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Date! 17 4ug 1978 11408PDT

Froms Feigenbaum

Subject: TRIAUTE TO JOSHUA LEDERBERG

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Yesterday at Stanford the staffs of the Heuristic Programming and
SUMEX Projects met to celebrate our years with Joshua Lederbera
and to wish him well im his new position as President of
Rockefeller university.

It is a time of deecty=felt thanks for the endless work that he has
dome on our hehalf, and of gratitude for the unique opportunity ta
Share his scientific insights om problems of mutual interest over
sO many vears,

Josh is not only one of the world's great scientists, but also one

of its great sciencesstatesnen, Those of us whe shared project
management fFesconsibilities with him were in awe of the unmerring
accuracy with which he was able to affect clean cuts through thickets
of political, fimancial and institutional complexities to lead us
through to desited goals.

One of the AIM scientists, who endures in a welleknown interdisciplinary
research institute, wrote in admiration of Josh's role in the success

of the DENDRAL Projects "Ome seientist,s with knowledge of both chemistry
and computer sciences Was willing to coordinate and arbitrate the
oftensconfiicting efforts of the groups and was able to do it because
others felt sufficient respect for this man's ideas and vision to
Sacrifice sOme of the traditional autonomy and rugaed individualism

of scientiats,"

Joshy we will miss yous. Perhaps we should, as with the Prophet Elijah
at the PassoOverr open the door and leave an empty chair for vou at our
various meetings!

We send you our best wishes for a successful presidencys, and in return
we aSk omlve..that vou answer your met messages,

Ed Feigenbaum