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[[preprinted]] JOSEPH A. BERRY, M.D. Veterans Administration Hospital TUSKEGEE , ALABAMA [[/preprinted]] May 18, 1953 Dr F. D. Patterson President, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute , Alabama Dear Doctor Patterson: I take the occasion of your commencement to send this short personal note. I received the word of your giving up the Presidency of the Institute with a feeling of mixed emotion. I am happy for you, the Phelps-Stokes Fund, and the future, but sorry indeed for the Institute. The Phleps-Stokes had gained an exceedingly able successor to Dr Tobias who will ^[[widen]] even the scope