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MIT members of the Office of Scientific Research and Development pose for a group portrait as they receive the President's Certificate of Merit for their service during the Second World War. From front row, left to right are pictured, Alan C. Bemis, Dr. Leo L Beranek, Dr. Gordon S. Brown, Dr. Lan J. Chu, Dr. Arthur C. Cope, Dr. Robely D. Evans, Dr. Ernst A. Guillemin, and Prof. Arthur C. Hardy. Second row, Dr. Harold L. Hazen, Dr. Albert G. Hill, Malcolm M. Hubbard, Donald E. Kerr, Dr. John R. Loofbourow, Dr. Richard C. Lord, Jr., Dr. William McAdams, Nathaniel M. Sage, and Dr. John C. Slater. Third row, Dr. Horton G. Stover, Dr. John G. Trump, Dr. George E. Valley, Prof. Arthur R. von Hippel, and Jerome B. Wiesner.

Original caption: "Immediate Release, 14 October 1948, Recipients of Certificate of Merit -- Members of the faculty at MIT who were presented with the President's Certificate of Merit by Major General Frank A. Keating, commanding general of the First Service Command, for their contributions to the war effort while members of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The ceremony was held yesterday afternoon (14 October) in the Moore Room at MIT. The recipients: front row, left to right, Alan C. Bemis, Dr. Leo L Beranek, Dr. Gordon S. Brown, Dr. Lan J. Chu, Dr. Arthur C. Cope, Dr. Robely D. Evans, Dr. Ernst A. Guillemin and Prof. Arthur C. Hardy. Second row, Dr. Harold L. Hazen, Dr. Albert G. Hill, Malcolm M. Hubbard, Donald E. Kerr, Dr. John R. Loofbourow, Dr. Richard C. Lord, Jr., Dr. William McAdams, Nathaniel M. Sage and Dr. John C. Slater. Third row, Dr. Horton G. Stover, Dr. John G. Trump, Dr. George E. Valley, Prof. Arthur R. von Hippel, and Jerome B. Wiesner."

Original credit line: "U.S. Army Photo"

Used in: Boston Herald Traveler, October 20 1948