Arthur H. Compton with Wilson M. Compton and Karl T. Compton at Inauguration of James Rhyne Killian, 1949

Object summary

Title: Arthur H. Compton with Wilson M. Compton and Karl T. Compton at Inauguration of James Rhyne Killian, 1949
Object ID: GCP-00007306
Date made: 1949-04-02
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

WIlson Martindale Compton, Karl Taylor Compton and Arthur Holly Compton, wearing academic robes, at the 1949 Inauguration. A map of MIT campus is visible behind them. Stamps on verso read "Technology Review", "M.I.T. Historical Collections, Received from Mrs. K.T. Compton, Date Nov. 1975".

Original Caption: "1949 Convocation".