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INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
at Austin
Dear Colleague:
I am writing this to you and to others to let you know about an extraordinary opportunity that has been presented to me
for a sabbatical. I have been invited to accept a position at the newly-formed Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin,
located in Austin, Texas, and I am accepting this offer.
The intent of the Institute for Advanced Studies is to provide an opportunity for selected researchers with a track
record of productivity to pursue their work in an atmosphere unfettered by the usual demands for fund raising,
proposal writing and other administrative tasks. In this way researchers are to be free to concentrate on developing
their creative ideas in the field of their chosen endeavor. The Institute is funded (by investment from the private sector)
in the form of endowed positions with collateral operating budgets.
Researchers so chosen are encouraged to maintain a broad perspective; developing ties with the local academic and
research communities, serving on committees relevant to the development of their field, and developing other activities
as they see fit, so that the results of their efforts can benefit the larger community. The basic assumption is that the
individuals chosen are the best arbiters to determine what is to be done to maximize their potential for contribution.
Research areas of interest, determined by the individuals involved, range over such widely varying topics as plasma arc
and thin film research on the experimental side, to studies in General Relativity on the theoretical side. My own areas of
interest range from continuation of certain key experiments in psychoenergetics, to theoretical investigations of models
underlying these and other fundamental issues of interest in physics today.
While undertaking this new opportunity, I shall nonetheless maintain a close association with the Psychoenergetics
Program at SRI International that I began over a decade ago. I plan to interact on a continuing basis with the SRI
researchers, the clients and the subcontractors, to be involved in certain joint experiments, and generally to contribute
in various ways to the strong program which is in place there.
My new address, telephone and telex numbers are as follows:
H. E. Puthoff, Ph.D., B-121
Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin
Barnes-Connally Center
1301 Capitol of Texas Hwy, S.
Austin, TX 78746
Telephone: (512) 328-5751
Telex: 88-1966
1301 Capitol of Texas Highway, S., Suite B 121, Austin, Texas 78746
512/328-5751
834-9769
Tix 88-1966
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