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[[preprinted]] Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn, Alabama Office of the President [[/preprinted]] March 12, 1953 President F.D. Patterson Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee, Alabama Dear Doctor Patterson: I have your note of March 10 and greatly appreciate it. I am writing now, however, to express my personal regret over your decision to leave Tuskegee Institute. I am sure that your new duties will open a broader field for you, and I congratulate you upon that, but I think you've done a fine job at Tuskegee, and I am sorry that you are leaving. I have greatly enjoyed working with you, and my good wishes will go with you wherever you may be. Most sincerely [[signed]] Ralph B. Draughon [[/signed]] Ralph B. Draughon President