Educators

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman on the right standing next to Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky who is seen presenting Harriman a gift. Mr. Petrovsky at the time of the photograph was rector of Moscow University. Inscription on back of photograph reads: "Rector Petrovski of Moscow University presenting Gov. Harriman commemorative medal at Moscow University." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in the center. The man on the right of Harriman is Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky, rector of Moscow University at the time. Both are standing by a group of American students. Inscription on back of photograph reads: "Gov. Harriman and Rector Petrovski chatting with American students now studying at Moscow University." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (left) speaks to Father Timothy Healy, President of Georgetown University, in an office.

Left to right: Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Senior Director of the United Nations Trusteeship Council; Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Ambassador of India; Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President of Howard University at Howard University. Bunche, Pandit, and Chapman received honorary Doctors of Law degrees during the commencement ceremony.

From left to right, General Omar N. Bradley, President Harry S. Truman, and Karl T. Compton, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They are attending the Jubilee Convocation of the United States Military Academy Sesquicentennial at West Point, New York.

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) speaks at a dinner in Howard University's Frazier Hall for the honorary degree recipients from the 1949 Commencement. Also pictured: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the United States and Mexico (fourth from left); and Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President, Howard University (fourth from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (left), Senior Director of the United Nations Trusteeship Council, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Dr. Mordecai Johnson (right), President of Howard University in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (left), Indian Ambassador to the United States and Mexico, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Also pictured: Dr. Mordecai Johnson, President, Howard University (right); and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated, front row, right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left) receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Dr. Mordecai Johnson (right), President of Howard University. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

The faculty and faculty advisors of the basic educational school at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Standing l to r: (1st row) Mrs. Edith Jones, Mrs. Dorothy B. Robinson, and Mrs. Virginia F. Hightower. (second row) Captain Leroy H. Woodson, Mrs. Kathryn P. Covington, Miss Juanita Y. Grimes, Lieutenant Richard M. Lee, Major Fowlee, and Mrs. B.P. Millender. (third row) Captain Osceola Thorton, Captain Harry S. Davis, Captain Thomas T. Robinson, Captain Earl Alfred, Lieutenant William D. Curtis, and Mr. Richard Ware.