ALEXANDER 0. FORGER PARTNER DIRECT DIAL NUMBER JAN2 #1505 { MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY Pine at OP oe P ev . 1 CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA ieHieriowaneouare BUILDING 1825 EYE STREET, N.W. NEW YORK, N. Y. 10005 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006 ALEXANDRA HOUSE (212) 530-8000 16 CHATER ROAD CABLE: MILTWEED NEW YORK HONG KONG RAPIFAX 100:530-S219 | COLLEGE HItt iT. T 422962, 423893 LONDON EC4R 2RA, ENGLAND TELEX: 12-S595 NIPPON PRESS CENTER BUILDING 2-1 UCHISAIWAI-CHO 2-CHOME (212) 530-5314 VE ad CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100 January 23, 1986 Dr. Joshua Lederberg President The Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, New York 10021-6399 Dear Josh: Many thanks for your very kind note of January 2. I keep hoping that I will win the lottery one day and thus be able to help in a more significant way basic research at Rockefeller University. Our event for the New York Bar Foundation was far and away the best evening that those people have experienced in the 10 years or so in which we have been holding an annual dinner meeting in New York City. I continue to receive comments of great praise for all aspects of the program, not the least of which was the very evident compassionate attention given to one of our friends who had a slight medical decline. I do thank you very much for having hosted this for the Foundation and I continue confident that it will more than pay for the expense and very substantial effort that all of you put into the event. Will look forward to catching up with you per- sonally one day soon. Sincerely, L ADF:cm Alexander D. Forger