November 24, 1956

Or. Kenneth V. Thimann

The Biological Laboratories
Hervard University

16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Kenneth:

Your letter of the 19th happened to come in as | was dictating so | can
attend to it before it disappears at the bottom of the pile.

You must know Skoog so much better than | do that | can hardly add to
your Information about his qualifications. All f can think of to say is that
Wisconsin will be absolutely furious to lose him as he is certainly one of
the most dynamic and productive membersof the Biology faculty.

Frankly {| hope you do go after him with some vigor so as to bring to a
focus some of the very deep concerns that he and ! have had about the develop-
ment of biology here. | also hope that you fail in the long run since losing
Skoog would be a more disasterous loss to Wisconsin than a measurable gain to
Harvard. But of course | suppose that it is just this context that may give
you some optimism in going after him.

Yours cordially,

Joshua hee

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