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UEAH DR ANFIiSEN IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO LEARN THAT

YOU HAVE BEEN NAMED TO SHARE THE 1972 NOBEL  PRIZE FOR

CHEMISTRY. YOUR BRILLIANT. RESEARCH 4CHiEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN-
RECOGNIZED IN THE WORLD WIDE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. NOW THIS

HAS HEEN KEPT Fr3Y THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL HONOR THAT THE

WORLD KNOWS.  ALL OF US IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,

EDUCATION, AND rrlELFARE TAKE THE DEEPEST PRIDE IN YOUR WORK.

YOUR C4RREER REPRESENTS PUBLIC SERVICE AT IT'S   REST.

I KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO YOUR OWN ACHIEVEMENTS YOU HAVE LSO

GIVEN GENEROUSLY  OF YOURSELF IN FOSTERING AND ENCOURAGING THE
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OF OTHERS BOTH IN AND BEYO'ND THE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH. PLEASE ACCEPT MY

WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS SINGULAR AND EMINENTLY

DESERVED AWARD SINCERELY

ELLIOTT L RICHARDSONSECRETARY DEPT OF HEALTH

EDUCATION AND WELFARE

(91SP OCT 20 1972 )