00100					Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
00200					Computer Science Dept
00300					Stanford University
00400					Stanford, California,94305
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00800	Prof Fred M. Tonge
00900	Dept of Information & Computer Science
01000	University of California
01100	Irvine, Calif, 92664
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01500	Dear Prof Tonge:
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01900	I am familiar with Dr. Yoram Yakimovsky on the basis of his  research
02000	work  in our group, for his thesis.  His work was outstanding, and is
02100	highly regarded in this area of research.   I consider him at the top
02200	among those who have gotten degrees in our group.  He is particularly
02300	strong in formal  and  academic  material.  I  believe  he  has  good
02400	potential for innovative research in the future.
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02600	I have not seen him teach.  I have seen him present several technical
02700	talks.  I found that he made a good conceptual  organization  of  the
02800	material  and  was  very well received.  He does have difficulty with
02900	English.
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03100	As a student he needed to interact with other people  in  our  group,
03200	and got along well with them.  Personally, I like him, and think that
03300	he will be an asset in discussions  and  interactions  as  a  faculty
03400	member.
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04100						Sincerely,
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04500						Thomas O. Binford