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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YOR

Board of Trustees Office of the Chairperson

  

535 East 80 Street, New York, N.Y. 1002]
212/794-5375

July 8, 1981

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
President

Rockefeller University
66th and York Avenue

New Yerk, New York 10021

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

As Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Committee to find

a new Chancellor to succeed Robert J. Kibbee at The City Uni-

versity of New York, I am writing to you as one particularly

well informed about higher education in the United States. Your
familiarity with colleges and universities and their leadership
requirements could be of great help. In short, I seek your

personal wisdom and judgment in filling one of the most signifi- ~~
cant university posts in our country.

The City University of New York is the third largest university
in the nation, with over 172,000 full- and part-time students
enrolled in 18 campuses. The University is composed of nine
colleges of arts and sciences; seven community colleges; one
technical college; a Graduate School and University Center; and
an affiliated medical school. In addition, the University has
numerous outreach programs; programs with the secondary schools
of New York City; and extensive educational and training con-
tracts with unions and private industry. The University has an
annual operating budget of $640 million provided through tuition
and public funds, and a faculty and staff of approximately 14,000,
the majority of whom are unionized.

The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York is
looking for a man or woman of intellectual stature who has
demonstrated outstanding leadership and administrative capa- .
bilities in order to lead this large and complex system in the
decade ahead.
July 8, 1981
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The Search Committee would appreciate your recommendations for
candidates for Chancellor of The City University of New York.
Nominations, including background information, or other observa-
tions on this matter, will be greatly appreciated. You can write
to me at: The City University of New York, c/o Committee to Seek
a Chancellor, Room 303, 535 East 80 Street, New York, NY 10021.
Nominations and applications should be received by October 1, 1981.

I hope that with your help--and that of others concerned with

the future of American higher education--we shall be able to find
the outstanding person required to lead our University in the
challenging days ahead.

Sincerely,
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James P. Murp
Chairman

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