Albert Einstein to Stephen Brunauer - May 17, 1943
THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Founded by Mr. Louis Bamberger and Mrs. Felix Fuld
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
May 17, 1943
Dear Lieutenant Brunauer:
I have your kind letter of May 13 and have discussed with Dr. Aydelotte, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study, the matter of my cooperation with the Research and Development Division of the Navy. Dr. Aydelotte approves heartily of my participating in your research operations. He and I both feel that the individual contract would be the most suitable, and I agree fully with the arrangements outlined in the enclosed letter from Dr. Aydelotte.
I very much enjoyed your visit and look forward with great satisfaction to this association with you in research on Navy problems. I shall expect to receive from you in due course the contract and information about the work which you wish me to undertake, and I hope that I shall be able to make some useful contribution.
In this connection, I should like to raise one question: Would it in any way interfere with my usefulness to the Navy if I should spend a part of the summer in a cottage at Lake Saranac? I do not know whether it will be possible for me to take a holiday away from Princeton in any case, and certainly if my usefulness to the Navy would be increased by remaining in Princeton I should be most happy to do so. If, however, it would be equally convenient for you, I think I could probably work to better advantage in the more agreeable climate of Lake Saranac during the hot months of the summer.
Yours very sincerely,
A. Einstein.
Lieutenant Stephen Brunauer
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Washington, D. C.
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