Nikolas Trarkey Breediveg Feros, Me.

June 4, 1981

 

Dr. Ron Cape

Cetus

600 Bancroft

Berkeley, California 94710

Dear Dr. Cape:

As discussed by phone with you a few days ago, I am writing to
verify that a contingent from IBEC (International Basic Economy
Corporation) is planning to visit your organization on Friday, July
24 as previously arranged by you and Dr. Lederberg. As per your
suggestion, we will plan to arrive in Berkeley at 3:00 p.m. We will
be coming from Davis.

The guest list will be approximately as follows:

Mr. Rodman Rockefeller, Chairman of the Board, IBEC

Mr. Jonathan Taylor, President of IBEC

Various members of the Board of IBEC

Mr. Lowell Hoskins, President of Arbor Acres Farm (broiler
breeder-Connecticut) and Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Nicholas Turkey Breeding Farms (turkey breeder - Sonoma
California).

Mr. Robert J. Nicholas, President of NTBF

Mr. Robert B. Hitchcock, Vice President of NTBF

Mr. Jack Merritt, Vice President of NTBF

Dr. Frank Cherms, Physiologist NTBF

Dr. George M. Farnsworth, Geneticist NTBF

Dr. Fred T. Shultz, Geneticist NIBF

Dr. Joshua Lederberg, President Rockefeller University

I would expect the total. number to be about 15.

The basic purpose of our visit is to see what we can, without
crossing proprietary boundaries, of an ongoing commercial research and
and development organization in the field of genetic engineering. Some
of the questions revolving in our minds are:

1. What research is going on in the world that might have a
bearing on animal and particularly poultry breeding now or in
the future?

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Dr. Ron Cape -2- June 4, 1981

2. What are the prospects for application of genetic
engineering and related techniques to practical breeding
and a guess as to the time frame?

3. What should we be doing to stay abreast of developments?
4. What might we be doing in the way of research alone or in

cooperative projects with others to prepare us for eventual
involvement in the field?

Sincerely yours,

Fred T. Shultz
Geneticist

FTS:sr

ec: fr. J. Lederberg
Mr. R. Rockefeller