UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY

362 NOYES LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY
URBANA

February 28, 1955

Dr. J. Lederberg

Dept. of Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison 6, Wisconsin

Dear Dr, Lederberg:

For my address to the Society of American
Bacteriologists in May, as well as for a long range study,
I am ennsidering the topic of "What is Proper Training for
Bacteriologists."

In connection with this, I am most anxious to obtain
information about the formal training of a number of
microbiologists that have made notable contributions and, if
possible, their ideas as to the kind and extent of training
they consider necessary now for future workers in the field.
This letter is being sent to a substantial, selected, group
with tne hope that the information obtained will be useful
in formulating general conclusions.

To make your task simpler, I am enclosing a brief
questionnaire, Your answers to these questions will be
greatly appreciated and I will be very grateful for any
general comments you may wish to make,

It is understocd, of course, that I shall not make
reference to any names in any statement I may utter or
publish,

Sincerely yours,
DOW

He O. Halvorson

HOH/vam
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