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Show r » V £3', 6*/£3 AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOP THG STUDY OF 142 WEST 49TH STREET, MEW YORK CITY 1AM, IMC. PRESIDENT WENDELL PHILLIPS :RST VICE PRESIDENT PROF. W. r. ALBRIGHT VICE PRESIDENTS WILLIAM S. TERRY CHARLES MCCULLOM GEORGE FARRIER COPY FOR PROFESSOR A. S. ATIYA September 3* 1953 President Robert 6. %5ronl, President's Office "K University of California, Berkeley, California, Dear President Sproul: I m so ferry I sifted the privilege ef e few ainutes witk yea daring ay recent visit te Berkeley. However I was aet ia auek condition fer a visit witk anyone, at tee previews week I W e k *y firat vacation ia several years and weal down te Acapalc© wkere I wateked tkea water skiing, aad thought, if Lewell Theaas 09814 do tliif, se can I and set eat gaily, at 70 ailes as boar wkea suddenly I tees a tumble aad ay right era aad skeulder continued ea at this speed wfcile the rest ef ae reaaiaed behind. Tke result was I speat tone aiae days ia tke aeapital witk a very badly banged ap era aad shoulder. However tae deeters tell ae I'll seen be shooting wita ay right hand as well as ay left, ae it leeks like I w*Vt kave aay permanent iajary. I aetaaily believe it's safer te live eat ia the wilds ef Seatk Arabia than la Aeapulee, Mexico! I aa still very such iaterested la doiag tbe velaae ea tke aajer seieatlfie aad sebelarly aceojaplishaents ef ear Daiversity African Expeditica ia tke aear future, a project wklek I discussed witk yea wfeea Merilya aad I were ia year office. Witk year peraissiea I'll be takiag tke aatter ap witk yea again around tke first of tke year, wkea I retara fres Arabia ia Deeeaber or January. I will be retaraiag te Arabia ia tke latter part ef this aoatk. I believe I aeatieaed te yea tkat I kave beea granted aa ell eeaeessiea fer some 30,000 square ailes aad I kave assigned tkis eeaeessiea te Cities Service Oil Ceapaay and Richfield Oil Corporation ef Califeraia. However I still kave tke responsibility fer tbe logistics, tke supplies aad polities as well as handling tke American Foundations current archaeological expedltioa which is still la tke field thanks te tke continued generous support of good Callforalaas like James K. Moffitt, W.a. Crocker, Sidney Efenaan, Lester Hiak, etc. I kave kad two visits witk President Eisenhower recently, carrying back aad forth aa exchange ef letters aad personal messages froa President Eisenhower to President Hoaaaed Naguib ef Egypt, wko has be-eeae a very close friend of aiae, and wkea I admire eaoraoasly for tke aoauaental job ke if doing ia Egypt. S. BAYAR BOARD CH Tke purpose of tkis letter Is to draw te your attention. Professor MtlTSuryal Atiya. foraerly"¥teeM<^eaa ef tke Faculty of Art*fELutH Alexandria COLGAT aSwrtt* Egyjt, and mmWMBWme*J*wm* tvMarOOktorsades WALTER E. DITMARS PRESIDENT GREY MFG. COMPANY T. A. MC INERNY PRES. T. A. MC INERNY, INC. WASHINGTON, D. C. CHARLES J. NAGER MEMBER LAW FIRM EAGAN AND NAGER CHESTER W. N1MITZ FLEET ADMIRAL, U. S. N. REGENT UNIV. OF CALIF. SAMUEL F. PRYOR VICE PRESIDENT PAN AMERICAN AIRWAY1 LOWELL THOMAS AUTHOR CBS COMMENTATOR |