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Karl Taylor Compton and symposium speakers, 1948

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Karl Taylor Compton stands in Walker Memorial with symposium speakers William Wilis Garth Jr., Richard Mervin Bissell Jr., Robert Thomas Haslam, Clarence Decatur Howe and Norman Judson Padelford. Technology Review, July 1948, p. 509.

Original Caption: "The afternoon symposium "Logistics of Peace" was one of the most attractive features of Alumni Day. Photographed (left to right) in Walker Memorial just prior to the addresses are: William W. Garth, Jr., '36, chairman of Alumni Day; Professor Richard M. Bissell, Jr., Staff, on leave as assistant director of the European Recovery Program who spoke on "The Economic Means to Peace"; Robert T. Haslam, '11, Vice-president, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, whose topic was "World Energy and World Peace"; Clarence D. Howe, '07, Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, who gave the adress on "Defense, International Co-operation, and Peace"; Professor Norman J. Padelford, symposium chairman, and President Karl T. Compton."

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