THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

1790 BROADWAY -  NEW YORK 19, N. Y.

WILTON L. HALVERSON. M.D.
       CRCmDENT

     ROY J. MORTON
CHAlRMAN OF LXLCUTlVC BOARD

REGINALD M. ATWATER. M.D.
   EXEC"TIVC SLCRCTIRY

CHARLES GLEN KING. PH.D.
      TRL**L!RLR

Hay 11, 1953

Dr. Michael Heidelberger
333 Central Tark West
New York, N.Y.

Dear Dr. Heidelberger:

I have much pleasure in telling you that the American .Fublic Fiealth dssociation wishes
to present to you a Lasker Award in recognition of your outstanding achievements in
immune chemistry.

This Award consists of a statuette of the Vinged Victory, a beautiful illuminated
citation, and a check for $1,000. The .tward is to be presented on Thursday afternoon,
November l2,at a special session of our 81st Annual Meeting in New York Citq. l'his
will be a really distinguished occasion and we hope that nothing will interfere with
your presence.

I enclose a description of the Lasker Awards together with a copy of the brochure of
a year ago*

Information about the 1953 Awards will not be released here until about October 15 but
I am sharing the word of this prospective Award with the Secretaries of our Sections
:<ho will meet next week and they may be in touch with you with reference to participa-
tion in the program. At the presentation itself, however, we :,Jould hope to have a
three or four minute response from you indicating some of the areas in which you
have been specially interested, especially as they affect public health workers. You
will recognize that many of our audience are non-technical people in the area of your'
special competence.

Let me now add my own warm personal congratulation to this new honor that has come to
you and the hope that youwill have deep satisfaction in this recognition. It represents
one of our top American t'iwards, as you know. Your good friend, Dr. Robert F. Loeb, is
aware of this decision since he is a member of the Committee. You may want to talk with
him about it.

I hope to have from you an indication of your acceptance of this Award.

"1
Faithfully yours,

   81st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
and Meetings of Related Organizations, New York, N. Y. - November 9-l 3, 1953
The American Journal of Public Health is the Official Publication of this Association