James Rhyne Killian, Harold R. Medina and Karl Taylor Compton at Commencement, 1951

Object summary

Title: James Rhyne Killian, Harold R. Medina and Karl Taylor Compton at Commencement, 1951
Object ID: GCP-00013895
Date made: 1951-06-08
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT
Maker: Patriquin, Warren E.
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

James Rhyne Killian, Karl Taylor Compton and Harold R. Medina talk under an awning at Commencement, 1951. They wear academic robes. Stamp on verso reads "Jun 9-1951". Original caption: "Principals at M.I.T. Commencement yesterday morning included, left to right---Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of the corporation; Judge Harold R. Medina of New York, speaker, and Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., president of the institute." Original credit line: Warren Patriquin.