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OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR (803) 792-2104 Medical universityof South Carolina 80 BARRE STREET / CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29401 August 15, 1973 PERSONAL Mr. W. T. Hoyt The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc. 110 East 59th Street New York, New York 10022 Dear Tom: I had my letter of resignation to Henry Ramm ready to be forwarded through you, and accompanied by a note to you, when I received notice of Loosli's resignation - not long after Cattell's. After the loss of Dr. Wilson, Stanley Reimann and Little, and the current resignations, there wou e none of the original S.A.B. but Jake., and it occurred to me that critics may interpret all this as 'rats deserting a sinking ship,' so I have held my letters up. I have reached a reluctant conclusion that I am no longer fit, physically or mentally, to serve usefully, and I don't want to be a hanger-on. As I did when I asked to be relieved of the chairmanship, I am now seeking your advice in timing my resignation. It would,`of course, ease things a bit if I were given "emeritus rating," and kept in touch with the course of operation of the S.A.B. Awaiting your thoughtful advice, and with best wishes, I am Sincerely, Kenneth M. Lynch, M. D. P. 0. Box 811 Summerville, S. C. 29483 P.S.: Incidentally - and of course without egotism - I am sending herewith a curriculum vitae of a frontier "ranch hand" (the term cowboy was not used then). This was compiled by a request in 1970, and suspected of having been in preparation for an obituary. I advise you to digest it at leisure, if you have any. Enclosure K. M. L.