Description

Group photograph of Karl Taylor Compton, third from right, with members of the Office of Science Research and Development. Text on recto reads "Final Membership of OSRD, 1945". Names of individuals are annotated above. Stamp on verso reads "M.I.T. Historical Collections, received from Mrs. K.T. Compton, date Nov. 1975". Original Credit Line: U.S. Navy.

Original Caption: "File Number: 59980 National Research Defense Committee-1946. Left to right: Commodore H. A. Schade, Mr. C. P. Coe, Mr. C. W. Ooms, Mr. Cleveland Norcross, Dr. V. Bush, Dr. Irvin Stewart, Dr. F. B. Jewett, Dr. E.L. Moreland, Dr. J.B. Conant, Dr. K.T. Compton, Dr. Roger Adams, Captain Lybrand Smith, USN, (Ret)."