UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY LOS ANGELES 24, CALIFORNIA 25 July 1961 Dr. J. Lederberg, Chairman Department of Genetics Stanford Medical School Stanford, California Dear Dr. Lederberg: I do not know if you ever had time to jot down a few remarks introducing Dr. Muller's collected papers. However, you might be interested in seeing Dr. Pontecorvo's remarks which are enclosed, The last word I heard about the book is that it is being typed on an IBM machine with line-justification and that about five hundred hard-cover copies and fifteen hundred paperback copies will be prepared for the first edition. Sincerely yours, Vhe e EAC:ep Enclosure - Pon TEC oRVO- ae Het 4 HeJde Mulier a8 " teacher ‘on those of us a who had tie extraordinary fortune of. veing his. students, He Jn Muller made a. * ofeuod, tapreciton. Bu hi cic “intolera: nee. of. utd : { Pompontty in: those ‘t power os the oath t ‘of “thee yor is ‘this contrast. ‘confined | ‘to: sectsviby ia i licademis | cecil. He Te ,Hullor can,alweye: be found. ‘fohting Goliath a «paper nents ‘and Ne inaeina tion? hein the ‘enjoyment of seeing malig vere out in ace few instants, ° the details ‘of f complicated sertes: of Drosophila’. crosses: required to test a cin dlecuesions . i ‘ a x 3 F ~ fullir- rushing Lito. ‘ibode recteric ntte m pace. and a twinkle he’ eye, expounding « , tdibntear oa | seutton which he hee just: found, Be : cp este En ERIN ee Put the areatest and: moet le retin intInenee on ite