International League of Humanists

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International League of Humanists

Founded| 1974
Founder| Linus Pauling, Ava Pauling
Focus| Humanism
Location|

* Sarajevo

Key people

| Linus Pauling, Ava Pauling

International League of Humanists (ILH) is a non-profit international association of eminent humanists. Its headquarters are in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and its primary objective is promotion of worldwide peace and human rights. Its current president is Sonja Stiegelbauer.

## History

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ILH was established at a meeting held at the Inter-University Center in Dubrovnik, Croatia (then a part of Yugoslavia) in 1974. Its founders were notable peacemakers and humanists of that time: Linus Pauling, Ivan Supek, Aurelio Peccei, Sophia Wadia and Philip Noel-Baker. The First International Congress of ILH was held in Philadelphia in 1976.

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Linus Pauling

Publications|

* The Nature of the Chemical Bond (1939 book)
* Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease (1949 paper)
* Vitamin C and the Common Cold (1970 book)
* How to Live Longer and Feel Better (1986)

Concepts|

* Valence bond theory
* Orbital hybridisation
* Resonance
* Pauling Electronegativity Scale
* Pauling's rules

Founded|

* Linus Pauling Institute
* International League of Humanists

Related|

* Ava Helen Pauling (wife)
* Molecular medicine
* Vitamin C megadosage
* Intravenous ascorbic acid
* Linus Pauling Award
* Pauling Field
* 4674 Pauling

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* VIAF

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