Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Universities and colleges

Universities and colleges

President Truman receives report from President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training

Chairman Karl T. Compton (second from left) gives President Harry S. Truman (seated) the report of the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training at the White House as other members of the commission look on. Left to right, standing; The Rev. Edmund Walsh, vice-President of Georgetown University in Washington; Chairman Karl T. Compton, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Judge Samuel Rosenman, former special counsel to the President; Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, industrial relations consultant; Truman K. Gibson, Jr., lawyer; and Dr.

President Harry S. Truman Receiving Honorary Degree from University of Kansas City

President Harry S. Truman (center) walks with Dr. Clarence R. Decker (on Truman's left), President of the University of Kansas City, and others to the stage in the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium where the President will speak and be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Kansas City. Directly behind Dr. Decker is Naval aide Captain James K. Vardaman, Jr. The other people are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Speaks at the University of California at Berkeley

President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks to the graduating class of the University of California at Berkeley. In his speech, he discussed world affairs, the Soviet Union, and their action in the United Nations. Others in the background are unidentified. From: The album, "The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States," Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy, donor.