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Date: October 9, 1975

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From : Joshua Lederberg

Lv SUBJECT: Wipke: status on SUMEX and with NIH

 

Baker had called me about 10 days ago to caution me that Wipke has been in
some difficulty around BRB, his well known personal attributes evidently
having ruffled quite a few people's fur. In particular Dr. Stimmler was
quoted as being surprised that our AIM Executive Committee would even give
him the time of day. When I checked will Cark Brewer, however, he felt that
we were pursuing a correct policy with respect to the allocation of resources
on SUMEX and that he understood that I was hardly going into it with the
sense of particularly liking him as a person but rather from a more objective
evaluation of his scientific capabilities. This is important to know, however,
from the standpoint of helping to guide Wipke into making reasonably moderate
proposals that will not get him into even more trouble on account of
arrogance.

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When Stimmler:herself was here yesterday and we were able to meet for the
first time, I gingerly mentioned Wipke's name and she did not bat an

eyelash. I did convey to her the same as indicated above and that I hoped too
that his having been through a stormy time of it in leaving Princeton might
have chastened him to the point of encouraging some further maturity. So

that is where it is left.

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