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Letter from Mark C. Fishman to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Title:: Letter from Mark C. Fishman to Marshall W. Nirenberg
Creator:: Fishman, Mark C.
Recipient:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: 10 October 1990
Description:: Fishman, Chief of the Developmental Biology Laboratory for Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, asks Nirenberg to continue a chain letter supporting the demand to abolish apartheid in South Africa. Fishman states, "I am very willing to express my commitment as a scientist in the promotion of human rights and civil liberty. I am accordingly asking if you would do likewise."
Location:: Box: 19. Folder: 18
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Mark C. Fishman.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBBZB
NLM ID:: 101584910X417
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X417
Story Section:: Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002