Group with James Rhyne Killian at Commencement, 1957

Object summary

Title: Group with James Rhyne Killian at Commencement, 1957
Object ID: GCP-00013947
Date made: 1957-06-07
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 men in academic robes under an awning at Commencement, 1957. Left to right are Vannevar Bush, John W. Gardner, James Rhyne Killian and Julius Adams Stratton. Stamp on verso reads "Jun 1957". Original caption: "Participants in the Commencement exercises on June 7 were Vannevar Bush, '16, Corporation Chairman, John W. Gardner, Commencement Speaker, President James R. Killian, Jr., '26, and Chancellor J. A. Stratton, '23, in reading order." Used in: Technology Review, July 1957, p. 495. Original credit line: MIT Photo.