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Letter from Konrad Bloch to Linus Pauling. March 20, 1959. Bloch writes to thank Pauling for the insightful recommendation of Francis Crick that
Pauling sent to Bloch and his colleagues at Harvard University.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
March 20, 1959
Professor Linus Pauling
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Dear Professor Pauling:
My colleagues in the Chemistry Department and I are most grateful to you for the thoughtful
letter you have sent us about Dr. Francis Crick. Your opinion has been of the greatest
help for our decision to offer a professorship to Dr. Crick.
With best regards.
Sincerely yours,
Konrad Bloch
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