DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Joancho-33, Kitaku, Osaka, Japan.

Aug. 7th, 1961
Professor J. Lederberg

Department of Genetics
Medical Center
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Dear Joshua-sensei

N.I.H. notified that the Public Health Service grant
has approved, and the statement of grant award is enclosed
with the same cover.

This is due to your favor for suggesting to apply the
grant, for correcting the manuscript, and for supporting
the application.

You trained me and gave me the support to push the
research forward. I am understanding your kindness as
a manifestation of your deep interest on biological science
in general, and by your sympathy on students.

I would like to do my best to answer this.

The world is becomming the smaller and smaller, and
hoping we could meet togather at somewhere in sometime,
and like to talk on many things on past, on present, and
on future things.

Please send my best regards to Esther.

Again thanking you on your favor,

per but

Hirota