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JOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

10 December 1980

Ms. Susan E. Garfield VW
The Rockefeller Foundation
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036

Dear Ms. Garfield:

As my colleague Rod Nichols, our executive vice president, explained
to you on the telephone on December 8, | was glad to receive your inquiry
of December 3 regarding Dr. Anthony Cerami's request to use the confer-
ence facilities at Bellagio for a meeting on "the Design of Antiparasitic
Drugs."

Dr. Cerami has an excellent record in bringing together first-rank
individuals and charting imaginative paths. An original and productive
investigator, he has become extremely interested recently in bringing
modern biochemistry to bear on the process of developing better solutions
to the problems around the world posed by the so called tropical di-
seases. Although | am not familiar in detail with his plans for this
meeting, the overall outline is solid and the expected participants are
excellent. Accordingly, | am delighted to endorse the proposal. Hoping
very much that the Foundation will be able to facilitate this extremely
important initiative, please do not hesitate to*call upon me if you need
further information.

 
   
 

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Joshua Lederberg

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