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␈↓ ∧[COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
␈↓ ¬0STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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Professor Wm. Miller
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Provost's Office
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Building 10
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Dear Bill,
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␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃I␈αhave␈αbeen␈αthinking␈αabout␈αour␈αconversation␈αafter␈αthe␈αfaculty␈αmeeting,␈αand␈αit␈αseems␈αto␈α
me␈α
that␈α
some
␈↓ ↓Hconsiderations␈α
may␈α
have␈α
been␈α
missed␈α
with␈α
regard␈α
to␈α
the␈α
non-growth␈α
of␈α
Stanford.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃1.␈αAgreed␈αthat␈αthe␈αstudent␈αpopulation␈αhas␈αstopped␈αgrowing␈αfor␈αa␈αlong␈αwhile␈αand␈αso␈αteaching␈αhours␈αin
␈↓ ↓Hthe␈α
universities␈α
ought␈α
not␈α
to␈α
grow␈α
much.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃2.␈α∂However,␈α∂the␈α∂number␈α∂of␈α∂people␈α∂capable␈α∂of␈α∂doing␈α∂research␈α∂work␈α∞and␈α∞interested␈α∞in␈α∞doing␈α∞so␈α∞will
␈↓ ↓Hcontinue␈α
to␈α
grow␈α
linearly␈α
in␈α
time.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃3.␈αThere␈αis␈αprobably␈αa␈αcontinued␈αnational␈αpayoff␈αin␈αresearch.␈α
The␈α
present␈α
administration␈α
is␈α
committed
␈↓ ↓Hto␈αexpanding␈αresearch␈αespecially␈αafter␈αtheir␈αcurrent␈αbudget␈αfreezing␈αexercise␈αis␈αover,␈α
and␈α
the␈α
Democrats␈α
are
␈↓ ↓Heven␈α
more␈α
likely␈α
to␈α
do␈α
so␈α
if␈α
they␈α
get␈α
in.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃4.␈α⊂Therefore,␈α⊂the␈α⊂mix␈α⊂of␈α⊂activity␈α⊂of␈α⊂science␈α⊂PhDs␈α⊂in␈α⊂the␈α⊂United␈α⊂States␈α⊂is␈α⊂likely␈α⊂to␈α⊂shift␈α⊂in␈α⊂the
␈↓ ↓Hdirection␈α
of␈α
research.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃5.␈α
As␈α
institutions␈α
for␈α
doing␈α
research,␈α
the␈α
universities␈α
will␈α
continue␈α
to␈α
have␈α
all␈α
the␈α
advantages␈α
they
␈↓ ↓Hhave␈α
ever␈α
had␈α
-␈α
contact␈α
with␈α
graduate␈α
students␈α
and␈αa␈αmore␈αrigorous␈αpersonnel␈αpolicy␈αthan␈αother␈αresearch
␈↓ ↓Hinstitutions.␈α
Here␈α
I␈α
refer␈α
to␈α
the␈α
effort␈α
put␈α
into␈α
tenure␈α
decisions.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃6.␈αTherefore,␈αit␈αis␈αreasonable␈αto␈α
consider␈α
the␈α
possibility␈α
that␈α
Stanford␈α
should␈α
continue␈α
to␈α
expand␈α
more
␈↓ ↓Hor␈α
less␈α
linearly␈α
in␈α
time␈α
in␈α
the␈α
sciences,␈α
but␈α
that␈α
its␈α
emphasis␈α
should␈α
shift␈α
in␈α
the␈α
research␈α
direction.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃7.␈α
This␈α
can␈α
be␈α
done␈α
on␈α
soft␈α
money␈α
with␈α
research␈α
associates␈αand␈αsenior␈αresearch␈αassociates.␈αIt␈αwould
␈↓ ↓Hrequire␈α∞giving␈α∞additional␈α∞thought␈α∞to␈α
the␈α
position␈α
of␈α
senior␈α
research␈α
associate␈α
-␈α
a␈α
position␈α
without␈α
tenure
␈↓ ↓Hbut␈αwith␈αthe␈αprivilege␈αof␈αbeing␈αa␈αprincipal␈αinvestigator.␈αIncidentally,␈αI␈αplan␈αto␈αpropose␈αDave␈αLuckham␈αas␈αa
␈↓ ↓Hsenior␈α
research␈α
associate.

␈↓ ↓H␈α?␈α⊃8.␈α∞To␈α∞continue␈α∞to␈α∞expand␈α∞in␈α∞research␈α
without␈α
expansion␈α
in␈α
senior␈α
people␈α
will␈α
lead␈α
to␈α
anomalies␈α
and
␈↓ ↓Hdistortions␈α
if␈α
it␈αgoes␈αon␈αfor␈αlong.␈αNamely,␈αnew␈αareas␈αwill␈αnot␈αbe␈αentered␈αor␈αwill␈αbe␈αentered␈αin␈αthe␈αname␈αof
␈↓ ↓Hpeople␈α
who␈α
are␈α
not␈α
the␈α
originators␈α
of␈α
the␈α
ideas␈α
and␈α
the␈α
driving␈α
forces␈α
of␈α
the␈α
projects.
 
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						Sincerely yours,
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						John McCarthy
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