Title:

Letter from Elie Wiesel to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Creator:

Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

Recipient:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Date:

15 July 1987

Description:

Wiesel invites Nirenberg to a conference of Nobel laureates to be held in Paris in January 1988. The purpose of the conference, to address the principle moral and political problems challenging mankind and explore solutions to them, is detailed in the conference outline which is included. Wiesel states that the "conference grows out of the belief that each of us feels a profound responsibility to confront those issues that affect all humanity." Nirenberg is invited because of the faith that "science and human genius can be used on behalf of the humankind."

Location:

Box: 12 of 27

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Elie Wiesel.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Facing the 21st Century: Threats and Promises, 1987

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

JJBBSG

NLM ID:

101584910X296

Profiles Collection:

The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X296

Story Section:

Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002