Karl Taylor Compton, James Rhyne Killian and Josiah Willard Hayden, 1947

Object summary

Title: Karl Taylor Compton, James Rhyne Killian and Josiah Willard Hayden, 1947
Object ID: GCP-00000026
Date made: 1947-01-09
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT, 3-208
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

James Rhyne Killian Jr. and Karl Taylor Compton receive a check from Josiah Willard Hayden on behalf of the Hayden Foundation. Stamp on verso reads "M.I.T. Historical Collections, received from Mrs. K.T. Compton, date Nov.1975".

Original Caption: "Receiving check for $1,000,000 from Charles Hayden Foundation, M.I.T., 9 Jan 1947".