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“HARKNESS HOUSE ONE EAST SEVENTY-FIFTH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021-2692 (212) 535-0400

December 3, 1986

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Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.
President

The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue

New York, New York 10021

Dear Mr. Lederberg:

I'm writing on behalf of Margaret Mahoney to ask for
your opinion of the attached proposal recently submitted to
The Commonwealth Fund. The proposal, from Dr. Morton
Bogdonoff at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center,
requests support for a special conference on recent
advances in biomedical science and their impact on the
future. Panelists and participants would discuss such
questions ranging from identifying the next most important
problems to producing the scientists to address these
problems. The conference moderator would be Dr. Daniel
Koshland.

o Most importantly, we are interested in whether such
a conference would be a genuine contribution to the
state-of-the-art thinking about where we are and
where we are going in the biomedical sciences. Will
this conference be of substantive, rather than
simply ceremonial, value?

o Will the proposed panelists contribute the range of
opinions and discussion envisioned?

o Is the conference addressing the correct questions?
Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.
December 3, 1986
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We would welcome your written comments by December 22
and would be happy to reimburse you with a $200 honorarium.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Aaa kcelr___

Kate Wheeler
Program Assistant

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cc: Cynthia Woodcock