SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305

JOSHUA LEDERBERG
Josepy D. GRANT PROFESSOR
OF GENETICS

January 30, 1978

Sir G. J. V. Nossal

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of
Medical Research

Post Office Royal Melbourne Hospital

Victoria 3050

AUSTRALIA

Dear Gus:

Thank you for your note. I have waited a few days to reply
in order to be able to confirm, quite officially, that the rumor is
correct. I will be taking responsibility for the office on July 1,
but will not move to New York until September 1. Meanwhile, I will
be making a number of trips back and forth to Rockeretter University
for some advance planning.

Of course, I will very much want to see you when you are in
California next month. We should be at home mest of the time that
you are in the vicinity, so I foresee no trouble about finding a
mutually convenient time.

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I suspect that my own image for Rockefeller is very nearly con-.
gruent with yours for the Hall Institute: a carefully integrated blend
of very basic science and really significant health applications. For
the latter, the world health problems that we discussed so consensually
at WHO certainly deserve the highest priority.

If you have anything more immediate in mind, by all means send
me some information in advance; in any case, we look forward, very much,
to seeing you and Lynn rather soon.

Yours,

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