Amsterdam Avenue and 186th Street / New York, N.Y. 10033 / (212) LOrraine 8-8400 The Mendel Gottesman Library Office of the Librarian August 20, 1976 Dear Dr. Lamm: Please accept my congratulations on your appointment to the presidency of Yeshiva University. The contributions you have made to the Jewish community as author and rabbi, and the guidance you have given your students as teacher and scholar, are already highly renowned and respected. I wish you success in the awesome task of presiding over a center of learning and research whose mission is to combine Torah with secular disciplines. Under your leadership this institution, situated in the midst of the largest Jewish kehilla in the world, will help to turn our community into a true makom Torah. Sincerely, [Signature]