HARVARD UNIVERSITY
THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES
16 DIVINITY AVENUE
CAMBRIDGE 38, MASSACHUSETTS

November 19, 1958

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Microbiology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Dear Josh:

This letter is highly confti-
dential, We are considering a candi-
date for an appointment in Botany and
have taken the name of Skoog very
seriously indeed. Would you be kind
enough to write me, as quickly as
possible, your appraisal of the man.
Please feel free to say anything you
think appropriate,

In the excitement of the party
the other day I quite forgot to con-
gratulate you upon the magnificent
recognition awarded to your work by
the Nobel prize. Please accept my
sincere congratulations,

Yours sincerely,
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Kenneth V. Thimann