SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BACTERIOLOGISTS

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

PERRY W. WILSON
DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

MADISON 6, WISCONSIN dune hy 1957

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Professor of Medical Genetics
200 Genetics Building
University of Wisconsin
Madison 6, Wisconsin

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

Please accept my belated congratulations on your
election to the National Academy of Science, These
elections occurred the week before the annual meeting
of the Society of American Bacteriologists in Detroit,
and in my preparations for attending the meeting, I did
not have a chance to write you of my pleasure in hearing
of your election.

I have now received the official notice from the
Academy regarding the election and will take this opportunity
and reminder to voice my sincere congratulations for
the honor in your election.

Sincerely,
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P. W. Wilson
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