Columbia Guibersity
College of Physicians and Surgeons

630 WEST 168TH STREET
NEW YORK 32, N. Y.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

June 12, 1959

Dr. Josiah Lederberg
Professor of Genetics
Stanford University
California

My dear Josiah:

I have a vacancy on my staff which I would like to
fill with someone having training in the general area in which
you work, This Department, as you know, is rather strong in
physical biochemistry and in intermediary metabolism, but really
has no one working in biochemical genetics.

If I found the right person, I could offer him a
position as either Assistant or Associate Porfessor, depending
upon his general qualifications. The salary for this position
comes from University funds. One of the drawbacks of the posi-
tion is the fact that I cannot offer the man very much laboratory
space. However, we are in the process of getting a new research
building, and in three years more space will be available,

I need a man who has his own built in self-starter.
Further, I would like to have someone who is more interested in
biochemical genetics than in old fashioned classical genetics,
If you have such a person in your vicinity or if you know of one,
I would appreciate hearing from you.

With kindest regards.

Yours sincerely,

D, Rittenberg

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