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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

ADDRESS REPLY TO
NATIONAL BOARD OF STANDARDS
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

IN YOUR REPLY
REFER TO FILE NO.
8.06/C

February 27, 1961

Mrs. Elaine Kilbourne
Anacostia High School
Washington 20, D.C.

Dear Mrs. Kilbourne:

The Junior and Senior Washington Academies of Sciences are honoring a group of 21 science students in the area who showed superior accomplishments in the recent National Science Talent Search.  You will be pleased to know that one of your former students, Dennis Winton Herrin, is a member of the group and has designated you as the teacher who has contributed most to his interest in science.

On behalf of the Washington Academy of Sciences, you are invited to attend a dinner given for the 21 science students and their teachers at the Fairfax Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue, on Thursday, March 16th, at 6:30 P.M.  After the dinner, a meeting of the Academy of Sciences will be held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium of the Cosmos Club, which is located at 2170 Florida Avenue, or almost across the street from the hotel.  At the meeting, the science winners will receive a Certificate of Achievement.  Following this presentation, there will be two science lectures of interest to the young scientists.

RECENT SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN SCIENCE

BIOLOGY: Christian B. Anfinsen, National Institute of Health
PHYSICS: Joseph Weber, University of Maryland

Please inform me at once whether you can accept the invitation.  If you wish, you may call me at my office during the day: EMerson 2-4040, Extension 7266.

Very truly yours,

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Abner Brenner, Chairman
Committee on the Encouragement of Science Talent
WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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To

Elaine M. Kilbourne

In recognition of your lasting understanding, your excellent training of students in the field of science, your untiring efforts to make the Anacostia Student Council one of the finest, and your effective work with the Advanced Science Study Group.

May 19, 1961