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THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYA®

1230 YORK AVENUE -NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021

   

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

27 July 1979
Dr. William N. Hubbard, Jr.

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Dear Bill: . Mathaod [Covey

Josh Lederberg mentioned recent_, c..u. a. was uve sure whether he
had sent you a copy of a recent progress report we submitted to the
Rockefeller Foundation covering a University-wide program in reproductive
biology. So we have sent one under separate cover. In case you have
already received this, please forgive the redundancy. Josh and I think
you may find a number of the activities in reproductive biology to be of
personal interest to you and professional, corporate interest to your
associates at Upjohn.

Along a Similar line, I have sent a copy of our just-published
Scientific and Educational Programs for 1979-80. This document con-
stitutes, in effect, our catalogue for next year as well as a progress
report on the research last year in all of our laboratories.

 

Of course, if you would like to follow-up in more detail on any of
the topics mentioned in the documents,give us a ring.

Finally I know that you and Josh have discussed work in comparative
toxicology. We hope that we also can come back to this subject with you.
before the end of this year. Josh's new seminar--along with several
possible initiatives we are exploring--may make it possible for us to add
sharper focus on this critical field.

On an entirely different subject--one that we have discussed briefly
at BOSTID meetings--I have enclosed a copy of a short paper I was asked to
prepare a few months ago in which I assessed the prospects for the
meetings in Vienna next month. You will see that I am not too hopeful
in the short term. Nonetheless, the problems are so pressing and the
stakes for the U.S. are so large in the long run, as you know, that we
must sustain our efforts.

Best regards.

Sincerely,

Ket!

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Rodney W. Nichols

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