TELEPHONE LUDLow 4-8500 PRESIDENT CHARLES B. HA TREASURER BERKELEY GAYNOR THE NEw YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN “S “BRONX PARR es = VICE-PRESIDENT RDING FREDERICK S. MOSELEY, gr. OrReoTOR WILLIAM C. STEERE December 29, 1958 Prof. and Mrs. Joshua Lederberg Dept. of Genetics University of Wisconsin Madison 6, Wisconsin Dear Friends, This is not a sort of formal congratulations on the great honor you have received by way of a Nobel Prize. It is to say how happy I am to be able to say to my colleagues, "I told you so" -- meaning I, many years ago, prophesied that you two to- gether would go places. We are glad to see that you have teamed together not only as man and wife but also as associates in genetic research. Sincerely yours, IS Oph eG x nop/bw B. O. DODGE “