UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

 

 

 

 

A Tribute to Ihe People of Calitornia

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720

April 8, 1969

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics

Stanford University Medical School
Stanford, California

Dear Joshua:

I wonder whether Victor McKusick should be considered
for membership in the National Academy? I know that McKusick's
name is not connected with a specific major discovery but it takes
all kinds of people to advance science. McKusick's catalogs of
genes, his monograph on the X chromosome and his general con-
tributions to human genetics seem to me deserving serious at-
tention in connection with the Academy.

1 must tell you that I brought up this matter in a letter to
Jim Neel some considerable time ago. Jim did not feel that he
could support an election of McKusick. Possibly you may feel
the same way, but I would like to hear your reaction.

Cordially yours,

Cork

Curt Stern
CS:mra

P.S. Identical letter sent to James Crow and L. C. Dunn.

 

NALS