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Dear Ledyard:

I saw Mort! Starr at Stockholm and learned that your department was
crystallizing plans for expansion in microbial/biochemical genetics, and
was soléciting concrete,’ suggestions.

London
20 August 1958

Depending on the l¢Wvel of the appointment, I can suggest two: Dave
Nanney (at Michigan) and Gaylen Bradley (at Minnesota). You probably
know Nanney pretty tell; when I get home to Madison I can send fuller
details on both Na‘gney and Bradley. Bradley works on the genetics of actino-—
mycetes; he took is Ph.D. with Maurice Sussman (who is now at Brandeis
Univ., Biology) on chemical embryology of slime molds, then did a 2 yr.
postdoctoral -»ith me. There shauld be several other attractive candidates.

All thiys could wait except that onc of the pecpls Mort mentioned
would be “4 terrible wisteke, in my opinion, and I would look forward to
an Oppesrtuni ty t¢ offer my views in 2 more congenial prévate conversation.
It DSppens we area returning via San Francisco and will be at Stanford
Sep fember 5-10 flor obvious business, Is there any chance of finding you
vA Berkeley or Sin Francisco in that interval? I will dofinitely be in
‘Berkeley on the 8th; it might be &kffinmks difficult for us to intercalate
a trip to Davis /‘this time, but I hope you don't regret the prospect of
seeing more of jas after next July. A note or phone call can reach me
c/o Dean Alway's office, Medics] School, Stanford (DA 3 9411 Ext 2009){/-

The prospeqtse for continued growth and strong cooperation in genetics
in the SF area are very exciting to me; I don't know where else you'd

find 3 Departments of Genetics in a comparable area. Needjess to say
I welcome an opportuni ty to discuss our own plang with you.
~

I had rather hoped that Jim Crow would come out to Stanford with me,
and we did make what I still consider to be a strong offer. However, he
appears to have decided to take over as head of Medical
Qenetics.at Wisconsin, though this may still be tentative gether with »
the people in Biochemstry (viz. Kornberg-Dale @aiser~Mel Cohn) and Biology é
(Perkins-Yanof sky) stg Snot microbiological genetics is reasonably :
well reprosentecs""§ in medical school, I think we will foous on
developing « program in mammalian material, along lines that might be
eelled ‘somatic cell' genetics —transplantation & tissue culture. While
‘applied human genetics! will probably get more attention from one of the
clinical departments, we should probably be looking for someone whose
talents paurellel Jim's or Newton Morton's. If you have any thoughts
for either of these directions, I hope we can discuss them next month.

 

With best regards, Yours

Joshua Lederberg