ISTITUTO DI GENETICA
UNIVERSITA DI PAVIA

Pavia

Telefoni: 23.029; 29.038 - Indirizzo telegrafico: Istgenetica -

March 20, 1968 °
VIA SANT’EPIFANIO, 14 Dr. J. Lederberg
27100 - PAVIA Department of Genetics

Stanford Medieal School
Stanford University

Palo Alto, California

Dear Josh:

I am quite happy to see that my skepticism was not justified.
Luca has also shown me a letter of the C.N.R. indicating that they
have allotted a certain amount of money for the Stanford-Pavia
project. In any case, however, a long stay in Stanford this year
is impossible. I have to be once in a while in Cagliari and be-
sides if I wish to be called in Pavia I have got to stay around
to persuade, soothe and cajole the local chieftains. However,
I think that I could come for a couple of months (e.g. September
and October). In such a period of time I could get down to write
with you and Sergio those infamous papers and in addition try to
do some work. Polsino has got a couple of mutants that appear to
be rather interesting and I am sure that we may think some crazy
experiments to do. (Paola is mad as hell since for such a short
period of time it will be financiajly impossible to move the
entire tribe and she will have to stay home!).

We are thrilled at the second good news of your letter.
I think I do remember Marguerite Kirsch. Is she a pediatrician
or, in any case, was she working part-time with you on some
medico-statistical project? Is she a cute, bright looking look-
ing burette? I don't want to appear nosy but you have succeeded
in arousing my curiosity!

We are expecting the public announcement.

Ciao.

dure