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March 15, 1988

Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.
President

The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue

New York, New York 10021-6399

Dear Dr. Lederberg:

Bill Raub has sent on to me your letter of February 22
containing your request for your early grant documents.

I have visited the NIH catacombs, consulted with the local
bibliomaniacs, and am pleased to report some success!
Although I cannot locate your first summary statement
(1948), I have located the report of the April 1949 site
visit conducted by Dr. Culbertson for the Bacteriology Study
Section.

Your 1949 summary sheet contains one sentence (but no
priority score). Your 1950 summary statement was twice as
long and had a priority score of 191.

Please note that your first three years of support were from
the Division of Research Grants--grants RG 1445, RG 1445(C),
and RG 1445(C2). The fourth year of support was from the
National Microbiological Institute via E 72(C3). In your
fifth year of support, you asked for, and apparently received,
a supplemental award.

Also enclosed are your annual progress reports for 1951 and
1952.

Your first two applications were reviewed by Bacteriology
Study Section. Later ones were reviewed by Microbiology and
Immunology Study Section.
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Also, please note that in May 1950 the study section was
making a recommendation on a committed grant!
I hope this information is useful to you. I found it
fascinating. Many thanks are due to the archivists of the
National Cancer Institute.
Kind regards,

Sincerely,

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rome G. Green, M.D.
irector
Division of Research Grants

Enclosures

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Dr. William Raub