Description

Group photograph of Manhattan Project leaders in formal attire at inauguration of Arthur H. Compton as Chancellor of Washington University, St. Louis. Five men standing in front of ornate drapes, six more seated in front of them. Groves and Nichols wear military uniforms; many of the rest wear flowers on their lapels. Original Caption: "My Several Lives by James B. Conant Leading figures of the Manhattan District Project. Front row, left to right, Leslie R. Groves, Vannevar Bush, Enrico Fermi, K.D. Nichols, George E. Pogrom, L.J. Briggs. Back row: Charles Thomas, James B. Conant, Arthur H. Compton, E.V. Murphree, Crawford H. Greenewalt. Picture was taken at the inauguration of Compton as Chancellor of Washington University, St. Louis.'"