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"22 May 1986

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
President
The Rockefeller University

 

Dear Josh:

The members of the Hospital Search Committee, subsequent to
their recent meeting with you, wish to re-affirm their unanimous
recommendation that Dr. Ronald Crystal of the NIH be recruited to
head a new clinical research laboratory group at The Rockefeller
University Hospital. As indicated in our earlier letter to you, we
settled upon Dr. Crystal as our primary candidate after a prolonged,
intensive and broad search; this included a thorough consideration of
3 inside candidates who utilize the CRC - Drs. Chiorazzi, Kreek and
Lahita - as well as a large number of candidates from other
institutions.

We concluded that Dr. Crystal, in the quality and sophistication
of his research; in the great stature he has achieved at a relatively
young age; in the number of graduates from his laboratory who have
already been appointed to high positions elsewhere; and in his
demonstrated capacity to develop and lead a major group of basic and
clinical scientists was uniquely qualified to head a new clinical
research group at this institution. a

It is our view that none of the 3 inside candidates we
considered matched Dr. Crystal in these qualifications and that his
accomplishments and potential exceeded these of most of the outside
candidates as well. Three candidates apart from Dr. Crystal were
included in our final “short” list (1 woman; 2 men), but Dr. Crystal
is, for the reasons indicated in this and our earlier letter, our
primary recommendation to you.

Yours sincerely,
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Attallah Kappas, M.D.

cc: Members, Hospital
Search Committee