December 12, 1955

Miss Phyllis Fried
Department of Zoology
Columbia University
New York 27, N.Y.

Dear Phyllis:

Dot Gosting is anxious to retire (again) so that I am looking for someone
to fill her position, atarting at convenience next summer or fall. I think
you know pretty well what the duties are— they would not be very different
from those of your present position. Our old lab ia being completely remodelled
right now (we are living in the new Bact. building meanwhile) and I do not
believe we will have to face the hectic scrambling for space again that we
used to endure.

I would like to ask your help in recommedififing suitable prospects for the
job, but first I would like to know if you WOuld be available yourself. If
you can be persuaded to return to Madison, would you let me know what you
would consider to be reasonable terms to start? I am anxious to put this
position on a career basis in order to attract the pest possible assiatance
and I would contemplate that there would be fairly regular salary increases
for mritorioms service. Funds should also be available for a junior assistant
as well as the usual hourly help to take the burden of the routine work, and
the most important qualification for the senior assistant would be supervisory
competence. I am not looking for another gra‘uate student, but would have no
objection to incidental course work.

We've just had a nice visit from the Zinders; he seems to have gotten into
atride on his own research program and has an interesting story to tell (which
you've probably already heard). Do give Ruth our best regards, to share with
yourself,

Sincerely,

(Aeahus Lederberg