AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

DEPARTMENT OF BUNKYO-KU, TOKYO

JAPAN

December 28, 1953
Prof. J. Lederberg

Department of Botany,
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Wisconsin, U. S. A.

Dear Prof. Lederberg:
‘Would you allow me to write you this letter though I have not had the honor of

meeting you?
I am very glad to inform you that "The Institute of Applied Microbiology" which is

attached. to Univ. of Tokyo has established and started its activity in August this year. |

This institute, of which I am taking the charge of director, includes ten chairs
and collected first class professors and researchers in this country, is hoped and
regarded by Japanese Government and University men to become the centre of the research
in the field of fundamental and applied microbiology in this country.

The chair or laboratory of "Microbial genetics" which is responsible for the fundamental

_and applied aspects of microbial genetics and variation is included in this institute,

and all the staffs, associate profe:sor, fellows anc assistants have already ‘apnointed
except professor, Because this particular part of study is rather new in this country,
SO we are very deliberate in deciding the leading professor, : |
mt ani members of the Institute of Microbiclogy earnestly wish to. receive an ‘eminent
visiting professor to our institute, who can make the lecture and guide experiments
for this chair for «bout ten months, between 1955-1956. And ve wish him to consult
and discuss with us on the principle or future direction of the research which this
laboratory of microbial genetics should towards.

The expenses of trips and stay here will be paid by the Fulbright Foundation,

Of course I strongly wish and would highly a:ypriciate it, if you yourself could
come to Japan ana help our institute. But I am afraid that you would be too busy to
leave from your laboratory for such a long time, and in such.case, would you kind
enough to select a proper researcher for the exchange professor who will fulfill
the conditions of which I have explained you?

We would be more than gratified if you could send me the letter of consent of
you or some one else, not decisive but temporary consent would be satisfactory
for us at present, till Jan. 15th in 1954, as such a letter is necessary to get the
permission of the Fulbright comittee nere which will be held on Jan. 19th 1°5h, to
select the exchange professor among the proposed condidate.

such a visiting professor is pressingly destred by all researchers of microbiology
in Japan, and it is needless to say that we will make every possible efiorts to obtain
the permission of the said committee, but I must ask your generous forgiveness in
case if we would not be able to get the permission of the comittee,
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to

“DEPARTMENT OF

THE UNIVERSITY

AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY

OF TOKYO

BUNKYO-KU, TOKYO
JAPAN

After receiving your letter of consent we will be glad to enter into. more precise

negotiation.

institute.

I again ask sincerely ‘for your kind help and attention on our new

Iam waiting with the greatest anticipation of your kind and prompt reply.

IT am

P. S.

Yours very sincerely

 Kin-ichiro Sakaguchi

Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture
. University:of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ka
“Tokyo, Tapas

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