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Black and white group photograph of men at Alumni Day banquet, 1953. Left to right are James Rhyne Killian, Erwin Dain Canham, Karl Taylor Compton and Edwin Delamater Ryer. They wear tuxedos. Stamp on verso reads "Jun 15 1953". Original caption: "M.I.T. Alumni Banquet last night at Hotel Statler included among the head-table guests, left to right: Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., president of M.I.T.; Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, speaker; Dr. Karl T. Compton, chairman of the corporation, and Edwin D. Ryer of Duxbury, alumni association president." Used in: Boston Herald, June 16, 1953. Original credit line: Maynard White.