February 14, 1963

Dr. E. L. Tatum

The Rockefeller Institute
66th St. & York Avenue
New York 21, New York

Dear Ed,

One of my graduate students, Stuart Brody, would like to do
his postdoctoral work with you, if you have space for him. He should
finish here ear ly in the fall. He is interested in the recent work
from your lab and would like to work on some aspect of cell structure
in relation to function.

He did his undergraduate work at MIT in the biology department
and has a strong background in modern biology, biochemistry, chemistry,
physics and math. He is very bright and extremely enthusiastic, and
stimulating to have in the lab. He is imaginative and has done a fine
job of the problems he has tackled with me. I would say that he holds
his own in comparison with the better postdoctorals I have had with
me recently. He is responsible for all of the suppressor studies of
the past few years.

I have no reservations in recommending him.
He was also interested in working with Norton Zinder and I
wrote to Norton first, but he replied that he wouldn't be able to take

him next year,

If there is a possibility that you will have space for Brody,
I will have him send you any additional information you might require.

With best regards,

Sincerely,

Charles Yanofsky

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