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Norris Abbot announces class gift, 1945

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Norris Abbott stands up from the table at an event to announce the 25-year class gift of war bonds and the formal adoption of Frederick G. Fassett, Jr., as honorary member of the Class of 1920. John C. Dunbar sits on the left and Harold and Percy Bugbee stand on the right. Student Kirk Drumheller sits on the far right. In the foreground, Winthrop Cole and Frank E. Shephard watch Abbott speak.

Original caption 1: "Members of Class of '20 - Up

Sitting - John C Dunbar

Speaking - Norris G Abbott, Pres.

- Bugbee Twins.

Student - Kirk Drumheller"

Original caption 2: "Under the scrutiny of Lieutenant Colonel John C. Dunbar, '25, Norris G. Abbott, Jr., President of the Class of 1920, is backed by the moral support of Harold Bugbee, '20, and Percy Bugbee, '20, as he announces the 25-year class gift of war bonds and the formal adoption of Frederick G. Fassett, Jr., as honorary member of the Class of 1920. Winthrop Cole, '87, and Frank E. Shepard, '87, are in the foreground, with Kirk Drumheller, 6-45, at extreme right." Used in: Technology Review, July 1945 p. 568. Original credit line: MIT Photo.

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