/LMAR=0/XLINE=3/FONT#0=BASL30/FONT#1=BASI30/FONT#2=BASB30/FONT#3=STA200/FONT#4=NGB25
␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	nFebruary 4, 1977




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dr. D. E. Kelly
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Department of Anatomy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓UCLA School of Medicine
␈↓ ↓H␈↓2025 Zonal Avenue
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Los Angeles, California 90033

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Recommendation for Arthur Thomas

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Dr. Kelly:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Arthur␈αThomas␈αcame␈αto␈αStanford␈αas␈αan␈αinterdisciplinary␈αgraduate␈αstudent␈αin␈αJuly␈α1971.␈α
 He␈αhas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓just␈α↔≡nished␈α⊗a␈α↔thesis␈α↔entitled␈α⊗␈↓↓Representation␈α↔and␈α↔Perception:␈α⊗An␈α↔Essay␈α↔in␈α⊗Computational
␈↓ ↓H␈↓↓Metaphysics␈↓␈α∩ and␈α∩is␈α⊃now␈α∩revising␈α∩it␈α∩in␈α⊃accordance␈α∩with␈α∩the␈α∩wishes␈α⊃of␈α∩his␈α∩committee.␈α∩ I␈α⊃am
␈↓ ↓H␈↓con≡dent that he will produce a version that will be satisfactory to all of us.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Thomas's␈α
interests␈α
range␈α
over␈α∞psychology,␈α
neurophysiology,␈α
philosophy␈α
and␈α∞arti≡cial␈α
intelligence,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α∂he␈α∞has␈α∂a␈α∞wide␈α∂knowledge␈α∞of␈α∂all␈α∞of␈α∂these␈α∞areas.␈α∂ His␈α∞thesis␈α∂undertakes␈α∞the␈α∂di≠cult␈α∂task␈α∞of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓discussing the relationships of these ≡elds in a manner that does justice to all of them.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αthink␈αhe␈αwill␈αmake␈α
a␈αgood␈αprofessor␈αbecause␈αhe␈α
is␈αintelligence,␈αparticulate,␈αand␈αhighly␈α
motivated
␈↓ ↓H␈↓to␈α∂persue␈α∂his␈α∂ideas␈α⊂to␈α∂a␈α∂conclusion.␈α∂ Our␈α∂interdisciplinary␈α⊂program␈α∂has␈α∂not,␈α∂to␈α⊂my␈α∂knowledge,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓given␈α
him␈α
teaching␈α
experience,␈α
but␈α
I␈α
think␈α
he␈α
has␈α
the␈α
articulateness␈α
and␈α
the␈α
ability␈α∞to␈α
organize
␈↓ ↓H␈↓his thoughts that make for successful teaching.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



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