Duke Muiversity Medical Center

DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA
27710

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

March 21, 1977

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics

Stanford University Medical School
Stanford, California

Dear Josh:

I have to apologize for taking so long to respond to your request for
a copy of the obituary I wrote. When I spoke to you, I forgot that Barbara
Bachmann had the only copy. It is of no interest as to why I didn't have a
copy, but I had to call Barbara and she in turn had to contact George Marzluf
who had taken over the editorship of the Neurospora Newsletter and has all the
records.

In any case, my version was finally retrieved and is enclosed. In re-reading
Ed's obituary I was pleasantly surprised to find that I actually answered most
of the questions that you asked over the telephone, The statements are rather
succinct but I think that you will be able to read between the lines. The villain
of the Cold Spring Harbor piece was John Cairns. Norton Zinder and Roland Hotchkiss
know all about it.

If I can be of help in any other way, just call, the number is 919-684-6556.
A paper of mine will appear in the next issue of PNAS with a brief dedication to
Ed.

Yours_ truly,

 

SRG/dh

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