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Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Morris W. Watkins, Columbia University

Title:: Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Morris W. Watkins, Columbia University
Creator:: Heidelberger, Michael
Recipient:: Watkins, Morris W. and Columbia University
Date:: 3 December 1956
Description:: Written in the year of his retirement after twenty-seven years at Columbia University, this letter expressed Heidelberger's thoughts on the policy of mandatory retirement of university professors and on research opportunities for older scientists.
Location:: Box: 1. Folder: 8
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Subject:: Retirement and Employment
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: DHBBDJ
NLM ID:: 101584940X49
Profiles Collection:: The Michael Heidelberger Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X49
Story Section:: "If I Have a Few More Years to Work, I'm Going Ahead": An Active Retirement, 1954-1991