UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

DIVISION OF BOTANY
LOS ANGELES 24, CALIFORNIA January h, 1951

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Dear Professor Lederberg:

Thank you very much for your letter of December 26.
Your offer is very tempting, and I appreciate your
mentioning it to mee I am interested in finding a
permanent job in an institution which sponsers ree
search. This is,,of course, the ideal job. However,

if such a job were not-to turn up for this fall,

and this is probable, I would want to consider some
sort of postdoctoral research. I have applied to both
NRC. and P.H.S. for a fellowship to go to Italy to
work with Buzzati. From the way the world looks now
Itm afraid that I shantt make it. Would it be possible
for me to give you a definite answer regarding your
offer early in March? By then I should know about

most job opportunities and the fellowship. The Hecoli
problem interests me very much and I would appreciate
the chance to learn something about bacterial genetics,

Thank you again for your consideratione

Robert Paul Levine