4558 Thorndale Road
Pasadena, California

Hallowe'en
1950

Congratulations to you both for the wonderful honor you have
gotten. We were so very pieased when we heard the news. We are
proud of you both for your contributions to science and are happy
that other people (with monty, too!) recognize your worth. You
are fortunate to have received the prize at such an early age--Josh,
this puts you in a special class with much older men. Now you can
think about it and enjoy it for several years longer than you
could had you had to wait.

Dear Josh and Esther,

Enclosed you will find the article from the Los Angeles Times.
It has undoubtedly been repeated ih other areas, but perhaps this
will add to your scrapbook. If you haven't been keeping one before,
surely you will after this.

Will you be coming to Stanford in January as the paper said?
We had heard that you would be moving but were not sure as to
the date. We are contemplating a trip north sometime in the spring
and if you are going to be there, we would like very much to see
you if we can arrange it. That is, if you will let us come by.
Nothing is definite, but please let us know if you will be there.
We won't go by if you are still in Wisconsin.

David is spending this year at Caltech in Ray Owen's lab.
Perhaps it is the thought of not having to mend another winter in
Michigan or perhaps it is the fact that California is such a welcome
change (Or are they one and the same?), anyway, our first impressions
of this area are good. We go back home in June. If you are in this
part of the country, we have spare beds and you are always welcome.
We would like to introduce you to our little boy, Doug, too.

Our best to you. We think the boys in Sweden knew what they
were doing in choosing you.

Sincerely,