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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	ISeptember 10, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor Satoru Takasu
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Research Institute of Mathematical Sciences
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Kyoto University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Kyoto
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Japan

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Takasu:

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would
␈↓ ↓H␈↓welcome other suggestions, including, of course women and minority candidates.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        We␈α∂would␈α∞like␈α∂any␈α∞information␈α∂you␈α∞can␈α∂give␈α∞us␈α∂relevant␈α∞to␈α∂these␈α∂possible␈α∞appointments.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓While␈α⊂his␈α⊂research␈α⊂is␈α⊂most␈α⊂important␈α⊂for␈α⊂this␈α⊂appointment,␈α⊂we␈α⊂are␈α⊂also␈α⊂soliciting␈α⊂information
␈↓ ↓H␈↓about his lecturing, work with students, and expository ability.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        An␈α∞evaluation␈α∞of␈α∞speci≡c␈α
papers␈α∞that␈α∞you␈α∞know␈α∞about␈α
and␈α∞comparisons␈α∞of␈α∞his␈α∞work␈α
with
␈↓ ↓H␈↓that␈α⊂of␈α⊃speci≡c␈α⊂other␈α⊃people␈α⊂in␈α⊃his␈α⊂own␈α⊂and␈α⊃related␈α⊂≡elds␈α⊃would␈α⊂be␈α⊃especially␈α⊂helpful␈α⊃to␈α⊂the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University o≠cials who must evaluate this appointment.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        A bibliography is enclosed for your convenience.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Thanks in advance for your trouble in helping Stanford make this decision.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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