5/Rockefeller&; THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY a University < 1230 YORK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021 “> ° July 20, 1979 JOSHUA LEDERBERG PRESIDENT Dr. James E. McCormack Director The New York Academy of Medicine 2 East 103rd Street New York, New York 10029 Dear Dr. McCormack: Thank you for your letter of July llth and the study proposal. I am very glad to see you pushing forward with this and I am sure that I speak for the entire University in wanting to lend our support to your forward look and as well as to the maintenance of a quality of service that is of the utmost im- portance to us. Mrs. Mirsky would be the principal liaison for any practical steps. She has my full confidence; we are in good personal communication. I am glad to ‘know that she has a similar rapport with you at the Academy. Y Ss sincerely, JO6éshua Lederberg