structure.

Pauling has been acknowledged as the "father of molecular biology". His discovery of sickle cell anemia as a "molecular disease" opened the way toward examining genetically acquired mutations at a molecular level.

Pauling's work on the molecular basis of disease and its treatment is being carried on by a number of researchers, notably those at the Linus Pauling Institute, which lists a dozen principal investigators and faculty who study the role of micronutrients and phytochemicals in health and disease.

And if that doesn't seal the deal, Linus Torvalds, the developer of the Linux kernel, is named after Pauling.

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