THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

1230 YORK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021

February 26, 1985

 

TOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

Mr. Spyros Andreopoulos

Office of Communications

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California 94305

Dear Spyros:
I have one more favor to ask of you.

From time to time I'm using Fred Terman as an examplar of
the development of university industrial relationships as a
foundation for important regional economic development. Ina
small way I'm trying to do something similar here in NYC. Quite
a few folks here never heard of Terman, so I wonder if there is
any written biographic material that could help me explain his
role in the development of Stanford and of Silicon Valley. Any-
thing from a newsclip to a book could be quite helpful.

While we're at that, do you think there is material (in the
newsclip file or other public record!) about Terman's personal
relationships as consultant, or director, or investor, or what-
ever in the California firms -- a matter that comes up here in
connection with the appropriate place of a university officer in
industrial development. I have Fred in mind as a very positive
example. Please don't get these two requests confused and the
first thing I asked of you would have the higher priority.

Last summer or fall there was some thought of your coming

through NY. If you have any trips in the offing please keep in
mind to visit with us.

Yours sincerely,

 
  

a Lederberg

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