Karl Taylor Compton, James Rhyne Killian and Harold R. Medina at Commencement, 1951

Object summary

Title: Karl Taylor Compton, James Rhyne Killian and Harold R. Medina at Commencement, 1951
Object ID: GCP-00000050
Date made: 1951-06-08
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Maker: MIT Photo Service
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Karl Taylor Compton, Harold R. Medina and James Rhyne Killian Jr. stand by a tent in academic robes. Technology Review, July 1951, p. 477. Original Credit Line: M.I.T. Photo.

Original Caption: "In standing order are Karl T. Compton, chairman of the M.I.T. Corporation, the Honorable Harold R. Medina, who delivered the commencement address, and [?] President James R. Killian, Jr., at the Institute's 85th commencement."

Original Caption: "No. 6 (left to right) Commencement day, Karl T. Compton, chairman of the M.I.T. Corporation; The Honorable Harold R. Medina, Judge of U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York; James R. Killian, Jr., '26."