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Group photograph of the Killian family at home. James Rhyne Killian stands next to his wife, Elizabeth Parks Killian and their son, Rhyne Meredith Killian. Their dog Scampy sits lower right. Stamps on verso read "Oct 10 1948", "Published, Oct 1948, Boston Herald". Original caption: "New Tech Head 'En Famille'--Dr. James Rhyne Killian, Jr., who succeeds Dr. Karl T. Compton as president of M. I. T. this week, in his Wellesley Hills home. Left to right: Dr. Killian; Mrs. Killian, Rhyne Meredith, 14, and Scampy, the cocker spaniel. Missing from the family group is Carloyn Makepeace, 17, a freshman at Mt. Holyoke." Used in: Boston Herald, October 1948.