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APR 2 9 1965
HORNBLOWER & WEEKS -HEMPHILL, NOYES
April 27, 1965 8 Hanover Street
New York 10004
HA 2-4120
DI 44-6600

Dr. Joshua Lederberg

Professor of Genetics

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Medical Center

300 Pasteur Drive

Palo Alto, California

Dear Dr, Lederberg:

Since our correspondence last summer, my exploratory attempts
with foundations and individuals to raise part of the one million dollars,
which you stated you need for research facilities in such areas as the
ultra-structure of cells and tissues, have met with no success,

My quest had as its objective the raising of funds for research on the
basic biology of aging. It seems to me that an important reason for failure
thus far is that gerontological research has not been recognized by the
scientific community or by the lay public as a separate discipline with equal
rank of other fields of investigation in the life sciences,

It may be necessary to improve the image of gerontological research
if we are to raise research funds and to attract into the field capable younger
scientists, In the hope of accelerating the acceptance of gerontological research,
it would be helpful if leading members of the scientific community would sign
the enclosed letter to President Johnson, It is anticipated that a small group of
representatives of the signers will meet with the President to discuss and
explain the problems and research requirement of the investigation of the aging
process, Your signature on this letter would be important in accomplishing its
purpose,

With best regards,

Sincerely,

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Paul F, Glenn

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