CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF EMBRYOLOGY
WOLFE AND MADISON STREETS
BALTIMORE 5, MARYLAND

January 11, 1960

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Dear Josh:

Among the men advanced as possible candidates
for the Directorship of the Institution's Department
of Genetics, two names occur again and again: Yanofsky
and Zinder. No one is as well qualified as you are to
compare these men. I Know such comparisons are
difficult - but may I have your evaluation of the
scientific and personal attributes of these men in

relation to the position?

Yours sincerely,

.

swagh’ ser

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