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Letter from Gordon Tomkins to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Title:: Letter from Gordon Tomkins to Marshall W. Nirenberg
Creator:: Tomkins, Gordon
Recipient:: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
Date:: 25 October 1961
Description:: This letter from Tomkins, includes a brief discussion of personal matters during a particularly difficult period in Nirenberg's life, when both his mother and father passed away. Tomkins, writing from France, mentions briefly his work at the Pasteur Institute and his opportunity to discuss his work with world-famous scientists Jacques Monod and Francois Jacob.
Location:: Box: 4. Folder: 30
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of Millicent Tomkins.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: JJBCBB
NLM ID:: 101584910X438
Profiles Collection:: The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X438
Story Section:: Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002