Description

Group portrait of seven men, seated. From left are pictured Thomas K. Sherwood, John C. Slater, John E. Burchard, Horace S. Ford, Everett M. Baker, and William T. Campbell.

Original caption: "As chronicled on page 110 of the December Review, Alumni and friends of the Institute gathered in Cambridge on November 19 and 20 to study the Institute's high priority postwar needs for buildings and endowments. Shown here are visual impressions of that meeting as caught by the camera." The caption continues on to identify people in several other photographs. The people in this photograph are identified in the following caption: "Speakers who opened the meeting, following the luncheon on November 19, and who spoke on the Institute's needs in various educational fields, included: Thomas K. Sherwood, '24, Dean of Engineering; Professor John C. Slater, Head of the Department of Physics; John E. Burchard, '23, Dean of Humanities; Horace S. Ford, Treasurer of M.I.T.; Everett M. Baker, Dean of Students; and Professor William Campbell, '15, Executive Director of the Financing Program."

Used in: Technology Review, January, 1949 - p. 170.

Original credit line: MIT Photo.