ght do: #€ AY THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY 1230 YORK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021 October 9, 1979 JOSHUA LEDERBERG PRESIDENT Admiral Noel Gayler Box 5465 Steamboat Village, Colorado 80499 Dear Admiral Gayler: I was very glad to have a chance to talk to you at the Defense Seience Board. You mentioned something about wishing to stay in touch, and particularly that New York might be convenient for you with your family here. I would certainly enjoy that and I suspect that there is a great deal about this campus, although its specialty of biomedical research is somewhat removed from your own, that might strike a resonant chord with you. I am enclosing some material that might convey some of that spirit although the most pertinent item is now at the printer and I will send it to you ina few weeks. In fact, if it should happen to be convenient for you to visit us during one of our designated Evenings as described on the attached description I would be more © than happy to see you then. However, please don't fail to take advantage of any more casual opportunity that may come your way. Yours sincerely, * Jgshua Lederberg bec: RVV (2) Invitation book UAP dinner file QL. RU birch, Ore) preete TaD yf pronstvcel ple. 4 pbc elon /Rockefelle&> += THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY University 1230 YORK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021 Yw9EL-KV JOSHUA LEDERBERG PRESIDENT EVENINGS AT THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY For several years, we have organized "Evenings at The Rockefeller University" as a vehicle for describing our work pro bono humani to a-wider public. These informal dinner meetings have helped us share information about the institu- tion's scientific and educational activities with leaders of the. New_York.area's professional, social and-civic-communi- - ties. , We will hold additional "Evenings" this fall on campus. including several trustees, faculty members and other guests invited for each occasion. The current series has been sched- uled for Tuesday, October 16, Monday, December 3, 1979, Thurs- day, February 28 and Tuesday, April . 22, 1980 from six to ten o'clock. , Our ‘usual format has been as follows: following a re- ception and dinner in Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall, we will adjourn to Caspary Auditorium where three of the University's senior scientists and I will discuss highlights of the Univer- sity’s current achievements in applying basic biomedical sci- ences to the solution of major health problems. The presenta- tions are directed to a non-professional audience and I be- lieve you would find them and your company of interest. More specific information concerning arrangements for the evening will be sent upon acceptance. R.S.V.P. (212) 360-1468