THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

1230 YORK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021
October 10, 1979

 

JOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

Dr. Richard W. Lyman
President

Stanford University
Stanford; California 94305

Dear Dick:

It is with the greatest of pleasure that I acknowl-
edge and accept your invitation to the Camp lectureship.
My thought is to address various aspects of health prog-
ress, health research and health education to which the
research universities have made and will continue to make
the most important contributions. There is a great deal
that needs to be said about these matters that conforms
neither to the canons of "let's distribute what we have"
nor "unlimited funds for research will automatically
solve all our problems". I will be giving some thought
to crystallizing these themes around meaningful titles
that may attract audiences who will then not be disap-
pointed in what they hear.

Presumably the next step will be some word from your
committee indicating with whom I might discuss the most
convenient dates.

I trust that you are out of your irksome constraints
of movement and ready to expose yourself again to the
same chances.

One thing wrong with the very pleasant evening we
spent together here in New York was that Marguerite was
away; and she bids me to ask that you keep us both in mind
should another similar opportunity (without benefit of
crutches!) present itself.

With best regards.

You sincerely,