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Paul Gray, Gerald P. Dinneen, and Jerome B. Wiesner pose for a photograph with Gen. William J. Evans and Thomas C. Reed (of the Air Force) after receiving The Department of Defense Meritorious Award on behalf of MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. From left to right: Gray, Dinneen, Evans, Wiesner, Reed. Original caption: "For Immediate Release. MIT-LINCOLN LABORATORY CITED--The Department of Defense Meritorious Award 'for exceptionally outstanding service in the interest of national defense' is presented to the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in recognition of the Laboratory's 25th year of operation. From the left: Dr. Paul E. Gray, M.I.T. chancellor; Dr. Gerald P. Dinneen, Lincoln Laboratory director; Gen. William J. Evans, commander, Air Force Systems Command; Dr. Jerone B. Weisner, M.I.T. president; and Secretary of the Air Force Thomas C. Reed. --END--"