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Law Offices
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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January 23, 1998
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: The Glenmede Fund, Inc.
File Nos. 33-22884 and 811-5577
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Glenmede Fund, Inc. (the "Company") and pursuant to
Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), I hereby certify
that (i) the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information listed below
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from the Prospectuses and Statement of Additional
Information contained in the Company's most recent Post-Effective Amendment to
its Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the 1933 Act and the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("PEA #25"), which was filed on December 30,
1997 and (ii) the text of PEA #25 has been filed electronically.
The Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information referenced
above, which would otherwise have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c), are:
(1) Prospectus dated January 1, 1998 for the Equity, International, Small
Capitalization Equity and Large Cap Value Portfolios;
(2) Prospectus dated January 1, 1998 for the Small Capitalization Equity
Portfolio; and
(3) Statement of Additional Information for the Government Cash, Tax
Exempt Cash, Core Fixed Income, International, Equity, Small
Capitalization Equity, Large Cap Value and The Glenmede Portfolios.
Questions concerning this letter may be directed to the undersigned at
(215) 988-2604.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Terrance James Reilly
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Terrance James Reilly
