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Date: December 10, 1971

David A, Hamburg, M.D.
Chairman of the Search Committee, Professor of Medicine

Joshua Lederberg

Chairman, Department of Medicine

Dear Dave,

This is in response to your inquiry of December 7th. I may have some
additional suggestions later on but the first name that comes to my mind
is that of Arno Motulsky, I know that you have known him for many years
but for the benefit of the committee I am enclosing some biographic
remarks on the occasion of his receiving an award from the American
Society of Human Genetics.

Motulsky's standing in his own specialty is so stellar that it may,
paradoxically, interfere with an appreciation for his role as a clinician
and as a medical educator. Anyone who has known Arno over some period of
time will, of course, realize that here is a man of extraordinary breadth
and humanity and that these qualities have indeed contributed to his
remarkable success in medical genetic research,

While, over the years, he has concentrated on this discipline, it is
certainly one that by itself no longer requires any apologies as one of
the mainstreams of medical progress. I would have to say also that he is
just reaching the age when I believe he might welcome a broader role in
a context where he could still continue to make use of his extraordinary
skills and experience in medical genetics. Certainly such a combination
would help repair some of the surprising gaps im our present roster,

I suspect that there may be some unenthusiasm about such an appointment
on the part of those who are seeking a more explicit interphase with health
care in the community. In my view that would be a hasty and faulty judgment

that does insufficient credit to Motulsky's deeply felt sense of civic
responsibility and I would urge that judgment on that score be suspended
until the committee has had a chance to talk with him at first hand, I

“might say that his contributions to medical anthropology give him a perspective
on problems of social medicine that,in combination with his personal sense of

commitment to human welfare and his geneality in interpersonal relations,
would leave nothing to be desired.
Sincerely yours,

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