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JOSHUA LEDERBERG

PRESIDENT

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Ms. Susan E. Garfield

Coordinator _

Bellagio Study & Conference Center
The Rockefeller Foundation

1133 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Dear Ms. Garfield:

I was very glad to hear that you may have an oppor-
tunity to accommodate Dr. Isac Halbrecht for a residency
at your center in Bellagio.

I have known Dr. Halbrecht for many years and am de-
lighted to note that his advancing age has been no barrier
to his continued productive activity well past normal re-
tirement. He has played a very important role in building
the foundations of human population genetics, especially
in Israel, and as concerns the genetic history of Jewish
people scattered in communities throughout the world. In
previous years he was very important in bringing advances
in genetics into pediatric research and training at a very
high level of competence. .

I am happy indeed to endorse his request and believe
that you can do no wrong in complying with it.

Yours sincerely,

 

Joghua Lederberg