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\address{Paul Coddington\\
	 Northeast Parallel Architectures Center\\
         111 College Place\\
         Syracuse University\\
         Syracuse, NY 13244, U.S.A\\
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         Phone:            (315) 443-4883\\
         FAX: {\hskip 5pt} (315) 443-1973\\
         Email: paulc@npac.syr.edu}

\signature{Paul Coddington}

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Selection Committee \\
Ref:C94/245 \\
University of Ulster\\
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\opening{To whom it may concern,}

I was in the same group as James Allwright at Southampton University, and
knew something of his work although we did not collaborate on any projects. 
Dr Allwright has worked with me on a couple of projects at the 
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University.

Dr Allwright is very bright and strong academically, although he is 
somewhat lacking in communication skills. I collaborated
with him on a research project on parallel graph coloring algorithms
and he did very good work. He has a good working knowledge of 
parallel computing and parallel algorithms, and strong programming skills.

I highly recommend Dr Allwright for this position, as I believe he is well
qualified, and would perform very well as a member of your software 
engineering team.

\closing{Yours sincerely,}

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