BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK V STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL 345 Chambers Street, New York, New York 10282 ABRAHAM BAUMEL, PRINCIPAL (212) 312-4800 November 30, 1992 Dr. Joshua Lederberg, President Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, NY 10021-6399 Dear Dr. Lederberg: Thank you for the gift of the "Encylopedia of Microbiology." We are especially biessed by your continued interest in our welfare. Your support of Stuyvesant High School is extraordinary and we are very much in your debt. | called your office on the day the books arrived, but you had left for the day. | shali cali your office again, not only to express my thanks in person, but also to extend a formal invitation for you to visit the new buiiding. In many ways, our new school was nurtured by the support you provided, and if anyone merits credit for its creation it is you. Please come at your earliest convenience. Sincerely, braham Baumei Principal AB:sg NEW YORK’S FIRST SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL