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James Bryant Conant

(Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978)

This is an image of Harvard University President James Byant Conant cropped from a larger image showing Conant receiving the Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster from President Harry S Truman. Dr. Vannevar Bush also appears in the original photo. According to the information from the Truman Library and President Museum accompanying the original image, the picture was taken by Abbie Rowe of the National Park Service, which places it in the public domain. The Truman Library information acknowledges the usage status of the image as

James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Conant obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard in 1916. (From Wikipedia)

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Perkins, Dexter, 1889-1984

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A statement concerning President Conant's annual report. ([Cambridge, 1938), by Harvard Teachers Union (Harvard University) (page images at HathiTrust)
Two educators: Hutchins and Conant. (Regnery Co., 1948), by Oliver Martin (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by James Bryant Conant:

Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978, contrib.: The Story of U.S. Foreign Policy (with "Our Future in the Atomic Age" by Conant; Headline Series #90; New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1951), by Dexter Perkins (multiple formats at archive.org)

Additional books by James Bryant Conant in the extended shelves:

Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: The 300th anniversary fund : to strengthen the life of the University and increase the national scope of its usefulness (Harvard University Press, 1935), also by Harvard University (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: The American high school today: (McGraw-Hill, 1959) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: The citadel of learning. (Yale University Press, 1956) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: The education of American teachers. (McGraw-Hill, 1963) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Organic chemistry; a brief introductory course. (Macmillan, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Organic chemistry; a brief introductory course (The Macmillan Company, 1930) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Organic chemistry; a brief introductory course (The Macmillan company, 1934), also by Max Tishler (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Our new partner - the Federal Republic of Germany. [Text of address before the Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois, June 20, 1955. (Dept. of State, 1955), also by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Practical chemistry : fundamental facts and applications to modern life (Macmillan, 1920), also by Newton Henry Black (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Recommendations for education in the junior high school years; a memorandum to school boards. (Educational Testing Service, 1960) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Slums and suburbs; a commentary on schools in metropolitan areas. (McGraw-Hill, 1961) (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Summary technical report of Division 9 [chemistry] NDRC (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, 1996), also by United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Vannevar Bush, W. R. Kirner, and Columbia University. Division of War Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978: Summary technical report of the National Defense Research Committee. (s.n., 1946), also by United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, Vannevar Bush, and Columbia University. Division of War Research (page images at HathiTrust)

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