Description

Oil on canvas portrait of Robert Andrews Millikan sitting in front of a chalkboard.

An old label on the object reads "Physicist who has contributed greatly to the advancement of that science in America through his own discoveries, his leadership and his inspiration of young men. Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics in 1923. Recipient of International honors for his measurements of the charge of the electron and researches in the field of photoelectricity, kinetic theory of gases, spectroscopy and cosmic rays, and for his scientific services in the world war."