UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA

November 18, 1957

Professor Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Dear Professor Lederberg:

The University of California is cmsidering the appointment
of Aaron(Novic® to a position, either in Biology or Biophysics, on
this campus. As you may know, the plan is to expand the teaching
and research on this campus, but the organization is not yet firn.
Consequently, the alternatives mentioned above are somewhat nominal
at this stage,

Professor Novick has given us permission to contact you as a
reference. If you would be kind enough to write us, I am certain
that your opinion would carry great weight.

For your information, the instructions to our appointment
committees require them to consider a candidate's qualifications in
each of the following four categories:

Teaching

Research

Professional Competence
University and Public Service.

Very truly yours,

Cue Gakurt

Carl Eeckart
for the Director