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3 July 20, 1979

JOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

Mr. Frank T. Cary

Chairman of the Board

International Business Machines
Corporation

Old Orchard Road

Armonk, New York 10504

Dear Frank:

Thank you so much for arranging the lunch we had
together at Armonk the other day. I enjoyed it very
much: it was simply all too brief to exchange a lot
of very exciting ideas; but it was a very good start
and I am looking forward to the first steps to follow-
up, especially from Ralph Gomory.

I was a little startled to have Ralph remind me,
all too realistically, of the cultural and psychologi-
cal barriers that still prevail in the systematic use
of computing and communication systems in laboratories.
But that won't stop us from plugging away; and I am
particularly heartened by other developments in New
York City, like Columbia and NYU that may give us a
stronger set of connecting partners for the very
specialized efforts that we want to pursue here.

I was just delighted at the extent to which re-
search on brain function kept coming back into the
discussion, as this is certainly an area in which our
University has historically maintained a very strong
position, and which I certainly intend to sustain.

More than ever a wide variety of strands from molecular
and cell biology, animal physiology and behavioral
studies are beginning to come together and the tapestry
that is emerging is very exciting indeed.

Looking forward to seeing you further at our Board
meetings, if not sooner.
Yours sincerely,

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Joshua Lederberg