Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo, Sir Hector Hetherington, and others, regarding finding a suitable candidate to be the Director of a new plant breeding station in Barbados

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/2/2/3/5
• Dates of Creation:Feb 1954-Jun 1954
• Physical Description:
  8 letters (9 pages)

• Scope and Content

  In Pontecorvo's draft letter to the Principal he explains that he might be interested in the position himself. He again mentions his dismay at the lack of support for a new Chair of Genetics at the University and explains how "I shall have from now onwards to be actively on the look out for posts which will give me a prospect of not starving when I retire. This of course, unless the University acts soon and adequately". Also includes letters from R F Innes of the Sugar Manufacturer Association in Jamaica.

• Personal Names

  Hetherington, Hector James Wright, 1888-1965, Knight, Social Philosopher, University Principal 1936-1961, Professor of Moral Philosophy 1924-1927, University of Glasgow, Scotland

• Corporate Names

  University of Glasgow 1451-