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A meeting of the Research and Development Board Committee with Karl Taylor Compton. Stamp on verso reads "M.I.T. Historical Collections, received from Mrs. K.T. Compton, date Nov. 1975". Original Credit Line: U.S. Army, 318409-S.

Original Caption: "Research and Development Board Committee Chairmen Meet With Dr. Karl T. Compton, General Chairman Dr. Karl T. Compton, General Chairman of the Research and Development Board meets today with his 17 committee chairmen, to discuss problems relating to the National Military Establishment's Program on Atomic Energy, Biological Warfare, Guided Missiles and other fields. Seated left to right: Dr. Ira L. Baldwin, Biological Warfare; Dr. R. F. Rinehart, Executive Secretary; Dr. Karl T. Compton, General Chairman; Mr. F. H. Richardson, Deputy Executive Secretary; and Dr. Donald G. Marquis, Human Resources. Standing left to right: Mr. William Webster, Atomic Energy; Mr. D. A. Quarles, Electronics; Dr. W. B. Houston, Basic Physical Sciences; Dr. W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Chemical Warfare; Dr. M. J. Kelley, Navigation; Mr. F. C. Crawford, Ordnance; Dr. Francis G. Blake, Medical Sciences; Mr. E. P. Brooks, Equipment and Materials; Dr. W. E. Wrather, Geophysics and Geography; Mr. L. A. Hyland, Guided Missiles; Mr. Leo Montamat, Budget and Fiscal Requirements; Mr. W. M. Holaday, Fuels and Lubricants; and Dr. Detley Bronk, Technical Information. Pentagon Building, Washington, D. C. 23 March 1949."