Research Institutes, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research
| Title | Research Institutes, Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research |
| View | Groundbreaking 2 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Ground is officially broken May 1, 1963 at the University of Chicago for the new Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research, the first government-sponsored center of its kind. From left: John A. Simpson, the Arthur Holly Compton distinguished service professor; George W. Beadle, university president; Glen A. Lloyd, university board of trustees' chairman; Thomas L. K. Smull, director of NASA grants and research; and Urner Liddel, chief of NASA lunar and planetary sciences. |
| Alternate Name(s) | Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research of the Enrico Fermi Institute for Nuclear Studies |
| Subject Terms | Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989 | Liddel, Urner, 1905-1979 | Lloyd, Glen Alfred, 1895-1975 | Simpson, John Alexander, 1916-2000 | Smull, Thomas L. K., 1916-1999 | Groundbreakings |
| Photograph Date | 1963-05-01 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.4 x 24.1 cm |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill |
| Completion Date | 1965 |
| Location | 933 E. 56th Street | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Campus Grid | B01 |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-06431 |
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