PHILIP B. ARMSTRONG, DIRECTOR
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 766 IRVING AVE.

WoOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS SYRACUSE 10, NEW YORK

SeptemBer 29, 1954

Dear Doctor Letudry

THE OFFICERS OF THE MaRINE Btotocicat LABORATORY ARE CONSTANTLY
FACED WITH THE PROBLEM OF OBTAINING ADDITIONAL FINANCEAL SUPPORT FOR THE
LasoraToRY. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE RENTAL FEES PAID FOR RESEARCH SPACE AND
SERVICES BY AN INVESTIGATOR OR HIS HOME INSTITUTION COVER ONLY ONE=FOURTH
TO ONE=FIFTH OF THE COST OF OPERATING THAT LABORATORY SPACE. THE BALANCE
18 COVERED BY OTHER !NCOME OF THE LABORATORY -—= FROM ENDOWMENTS AND INVEST=
MENTS, SUPPORT FROM FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, FROM INDUSTRY, AND
GIFTS BY FRIENOS OF THE LasoraToRY. However, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT 1S URGENTLY
REQUIRED.

IN APPROACHING MANY SOURCES OF FUNDS IT 18 NECESSARY FOR THE
OFFICERS TO. HAVE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
OF THE INVESTIGATOR, THEREFORE, WE ARE REQUESTING OF EACH INVESTIGATOR THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS

ft. Name ¢

Ze INSTITUTION REPRESENTED$
36 OFFICIAL POSITION;

4. «MAILING ADDRESS?

5. NAME OF ANY FOUNDATION OR OTHER AGENCY
WHICH SUPPORTED THIS WORK} AND

6. AN ABSTRACT OF ABOUT 200 WORDS DESCRIBING
IN GENERAL TERMS THE PROBLEM OR PROBLEMS
ON WHICH You WORKED THIS past summer (1954)
AND ANY GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE THIS RESEARCH
MAY HAVE. (THIS ABSTRACT WILL NOT BE
PUBL ISHED. )

WILL YoU PLEASE SEND THE ABOVE TO me aT 766 IRVING AvENUE,
Syracuse |!0, New Yor.

SINCERELY vouRs,
hOstd Cuvitrg

PBAt uF PHitte B, Armstrone, M.D.