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JOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

Dr. I. M. Singer

Department of Mathematics

University of California
at Berkeley

Berkeley, California 94720

Dear Dr. Singer:

It is with great regret that I learned that the
Regents of the State of New York were not able to
accept our application for the Einstein Chair, which
we had hoped you might hold jointly between the Rocke-
feller and New York University. I have assumed that
Dr. Kac has kept you well informed about the proceed-
ings; but I do not want the occasion to pass without
also expressing my own enthusiasm for the concept, and
my regret that it could not materialize under present
circumstances. Our faculty colleagues likewise en-
dorsed this nomination with the greatest enthusiasm.

The present initiative is then, alas, terminated;
although one can hardly quarrel with the judgement of
the Regents in having named Dr. Levitch to the post at
CUNY.

The basic concept of a consortial sponsorship re-
tains its validity in principle: although I do not know
just where to go with it at the moment, we will certainly
be keeping our ears open for whatever other possibilities
might emerge.

Yours sincerely,

DA

Joshua Lederberg

cc: Dr. Mark Kac

bee: Dr. William 0. Baker
Mr. Rodney W. Nichols
Footnote to Dr. Kac and Mr. Nichols

Would there be any merit in our getting together
with the people from Courant to see if Columbia is
willing and interested to join with us in a tri-insti-
tutional combination. With a three way split we might

still manage the financial burdens even without the
state funding.