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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
≥July 24, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. Lester Earnest
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford Arti≡cial Intelligence Laboratory
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Computer Science Departement
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford, CA 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Les:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        As␈α∞we␈α∞discussed␈α∞in␈α∞the␈α
Spring,␈α∞the␈α∞contracts␈α∞of␈α∞the␈α
Laboratory␈α∞have␈α∞shrunk␈α∞to␈α∞the␈α
point
␈↓ ↓H␈↓where␈αwe␈αcan␈αno␈αlonger␈αa≥ord␈αan␈αExecutive␈αO≠cer␈αand␈αAssociate␈αDirector,␈αand␈αwe␈αhave␈α
to␈αend
␈↓ ↓H␈↓your position at the end of August 1980.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Your␈αwork␈αas␈αAssociate␈αDirector,␈αin␈αgetting␈αthe␈αproposals␈αand␈αreports␈αout,␈αin␈αmanaging␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓personnel,␈αin␈αorganizing␈αthe␈αcomputer␈αsystem,␈αin␈αorganizing␈αsoftware␈αand␈αhardware␈αprojects␈αsuch
␈↓ ↓H␈↓as␈αPUB,␈αthe␈αDatadisc␈αDisplay␈αsystem,␈αthe␈αNews␈αService␈αand␈αthe␈αSUDS␈αdrawing␈αsystem␈αplayed␈αan
␈↓ ↓H␈↓essential␈α∩role␈α∩in␈α∩determining␈α∩the␈α∩character␈α∩of␈α⊃the␈α∩AI␈α∩Laboratory.␈α∩ Your␈α∩more␈α∩direct␈α∩role␈α⊃in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓designing␈αthe␈α
display␈αswitch␈αand␈α
the␈αaccounting␈α
system␈αwas␈αalso␈α
important.␈α The␈α
Prancing␈αPony
␈↓ ↓H␈↓accounting␈α∃system␈α∃contributed␈α∃greatly␈α∃to␈α∃the␈α∃morale␈α∃of␈α∃the␈α∃Laboratory,␈α∃and␈α∃the␈α∃computer
␈↓ ↓H␈↓controlled vending machine attracted much outside interest.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Last␈αbut␈αprobably␈α
not␈αleast,␈αorganizing␈αthe␈α
volleyball,␈αthe␈αsauna,␈α
the␈α"AI␈αOlympics"␈αand␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓associated␈α∞social␈α∞events␈α∞gave␈α
the␈α∞Laboratory␈α∞a␈α∞distinctive␈α
character␈α∞during␈α∞its␈α∞years␈α∞of␈α
isolation
␈↓ ↓H␈↓from campus.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈α
am␈α
also␈αgrateful␈α
for␈α
your␈αhelp␈α
with␈α
PUB␈αand␈α
other␈α
programs␈αas␈α
well␈α
has␈α
your␈αpersonal
␈↓ ↓H␈↓help in other matters.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We will miss you here, and I wish you success in your next project.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Prof. Edward Feigenbaum