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THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

1230 YORK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021

 

TOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

December 1, 1978

In re: Dr Morton Mandel

I regret the delay in retrieving the following notes from my files at
Stanford University. I have no further information that would alter that

report.

Confidential Report on Candidate for Fellowship

Nv 34/94!

 

R dof;
Mr. Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics

Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
Stanford, California 94305 Name of Candidate) Mandel, Morton

 

 

 

REPORT: I was very pleased to see this application from Dr. Mandel,

Dr, Mandel was a research fellow in our department for somewhat longer than

a year in 1963/64. During that time,as stated in his application, he did some
important and pioneering work in the application of NMR analysis to biological
macromolecules. In the intervening years he has done creditable work in more
biologically oriented spheres, which has also been instrumental in broadening
his overall culture as a molecular biologist. But his real strength, in my
view, has been in the insightful use of instrumental analysis for the solution
of important biological problems and I am happy to see that he is now re-
directing his focus to the area of his greatest strength,

The studies he plans to pursue in Zurich are important, feasible and
relevant to his past and prospective future career. I commend his application
most highly.