Dear Professor,

As a fellow scientist and educator, you may already realize that Darwin's 200th birthday will occur on February 12, 2009. Our 'Darwin Day' project is a nonprofit organization designed to promote an International Celebration of Science and Humanity each year on, or near, Feb. 12th as we approach 2009. Darwin and the theory of evolution are being used as symbols of scientific progress. Our goal is to achieve a Global Celebration by 2009. Currently, celebrations for February 2006 are being registered and publicized on our Website darwinday.org .

We invite you to visit our Website at darwinday.org -- and then, consider joining many others in this constructive educational effort. Our Website offers several ways to participate and also contains extensive information to assist you in developing ideas for a Darwin Day celebration that is suitable for your unique circumstances.

Darwin Day supporters and advisors include prominent scientists, educators, philosophers, and writers such as: Patrick Bateson (Provost, Kings College, Cambridge University), Edward O. Wilson (Harvard University), Richard Dawkins (Oxford University), Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University), Steven Pinker (Harvard University), Helena Cronin (London School of Economics), Eugenie Scott (National Center for Science Education), Steve Jones (University College, London), and many others. We encourage you to join them and become an enthusiastic participant in this project.

Sincerely yours,

Robert J. ("Bob") Stephens, Ph. D.
Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program
SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute)
President, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit, tax-deductible 501(c)3 corp.
http://darwinday.org

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