/LMAR=0/XLINE=3/FONT#0=BASL30/FONT#1=BASI30/FONT#2=BASB30/FONT#10=BAXM30/FONT#11=ZERO30/FONT#3=STA200/FONT#4=NGB25
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	nFebruary 2, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Jack Minker
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Computer Science
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University of Maryland
␈↓ ↓H␈↓College Park, Maryland 20742

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Jack:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Do␈α
you␈α
know␈α
any␈α
reason␈αwhy␈α
I␈α
shouldn't␈α
send␈α
the␈αenclosed?␈α
 Aizerman␈α
was␈α
my␈α
host␈α
on␈αseveral
␈↓ ↓H␈↓visits␈α
to␈α
the␈α
Institute␈α
of␈αProblems␈α
of␈α
Control␈α
where␈α
Lerner␈αformerly␈α
worked.␈α
 He␈α
is␈α
of␈α
the␈αsame
␈↓ ↓H␈↓age as Lerner and had a similar scienti≡c career.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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