STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

2398 SACRAMENTO STREET

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS SAN FRANCISCO 15, CALIFORNIA

October 21, 1958

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Medical Genetics
Genetics Building

The University of Wisconsin
Madison 6, Wisconsin

Dear Doctor Lederberg:
Thank you very much for your answer to my letter of October 14th.

In rereading my comments to you I realize that I did not make very clear
Met reasons for wishing to include your name as a reference on my

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ellowship applications. It seems to me that, if you are willing to
ndicate the possibilities for collaborative efforts between our two Ly
departments when you are at Stanford, it would considerably strengthen

a point that I have already made to them, namely that a year of study

of medical genetics will not only be productive for me personally, but

will also help implement Stanford's new curriculum which is geared

toward close integration between the clinical and pre-clinical depart-

ments.

I have found that I cannot be a recipient of more than one federal
grant at one time. Therefore, instead of applying for a specific
fellowship from the National Science Foundation, I shall revise my
present Public Health research grant application to include funds which
would enable both me and my research associate to spend a year abroad.

In addition, I shall also apply to Commonwealth, as I feel that they should
be particularly interested in any program which might help implement our
new curriculum.

 

I do not at the moment plan to be in the East before January.
Should an opportunity arise, however, I shall make every effort to
include a visit to Wisconsin. Again, many thanks for everything.

Sincerely yours,

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Ruth T. Gross, M.D.
Associate Professor in Pediatrics

Acting Executive
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