Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

President Harry S. Truman, center, presenting Dr. James B. Conant, at right, with the Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. Dr. Vannevar Bush stands watching at left.

President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Vannevar Bush and members of the National Defense Research Committee. Seated are Dr. James Conant, President of Harvard University; President Truman; and Dr. Alfred N. Richards, Head of Office of Scientific Research and Development. Standing are Dr. Karl T. Compton, President of MIT; Dr. Lewis H. Weed, National Academy of Sciences; Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development; Dr. Frank B. Jewett, New York; Dr. J. C. Hunsaker, MIT; Dr. Roger Adams, University of Illinois; Dr. A. Baird Hastings, Harvard Medical School; and Dr. A. R.

Prime Minister Nehru makes an inspection of Harvard Library. Walking from left: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Harvard President James B. Conant. From album "Visit of his Excellency Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India to the United States of America"

The Prime Minister and his family relax with the Conants. From left: Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, President of Harvard James B. Conant, Grace (Mrs. James B.) Conant, Madam Vijaya Pandit. From album, "Visit of his Excellency Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India to the United States of America"

President James B. Conant of Harvard shows a building model to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. From left to right, President of Harvard James B. Conant, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru From album "Visit of his Excellency Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India to the United States of America"

Interior view of five men seated at a table with steins, pretzels and an American flag. James B. Conant, United States High Commissioner to Germany, is facing in the center with diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer is to the right of him. Mr. Thayer was U.S. General Consul in Munich, Germany at the time. Location is Munich's Hofbrauhaus taken during a visit to Bavaria.

Interior view, unknown German location (Munich?) with United States Ambassador to Germany James Conant, fourth from the left, and diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer, third from the left. Conant was U.S. High Commissioner and Ambassador to Germany from 1953-1957. From 1949-1953, Thayer was political liaison officer for the U.S. High Commissioner and later consul general in Munich. Others in photograph not identified.