SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

B. D. Part, Head

BURNABY 2, BRITISH COLUMBIA
T&phone 291-3111 Area code 604

24th October, 1967.

Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg
Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics
National Heart Institute
Bethesda, Maryland  20014

Dear Dr. Nirenberg,

      I am writing to you in connection with the
1968 Annual Conference of the Chemical Institute of
Canada.  This is to be held in Vancouver, British
Columbia between June 2nd and June 5th, 1968 and I am
responsible for organizing the program.

      We Pntend to have as a prominent feature of
the Conference a panel discussfon on "The Technical,
Economic and Political Consequences of Man's Control
of His Own Evolution" with a panel composed of chemists,
biochemists, economists, political scientists, clerics,
etc.  This arose from a suggestion of Dr. J. Ross Colvin
of Biophysics at the National Research Council of Canada
following your editorial in Science (August 1967) on a
similar subject.  We hope to have Canada-wide broadcast
coverage and I feel that the event would be a very
interesting and important one.

       The Institute and the local committee would
be very pleased if you would accept our invitation to
attend the Conference and appear on the panel for this
discussion.  We would be pleased to defray your travel
expenses to and from Bethesda, Maryland and your
expenses in Vancouver.  There is also an honorarium.
The panel discussion we have tentatively set for the
evening of Monday, June 3rd.  I hope very much this date
will be convenient and that you will be willing to
partkipate in this event.

cc:  Dr. L.D. Hayward

BDP:mln

,,Yours sincerely,

Department of Chemistry
Simon Fraser University

Program Chairman
1968 CIC Annual Conference


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P.S.  If your editorial in Science was reprinted I would
   be very pleased to receive a copy.