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Vice President for Academic Affairs

December 21, 1979

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
President

The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue

New York, New York 10021

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

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Dr. Bennett and I appreciated the opportunity to meet with
you and Mr. Nichols last week. As you know, we are very
enthusiastic about the possibility of jointly developing
humanities programs, and I was delighted to learn that Dr.
E.G.D. Cohen and Mr. Richard Dana will be working with
Leslie Tuttleton in this area.

I was also most interested to learn of the possibilities of
sharing resources in a variety of academic disciplines as

well as about your new project in the life sciences and public
policy analysis. Earlier this year, Dr. Laurence Berlowitz

of my staff worked with Mr. Nichols on a proposal to the State
for an Einstein Chair. Dr. Berlowitz is perhaps most familiar
with our resources in the life sciences as well as about
individuals throughout New York University interested in public
policy analysis. He, himself, has been exploring the creation
of an institute to focus on the urban environment and public
policy. I have asked him to review our resources and to brief
you and Mr. Nichols at your convenience.

We certainly want to be responsive to possible future col-
laborations, and I look forward to further discussions with
you.

Sincerely,
L. Alay iva

cc: Rodney W. Nichols, Executive Vice President
Laurence Berlowitz, Assistant Vice President

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