Title | Atomic Scientists |
View | 10th Anniversary Reunion, 1952 1 |
Series | III: Events |
Description | Reunion of atomic scientists on the 10th Anniversary (1952) of the first controlled nuclear fission chain reaction, December 2, 1942, at the University of Chicago. Speakers on the platform: Lawrence A. Kimpton (university chancellor, standing), Enrico Fermi, and Arthur H. Compton (seated). In the audience, from the right, first row: Samuel K. Allison, Herbert L. Anderson, Crawford H. Greenewalt, Leona Woods Marshall, Walter H. Zinn, Leo Szilard, Norman Hilberry; second row: George L. Weil, Harold F. Spedding, Philip G. Koontz, Robert G. Nobles, Wilcox Overbeck, Volney C. Wilson, and Leo Seren; third row: Thomas Brill, Stewart A. Fox, Darrol K. Froman, W. Rudolph Kanne, Herbert E. Kubitschek, George D. Monk, Jr. Not seen in the picture: Gerald S. Pawlicki, and Hugh M. Barton, Jr. |
Subject Terms | Anderson, Herbert Lawrence, 1914-1988 | Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962 | Hilberry, Norman, 1899-1986 | Marshall, Leona Woods, 1919-1986 | Szilard, Leo, 1898-1964 | Zinn, Walter Henry, 1906-2000 |
Photographer | Chicago Daily News |
Photograph Date | 1952-12-02 |
Physical Format | Photographic prints; 18.3 x 22.8 cm |
Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf3-00233 |
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