Subject: Darwin's 200th Birthday

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:15:00 -0800

Dear  David Harris:
 
As a fellow scientist, you may already realize that Darwin's 200th birthday will occur on February 12th, 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 move towards 2009. Darwin and the theory of evolution are being used as symbols of scientific progress, and our goal is to achieve a Global Celebration by 2009. Currently, events are being registered on our Website for 2005.
 
The purpose of this letter is to invite you to visit our website at http://darwinday.org  --   and then to consider joining many others in this constructive educational effort. Our website offers extensive information to assist you in developing ideas for a 'celebration' that is suitable for your own unique circumstances.   
 
Supporters include prominent scientists, educators, philosophers, and writers such as: Patrick Bateson, Provost, Kings College, Cambridge; Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University; Richard Dawkins, Oxford University; Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University; Steven Pinker, MIT; Helena Cronin, London School of Economics; Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education; Steve Jones, Univ. College London; and many others. We encourage you to join them and become an enthusiastic participant in this project.  To sign up quickly, register at http://darwinday.org/register/index.php .
 
Sincerely Yours,

Robert J. (Bob) Stephens, Ph. D.
Emeritus Director, Cell Biology Program, 
SRI International, formerly Stanford Research Institute.
Chairman of the Board, Darwin Day Celebration, a Nonprofit Corp.
http://darwinday.org  
 
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