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[[preprinted]] YALE UNIVERSITY THE DIVINITY SCHOOL 409 PROSPECT STREET NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT LISTON POPE, Dean JAMES I. BORDEN, Assistant to the Dean [[preprinted]] March 10, 1953 President Frederick D. Patterson Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee, Alabama Dear President Patterson: I am perfectly delighted by the information, to be held confidential for the present, that you will accept the directorship of the Phelps Stokes Fund. This willingness on your part assures that the fund will go forward into another period of high and useful service. I can imagine how difficult it must have been for you to reach a conclusion in this matter, and I hasten to express gratitude, as a trustee of the fund, for your willingness to accept this new post of leadership. Please count on me to be of help in any possible way. Cordially yours, [[signed]] Liston Pope [[/signed]] Dean LF/f