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␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ βBSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬hAugust 5, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓William F. Massy

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Zohar Manna

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Bill:

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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓1.  He is one of the world leaders in the ≡eld of proving assertions about computer programs.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓2.␈α Besides␈α
the␈α29␈αpapers␈α
listed␈αhere,␈α
he␈αhas␈αwritten␈α
the␈αonly␈α
book␈αin␈αEnglish␈α
on␈αthe␈αsubject.␈α
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓3.␈α∞ The␈α∞Computer␈α∞Science␈α∞Department␈α∂wants␈α∞to␈α∞recommend␈α∞an␈α∞Adjunct␈α∞Professership␈α∂for␈α∞him,
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓position as soon as we can ≡ll out the papers.  We need to hire another paper ≡ller outer.

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␈↓ ↓H␈↓proposed Adjunct Professorship.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓4.  He has been o≥ered a full professorship at the Weizmann Institute.

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