TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT BOARD JOHN H. GIBBONS
MORRIS K. UDALL, ARIZONA, CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR
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JOHN H. GIBBONS

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November 5, 1987

NOV 19 1987
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Dr. Joshua Lederberg

President

Rockefeller University

1230 York Ave. /
New York City, NY 10021-6399 OT: | ly
Dear Josh: ——

I was very pleased that the Technology Assessment Board elected you last
week to OTA's Technology Assessment Advisory Council (TAAC), As you are
already well aware, TAAC helps provide outside feedback on the quality and
usefulness of OTA's work. We are all looking forward to your guidance in
OTA's work on biotechnology, health and other subjects.

Your four-year term of office as a TAAC member will officially begin on
February 19, 1988. The first meeting after that date will probably be held
sometime between March and June. We will be setting the schedule for the
meeting as soon as possible.

We will be having one last meeting of the outgoing Council on December 7
(dinner meeting) and December 8, 1987. Since this meeting will be reviewing
the OTA Health Program, Bill Perry the current Chairman of TAAC, would be
delighted to have you attend. If this date is inconvenient for you and you
have reason to be in Washington sometime before the spring TAAC meeting, we
would be pleased to have you visit OTA to meet with OTA's senior management
and our analysts in health and life sciences and any other subjects that
interest you.

I'm enclosing several items for your reading and look forward very much
to working with you on TAAC. We will be sending you a revised List of
Publications and Current Assessments listing within a few weeks. Meanwhile,
our work is quite well described in the enclosed Quarterly Report. Please do
not hesitate to call me at (202) 224-3695 if you have any questions about OTA
or about the work of TAAC. Mary Procter, OTA's Director of Congressional and
Public Affairs would be pleased to tell you more about the logistics and
substance of TAAC meetings. She can be reached at (202) 224-9241.

Sincerely

n H. Gibbons

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