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∂MEM William F. Massy$$Zohar Manna∞

Dear Bill:

Here is why Zohar Manna is worth more than the $25,600 we are proposing to pay him.

1.  He is one of the world leaders in the field of proving assertions about
computer programs.

2.  Besides the 29 papers listed here, he has written the only book in
English on the subject.  The book has been translated into Japanese and perhaps
other languges.  It is used as a text at Stanford.

3.  The Computer Science Department wants to recommend an Adjunct Professership
for him, but it is blocked by somebody's quota system.  We
will propose a Senior Research Associate position as soon as we can fill out
the papers.  We need to hire another paper filler outer.

Enclosed are copies of letters that were obtained in response to a request
for comments on a proposed Adjunct Professorship.

4.  He has been offered a full professorship at the Weizmann Institute.

Enclosed also are additional copies of a biography and bibliography that your
office has apparently managed to lose.

I understand from Pat Devaney that this new bureaucratic imposition
is a consequence of government bureaucracy, and is not entirely Stanford's
doing.
In the first place, Stanford should not be so cowardly, and should
at least once defy the bureaucrats and not just lobby for better treatment.
Secondly, the salary recommendation was made in March.  Thirdly, all the
information I am sending you about Manna is in your files anyway.
Finally, I don't believe that even most of the Administration's
increased desire to second guess what principal investigators do
with the project money is the government's fault.  The %2bureaucratic
ethic%1 has developed at Stanford in parallel with its growth
in the society as whole.  Please make a greater effort to resist
your tendencies in this direction.  Otherwise, professors will be
unable to head laboratories and departments and still function as professors.

If your office must have this kind of information, why not collect it
by telephone and yourselves prepare the paperwork with a copy to the the
PI?