Title:

Letter from Salvador E. Luria to colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley

Creator:

Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991

Recipient:

Chamberlain, Owen, Ostroff, A., Stanier, Roger Y., Ingraham, John, Krech, David, Doudoroff, Michael, and University of California, Berkeley

Date:

21 September 1962

Description:

After joining the faculty of MIT, Luria became increasingly involved in American politics. Much of his involvement consisted of writing letters to newspaper editors and contributing to "open letter" advertisements. In this letter to members of the "Berkeley group," Luria requested that the recipients do their part in disseminating copies of an advertisement that ran in the "New York Times" on 21 August 1962. In the ad, hundreds of members of the Boston-area "Nuclear Policy Letter Committee" urged President Kennedy to renounce the first use of nuclear arms and to work with the Soviet Union to substantially reduce the number of nuclear weapons.

Original Repository:

American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria. and Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Ethics

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers. 12096

Legacy ID:

QLBBBY

NLM ID:

101584611X20

Profiles Collection:

The Salvador E. Luria Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584611X20

Story Section:

Politics, Science, and Social Responsibility