July 8, 1958
Dear Joshua Lederberg;

I don't know when this letter will reach you in Wisconsin,
but I wanted to give you a brief progress report and let you
know about a letter which will be mailed to you within the
next week or two.

The letter first. I+ will be from a Dr. Eduardo Scarano, a

DNA biochemist, and will include some of his reprinte. One

of the highlights of wy stay here has begn meeting. Scargno w a
speake English (a former Fulbright exchange’ studest), 4a highly “
articulate and imaginative in bie work, comes highly rec omme ded
by Dr. Peder Dohrn here among others, and is a swell guy si! bat.
he wants to do would be extremely difficult in Naplegy. “and he te
very anxious to find: a. position in the U.S. pa

 

 

I asked him to write you, not only to inquire about © podsivts place
at Wisconsin--but algo in the hope that you might be able to refer
“ pim to other universities if there is nothing available in Madison.
He has worked with Kalckar and. Waldo Cohn, I believe; . pnd T hppe.

he gets settled in the U.S. . a ATS Se.
- haato, laet week end I tad two wonderful talke with “Peal Buchner on

- the &éland of Ischia‘ and I am mast grateful to you for sending me ca
bis name. He speaks oo English, although he reads it, and we spoke
- entirely in German--and I wag amazed and pleased. at how mich I could
- get from the conversation, because it has been years that I gpoke

» Germang to anyone. I was particularly impressed by his concept: of

. Somatic fertilization and the observation # upon which it ig, based.
He is someone in the. von Friscb tradition, only for my money’ mieh

"more so although von Frisch g¢eme to have obtained all the publicity. .

Buchner wants to be remembered to you, and invites you to qumber, 15
- Via Iasolino. : te

| My writing is coming very very slowly which is somewhat of a triumph |

because I am not losing ground ‘which often happens. I hope tp meet
_ you when I return, and it seeus hard to believe that I haven't...

¥ours,

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