Compton at Award Ceremony

Arthur Compton (right) at a ceremony where John Burroughs School of St. Louis, MO is honored for being an outstanding secondary school for teaching physics, as determined by the American Association of Physics Teachers. "Among the ten outstanding secondary schools in the United States in providing good physics teaching is the John Burroughs School of St. Louis, selected by a committee of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, right, distinguished Service Professor of Natural Philosophy at Washington University and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in physics, is shown talking with participants in the special ceremony at which he presented a certificate and apparatus to the prize-winning school. Shown with him are, Charles E Kanter, of the A.S. Aloe Company, which donated the apparatus; Frederick B. Eiseman, Jr., physics teacher and chairman of the school's science department; and Dr. Leonard D. Haertter, Director of the John Burroughs School. The A.A.P.T. is a member of the American Institute of Physics.", Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Abstract/Description: Arthur Compton (right) at a ceremony where John Burroughs School of St. Louis, MO is honored for being an outstanding secondary school for teaching physics, as determined by the American Association of Physics Teachers. "Among the ten outstanding secondary schools in the United States in providing good physics teaching is the John Burroughs School of St. Louis, selected by a committee of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, right, distinguished Service Professor of Natural Philosophy at Washington University and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in physics, is shown talking with participants in the special ceremony at which he presented a certificate and apparatus to the prize-winning school. Shown with him are, Charles E Kanter, of the A.S. Aloe Company, which donated the apparatus; Frederick B. Eiseman, Jr., physics teacher and chairman of the school's science department; and Dr. Leonard D. Haertter, Director of the John Burroughs School. The A.A.P.T. is a member of the American Institute of Physics."
Subject(s): Eyeglasses
Suits (Clothing)
Portraits, Group
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Catalog ID: Compton Arthur D4
Title: Compton at Award Ceremony .
Type of Resource: still image
Extent: 1 photographic print (black and white; 9.5 x 7.75 inches)
Abstract/Description: Arthur Compton (right) at a ceremony where John Burroughs School of St. Louis, MO is honored for being an outstanding secondary school for teaching physics, as determined by the American Association of Physics Teachers. "Among the ten outstanding secondary schools in the United States in providing good physics teaching is the John Burroughs School of St. Louis, selected by a committee of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Dr. Arthur H. Compton, right, distinguished Service Professor of Natural Philosophy at Washington University and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in physics, is shown talking with participants in the special ceremony at which he presented a certificate and apparatus to the prize-winning school. Shown with him are, Charles E Kanter, of the A.S. Aloe Company, which donated the apparatus; Frederick B. Eiseman, Jr., physics teacher and chairman of the school's science department; and Dr. Leonard D. Haertter, Director of the John Burroughs School. The A.A.P.T. is a member of the American Institute of Physics."
Identifier(s): Compton Arthur D4 (Catalog ID)
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Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Subject(s): Eyeglasses
Suits (Clothing)
Portraits, Group
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Held by: Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Related Title: Physics Today Collection.
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