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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
!April 3, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi
␈↓ ↓H␈↓IBM Corporation
␈↓ ↓H␈↓P.O. Box 218
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Kobayashi:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This␈α
is␈α
in␈α
support␈α
of␈α
the␈α
nomination␈α
of␈α
Carolyn␈α
Talcott␈α
for␈α
the␈α
IBM␈α
fellowship␈α
for␈αwell-
␈↓ ↓H␈↓quali≡ed female candidates.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Carolyn␈α
Talcott␈αis␈α
in␈αher␈α
second␈α
year␈αas␈α
a␈αgraduate␈α
student␈α
in␈αcomputer␈α
science␈αat␈α
Stanford.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓She␈αmay␈αbe␈αthe␈αbest␈αof␈αthe␈αcurrent␈αstudents␈αin␈αthe␈αComputer␈αScience␈αDepartment,␈αand␈αI␈αthink␈αit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓likely that she will be the best Ph.D. student I have had.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        She␈αhas␈α
been␈αa␈α
student␈αin␈α
two␈αof␈α
my␈αclasses␈αand␈α
was␈αthe␈α
best␈αstudent␈α
each␈αtime.␈α
 She␈αhas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓been␈α
a␈α
teaching␈α
assistant␈αin␈α
my␈α
course␈α
covering␈α
the␈αLISP␈α
language␈α
with␈α
emphasis␈α
on␈αproving␈α
that
␈↓ ↓H␈↓programs␈αmeet␈αtheir␈α
speci≡cations.␈α She␈αwill␈αteach␈α
the␈αcourse␈αthis␈α
Spring␈αand␈αis␈αcollaborating␈α
with
␈↓ ↓H␈↓me on a book covering the material.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Besides␈α↔the␈α↔above,␈α↔she␈α↔is␈α↔making␈α↔a␈α↔start␈α↔on␈α↔a␈α↔dissertation␈α↔relating␈α_to␈α↔connecting
␈↓ ↓H␈↓mathematical␈α∞work␈α
in␈α∞recursive␈α∞function␈α
theory␈α∞with␈α∞practical␈α
recursive␈α∞programming.␈α∞ She␈α
has
␈↓ ↓H␈↓shown␈α
herself␈α∞to␈α
be␈α∞an␈α
excellent␈α
lecturer␈α∞-␈α
having␈α∞made␈α
the␈α
point␈α∞of␈α
a␈α∞rather␈α
complex␈α∞piece␈α
of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓research␈αunderstandable␈αto␈αa␈αgeneral␈αcomputer␈αscience␈αaudience␈αat␈αthe␈αStanford␈αComputer␈αForum
␈↓ ↓H␈↓in a twenty minute lecture.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α
catch,␈αif␈α
it␈αis␈α
a␈α
catch,␈αis␈α
that␈αshe␈α
already␈αhas␈α
a␈α
Ph.D.␈αin␈α
chemistry␈αand␈α
has␈α
chosen␈αto
␈↓ ↓H␈↓switch␈α
to␈α
computer␈α
science.␈α
 Our␈α
previous␈α
experience␈α
with␈α
people␈α
who␈α
already␈α
have␈α
Ph.D.s␈αand
␈↓ ↓H␈↓want␈αto␈αswitch␈αwas␈αnot␈αgood,␈αso␈αwe␈αresolved␈αto␈αadmit␈αthem␈αonly␈αto␈αthe␈αMaster's␈αprogram,␈αand␈αshe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓was␈αso␈αadmitted.␈α However,␈αshe␈αdid␈αso␈αwell␈αthat␈αshe␈αhas␈αjust␈αbeen␈αadmitted␈αto␈αthe␈αPh.D.␈αprogram
␈↓ ↓H␈↓after doing an excellent job on our Comprehensive Examination.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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