Dr. John Forster Cairns (Hugh) was born in 1922 and received his M.D. from Oxford University. He worked as virologist in Australia and researcher in Uganda before successfully applying for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor in 1960. This letter attesting to the importance of Dr. Cairns’ work includes a handwritten note from Dr. Alfred D. Hershey: Dr. Cairns is an exceptionally intelligent and capable man. His current work is original and important and deserves generous support.
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