Karl Taylor Compton, Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. and Gerard Swope at Alumni Day, 1945

Object summary

Title: Karl Taylor Compton, Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. and Gerard Swope at Alumni Day, 1945
Object ID: GCP-00000072
Date made: 1945-06-23
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Boston, New England Mutual Hall
Maker: Boston Herald
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Karl Taylor Compton stands between Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., left, and Gerard Swope, right. Stamps on verso read "Published, Apr 3 1949, Boston Herald" and "Jun 25 1945". Original Credit Line: Boston Herald, 7015.

Original Caption: "M.I.T. 50-Year Class Members Here- Attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni dinner at Hotel Statler last night were, left to right, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman of the board of General Motors Corporation; Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Gerard Swope, recently retired president of General Electric Company. Sloan and Swope are members of the class of 1895."