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Group photograph at Commencement, 1953. Left to right are Lewis W. Douglas, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing, James Rhyne Killian, Karl Taylor Compton and Chester A. Higley. They wear academic robes and stand under a tent. Original caption 1: "Photographed just prior to commencement exercises are (left to right) Lewis W. Douglas, '17, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing, President James R. Killian, Jr., '26, Karl T. Compton, and Chester A. Higley, Vice-mayor of Boston." Original caption 2: Robing in Armory - Commencement, June 12, 1953 - L to R, Lewis W. Douglas, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing, James R. Killian, Karl T. Compton, Chester A. Higley, Vice Mayor of Boston". Used in: Technology Review, July 1953, p. 489.