WASHINGTON        U N I V E R S I T Y

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
SAINT   LOUIS

DEPARTMENT OF MlCROBIOL06Y

CUCLIO AVENUE AND KINGSHIGHWAY

October 31, 1958.

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Dear Joshua:

      We are all excited and delighted with the prize,
It involves an additional trip this fall which I am afraid you
will have to put up with, but then this has not been an ordinary
year and you have lots of time to recover in pleasant sur-
rounding s .

      If it is still possible for you to cope with ordinary
business, I would like to ask you if you would take on the re-
sponsibility for ordering office equipment that you think is
best.  It is obvious that you have lots more experience with
these various gadgets.  Perhaps we can share them to begin
with, but if the load becomes exces,,sipg. we will duplicate the
items. It is apparent that some larg'k items which might be
awkward for a small group to have could profitably serve our
c ombined g r oups .  I will ask Mel to write you separately
about the mic romanipulator,

      Please give Es the r our additional congratulations
and warmest wishes.

AK/McK

e   Sincerely,
  h%
  Arthur Kornberg.