Robert Oppenheimer, Robert Sproul and Commodore W.S. Parson during the Army-Navy E presentation

After World War II the Army-Navy E was presented to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory during special ceremonies held at Los Alamos, New Mexico. (L-R): J. Robert Oppenheimer, then director of the the Laboratory; General Leslie Groves, Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul, the president of the University of California; and Commodore W. S. Parson, associate Laboratory director. Since its inception in January, 1943, the Laboratory has been operated continuously by the University of California, first under contract to the U.S. Army and then later to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)., Credit Line: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: After World War II the Army-Navy E was presented to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory during special ceremonies held at Los Alamos, New Mexico. (L-R): J. Robert Oppenheimer, then director of the the Laboratory; General Leslie Groves, Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul, the president of the University of California; and Commodore W. S. Parson, associate Laboratory director. Since its inception in January, 1943, the Laboratory has been operated continuously by the University of California, first under contract to the U.S. Army and then later to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Subject(s): Signs (Notices)
Rites and ceremonies
Military personnel--American--USA
Laboratories
Portraits, Group
Los Alamos (N.M.)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970
Credit Line: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Oppenheimer J Robert D1