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RUTGERS

THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT * NEW BRUNSWICK * NEW JERSEY « 08903 201/932-7454 .

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It is with the greatest pleasure
that, on the authority of the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, I invite you to accept the honorary degree of
Doctor of Science at the University's Commencement Exercises on Thursday,
May 24, 1979.

For the past several years the
University has invited some of our honorary degree candidates to
participate in a Colloquium the day before Commencement. This has
proved to be an exciting intellectual event for the faculty and students
and it has also served to add a welcome academic dimension to the grant-
ing of honorary degrees. Previous participants have uniformly expressed
their pleasure in the event and appreciated the opportunity to visit with
their fellow participants and members of the staff, faculty and students
of the University.

This year the Board of Governors has
decided to recognize the Centennial Year of Light and Thomas A. Edison by
focusing on invention and technology and their effects on society. A
faculty committee is currently developing specific aspects of the Colloquium
and will be sending you a number of questions appropriate for the topic
but I will be happy to receive any suggestions you may have.

The Board of Governors is pleased to
take care of travel expenses and housing while at the University and to
offer an honorarium to participants in the Colloquium.

Arrangements for Commencement day are
still being worked out by our Commencement Committee and as soon as they
are completed I will send you full details. You may be interested to know
that the names of honorary degree recipients are kept confidential until
announced by the Board of Governors in April.

May I add my own personal hope that
you will be able to accept this invitation to receive the honorary degree
and to participate in our Colloquium and may I also tell you how delighted
we will be if you are able to do so.

With all good wishes,

Sincerely,

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conte Edward J. Bloustein
ga OE President
-Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
: Stanford University
a Stanford, California 94305 ,

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