Group with James Rhyne Killian at Commencement, 1950

Object summary

Title: Group with James Rhyne Killian at Commencement, 1950
Object ID: GCP-00013892
Date made: 1950-06-09
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Maker: MIT Photo Service
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Group photograph of Karl Taylor Compton, Chester Irving Barnard, James Rhyne Killian and Charles Adrian Sawyer at Commencement, 1950. They wear academic robes and stand on a ramp under a canvas tent. Original caption: "Principals in the commencement exercises were (left to right): Karl T. Compton, Chester I. Barnard, James R. Killian, Jr., '26, and C. Adrian Sawyer, Jr., '02". Used in: Technology Review, July 1950, p. 514. Original credit line: MIT Photo Service.