Carnegie Institution of Washington
Nutrition Laboratory
29 Vila Street, Boston, MassachusettsJune 5, 1926
Professor A. H. Turner,
Mount Holyoke College,
South Hadley, Massachusetts.My dear Professor Turner:
I am enclosing herewith two letters of introduction. [no longer with this letter] You will see that I have anticipated the formal granting of your degree, but I have just had
the"unofficial" information that the "gossip" after the examination this morning has it you got through and got through very well. I don't know when the formal notification will take place I am sure, but I feel perfectly justified in introducing the title in your letters, and you know the title does help abroad.I can hardly tell you how glad I am that your long-earned and well-merited reward has finally come to you. Your attitude toward the whole matter has been one most stimulating and ennobling. I was very glad I was able to see a little of it, for it has been a real help to me to meet a person of such fortitude and determination.
I hope you will have a fine rest on the boat and a most delightful summer, and we shall look forward to seeing you in Stockholm.
Very truly yours,
Francis G. Benedict
Director.P.S. I am sure Mrs. Benedict would join me in warmest congratulations did she know it.