Description

Group photograph of Karl Taylor Compton, front row left, with members of the Office of Science Research and Development. Text on recto reads "OSRD 1945". Names of individuals are annotated below. 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: 59978 National Defense Research Committee -1946. Back row left to right: Mr. Cleveland Norcross, Commodore H. A Schade, USN, Mr. C. P. Coe, Dr. E. L. Moreland, Dr. Irvin Stewart, Mr. C.W. Ooms. Front row left to right: Dr. K.T. Compton, Captain Lybrand Smith, USN (Ret), Dr. F.B. Jewett, Dr. V. Bush, Dr. J.B. Conant, Dr. Roger Adams."