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YALE UNIVERSITY
THE DIVINITY SCHOOL
409 PROSPECT STREET
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

LISTON POPE, Dean
JAMES I. BORDEN, Assistant to the Dean
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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

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