Dr’. Aivert Bs Waugh,” Provost :
The- “University of Connecticut.
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ota ‘gnever to: your - request’ of - Novenber Both,” 1 en ele. to" give. you
re statement. concerning Dre Joshua, s. sLederbere. - vo

. 7 Dr, ‘Lederberg aot his acgree: with’ me at Yale in. yoke At S ttat “time |
whe was’ considering going into medical. research, - His abilities: ‘dn: pure: acience
Were ; .60-evident, that -we persuaded him. to: “eontinue: in this area. His: ‘promise ©,
a8 8. “graduate” ‘student has been amply substantiated by the. “prilliance: -and funs*
damental importance, of his contributions since that +t “YS would’ ‘consider
“pdm: ‘one. of. the ‘forenost geneticists in the country, if f nok: ‘inh ‘the “world. - He” 7
has.a: ‘breadth. of knowledge, an experinental. sense of ‘feasibility, . anda: research
drive: which ‘Oodindeed outstanding. - He is a good. teacher and ‘is: capable’ of 2"
-arqusing considerable enthusiasm, in his’ stuients. I can recommend” him’ for.
eny: osi tion you have in mind most, enthusiastically and unreservedly» i _

 

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3 oe “personally Lederberg has ‘aeveloped exceedingly vel.” and With) maturity :
» hes” come a tolerance for less gifted. individuals and an increased thoughtfulness:

= for? “others , . which he lacked to some extent during his graduate work. I-feel.,
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" * peofessdonaldy’ Lederberg has aone ‘more than almost any, other. indi-

yaad, ‘in opening -up, and developing the new field’ of comparative piology: of:
HBex,, with particular. reference to microorganisms. tT feel assured. ‘thet nia,
“future contributions both to this area and to the more general. aspects® ‘of.
“experimental genetics: will be as significant as. those he ‘has already: made.

 
  

° . I vould. ‘ike ‘also to take. this opportunity ‘of suggesting Snother’ man’
"for. your, consideration, - Dr. Raymond W. Barratt got his Ph. D. degree: with, me-

~-at:Yale about the same time as Dr. Lederberg and has been with me. ina research".
“ associateship ‘at Stanford for the last three years. He has hada somewhat: wider
| phological background in plant sciences and biochemistry than. Lederberg and ies.%...
_ primarily: interested in the genetics of microorganisms with his main work dealing : :
with Neurospora. over the past six or more years. During much-of ‘this tine. he:
“has ‘been ny right hand man, taking.a considerable amount of the responsibilities. ts
“of our research group. and graduate teaching. I am mentioning him.as 4 possibility.
“because I consider him a very: promising research man. ae has. ‘saply proven. Ahis:

> proguctivsty 8 and, ability in: this area of genetics. 7

 

  

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