SSA: 2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE . CABLE ADDRESS: NARECO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES : NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA fr a SPACE SCIENCE BOARD «— 14 April 1961 Dr. Joshua Lederberg Department of Geneties School of Medicine Stanford University Palo Alto, California Dear Joshua: Thank you very much for your very helpful letter of April 11. You may rest assured that you will indeed receive an invitation; I expect to be discussing the final arrangements with Drake fairly soon. I am attending the SRI Symposium on Chemical Reactions in the Lower and Upper Atmosphere next week (April 18-20) and staying at the Mark Hopkins. I expect to be coming out to Stanford in the course of the meeting and, if convenient, I shall be glad of an opportunity to drop in on you briefly. Uy) vo f ‘ld fF Best wishes. Yoyrs sincerely, a“ ol 5 J.T. Pearman