Creator:

Harris & Ewing  Search this

Subject:

Sparre, Fin 1879-1944  Search this

Jones, Webster N  Search this

Feiker, Frederick M (Frederick Morris) 1881-1967  Search this

Langner, Lawrence 1890-1962  Search this

Davis, Watson 1896-1967  Search this

Zeder, Frederick Morrell  Search this

Coe, Conway P  Search this

Kettering, Charles Franklin 1876-1958  Search this

Midgley, Thomas 1889-1944  Search this

Coolidge, William David 1873-1975  Search this

National Inventors Council (U.S.)  Search this

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company  Search this

Carnegie Institute of Technology  Search this

George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science  Search this

Science Service  Search this

Chrysler Corporation  Search this

United States Patent Office  Search this

General Motors Corporation Research Laboratories  Search this

Ethyl Corporation  Search this

General Electric Company Research Laboratory  Search this

Physical description:

Gelatin silver prints

Type:

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1940

August 6, 1940

Summary:

Participants in the first meeting of the National Inventors Council, August 6, 1940. Standing left to right: Dr. Fin Sparre (1879-1944), Director of Research, Du Pont Corporation; Dr. Webster N. Jones, Dean of Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology; Frederick Morris Feiker (1881-1967), Dean, George Washington University School of Engineering; patent attorney Lawrence Langner (1890-1962); Watson Davis (1896-1967), Director of Science Service. Seated left to right: Frederick Morrell Zeder, vice-president, Chrysler Corporation; Conway P. Coe, U.S. Patent Commissioner; Dr. Charles Franklin Kettering (Chairman of Council), President, General Motors Research Corporation; Dr. Thomas Midgley (1889-1944), vice-president, Ethyl Gasoline Corporation; Dr. William David Coolidge, Director of General Electric Research Laboratories.

Cite as:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4787

Repository Loc.:

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Topic:

Inventors  Search this

Engineering  Search this

Local number:

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4787]

Restrictions & Rights:

No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu

Copyright Not Evaluated

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_397899