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First meeting of the Science Advisory Board, 1933. Seated, left to right, are Isaiah Bowman, Karl Taylor Compton, William Wallace Campbell, John Campbell Merriam; standing, left to right, are Robert Andrews Millikan, Charles Kenneth Leith, Frank Baldwin Jewett. Gano Dunn and Charles Franklin Kettering are absent. Stamp on verso reads "Reproduced from the collections of the archives of the National Academy of Sciences" and "M.I.T. Historical Collections, received from National Academy of Science, date Aug 74". Original Print Number: 43728.

Original Caption: "First meeting Science Advisory Board, August 21 & 23, 1933, Left to right -- sitting Isaiah Bowman, Karl T. Compton, W. W. Campbell, John C. Merriam -- standing, R. A. Millikan, C. K. Leith, Frank B. Jewett Absent Gano Dunn, Charles F. Kettering".

Supplemental material includes letter to Warren A. Seamans from Janice F. Goldblum, archivist of the National Academy of Sciences, dated August 14, 1974.