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March 26, 1964

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics, School of Medicine MAR 27 iC4

Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Dear Josh:
I bring you good news.

As you know, for the last three years we have been
publishing as offprints from Scientific American selected
articles in several fields of science. This joint venture
has been so successful, and the relationship has been so
productive and harmonious that we and our associates at
Scientific American have decided to collaborate even more
closely in other enterprises,

We agreed that our aims could be achieved best by
merging the two companies, and that has been done. As
a wholly owned subsidiary of Scientific American, Ine.,
we shall continue to publish at our present location
under the name of W. H. Freeman and Company; with the
present staff, including officers; and with independence
to follow our own well-established publishing policies.

Now united are the forces of two successful,
non-competitive publishers who have outstanding reputations
for high standards and excellence in science publishing.
Each is making distinctive contributions to the new alli-
ance. I mention, for example, the significant new source
of authors for Freeman books that is now available to us.

We look toward a bright and exciting future for both
companies, I believe that you will, too.

Yours sincerely,

Gra

Stanley Schaefer
President

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