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The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
333 Cedar Street - New Haven - Connecticut 06510

November 28, 1972

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California 94305

Dear Doctor Lederberg:

It is a pleasure to respond to your inquiry

of October 9th concerning materials relative to your
original application for a fellowship with this Fund.
We are enclosing:

(1)

(2)

(3)

a pertinent letter from Dr. Tatum (we

have cleared the transmittal of this

with Dr. Tatum;

a letter of reference from your mentor,

Dr. F. J. Ryan, whom I understand is

deceased;

in your file we found copies of two brief
summaries entitled "A Nutritional Concept of |
Cancer" and "A Model for Neoplastic Growth on
the Basis of Somatic Mutation."

As we have retained the originals of all this material you
are welcome to keep the copies forwarded herewith.

LLW:ef
Encls.

With kind regards,

Sincerely yours,

a. hah

L. L. Waters, M.D.
Director

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