INDIANA UNIVERSITY
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

February 6, 1963

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

c/o P. R, Edwards

Communicable Disease Ctr.
Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory
Box 185

Chamblee, Georgia

Dear Joshua:

Come whenever it is most convenient for you. We have a spare
room we'd be happy to have you use or, if you prefer, I can reserve
a room for you at the Union.

I'm ready to start my GOM course on Monday and will concentrate
this time on intracellular genetics (viruses, et al) and on bacterial
genetics, as I believe I wrote you earlier. I'm panicky at my
ignorance and the shortness of time for preparation. if you'd be
willing, I'd like you to talk to my class while you are here. We
meet at 8:30 A.M. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Also my seminar
meets Friday nights, Muller's on Monday nights. If you are here for
either of them we could arrange a joint seminar, separate ones, one
only, or neither--as you wish. You have here an admiring and eager
following who will appreciate whatever yeu will give them. If you
agree to take over my class while you are here that would free me to
have more time with you! Don't take that too seriously,--I'm merely
trying to sell you the idea. My class will have had by the 18th
only 3 or 4 lectures on viral genetics, including 2 or 3 introductory
lectures on GOM in general and on the general biology of viruses.

If you could talk to them about lambda perhaps, or about transducing
agents in relation to viruses, that might fit very well. Let me know,
if you agree to this or something else you think may fit, what you
would like them to have by way of background, Please keep in mind
that the only prerequisite to this course is my undergraduate intro-
ductory genetics, and that the class will include a variety of grades
of students from undergraduates to post Ph.D.

Let me know when you plan to arrive and how long you plan to
stay, so that arrangements can be made here. So far as my class is
concerned, the later the better, for that will give me more chance
to give them background. If you got here around noon or later on the
18th, we could have till Friday for conversation and you could talk
to my class Friday morning and to the seminar (on your latest work
or whatever you will) on Friday night. Or, if you arrive on the 17th
you could talk to my class on Wednesday the 18th and to seminar the
night before you leave whenever that would be. Our departmental
Journal Club meets on Wednesday nights and that is booked solid. We
could have a special evening meeting of the genetics group any night
you say.
Dr. Lederberg~-2

February 6, 1953

It will be a great joy and privilege to have you and Esther with

US.

TMS: jb

Cordially,

T. M sole evomn