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| HILARY KOPROWSKI, M. D.
267 LINDEN AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD NEW JERSEY

 

10/9/56

Dear Dr.Lederbers, ¢
The Board of Managers of the Wistar Institut
in Philedelppia deciced recently to
"resuscitate’ the Institute and restore it
to its old scientific splendor.

he Institute name will be chenged from
the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biolcgy
to the Wigter Institute for the Study of
the Mammalian Cell. The scope of the
research activities at the Institute will
be considerably enlarged and preliminary
plans heave been formulated to create three
headed by future Members of the Institute.
Members will be engeced pursuing pathways
of eir ofth scicntific interest within
the” brozd scope of the stucy of the Cell.

Position of the “ergb#yof the Insti-

tute is similar to the tenure yesition of
a profescor of University of Pedkyivania.
A hemes ser of the Wistar Tnstituts will
have a parallel aprointement at the

Faculty Level tut no teaching cuties
The Institutes is cpr oweree poveve> to gcrent

a

Phed. decrcas ond “embers will be accietec
bo grodustc students anc any other persornc,
they Cesire to choose

I have been offerec the yosition of the
Director of the Vistar Institute. I heve
deferred my cecsision since I  beiieve

that scietific future of the Ingtitute
  

bro oeany ch ’
to ceme to bhilséelph
Inetitute as a Member
she great esteem in which I held your

scientific achievements hreve rrommtcé me to
write this letter. Havine an essurance that

 

& person of your caliber wo ld be interested
in foining the Institute and pursuings the

same type of scientific investisations ss

you have cenductec up to now will certainly
we cn “eevily uron my cwn decision.

If you would have any intcrest in further
inquiries about the Institute pleas do se,

by all means. If I am unnble to give sdequate
informationsI shall €e my best to obtian

tnoce from ran Toc. .inc, Vice-PFresicent
or the University . Pennsylvania and
Memebbyof the To¢ard of Mens-ers of the Wister