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Group photograph of twenty-two former MIT members of the Office of Scientific Research and Development who were awarded the President's Certificate of Merit.

Original captions: "OCT 20 1948", "IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 October 1948 // RECIPIENTS OF CERTIFICATE OF MERIT --- Members of the faculty at MIT who were presented with the President's Cerificate 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. Robley D. Evans, Dr. Ernst A. Guillemin and Prof. Arthur C. Hardy. Second Row, Dr. Harold L. Hansen, Dr. Albert G. Hill, Malcolm M. Hubbard, Donald E. Kerr, Dr. John R. Loofbourow, Dr. Richard C. Lord, Jr., Dr. Willaim H. McAdams, Nathaniel M. Sage and Dr. John C. Slater. Third row, Dr. Horton G. Stever, Dr. John G. Trump, Dr. George E. Valley, Prof. Arthur R. von Hippel, and Jerome B. Wiesner. END", Original credit line: "(Please credit U. S. Army Photo)"