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1938 The Benjamin Franklin Memorial Institute Dedication Banquet Program
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Given the list of attendees that were identified as the "Head" of table I presume this seating list was likely a who's who of dignitaries from the political and especially scientific community at the time. I have identified the "heads" below. It does not say if was for the Franklin Memorial but I am almost sure that this is what it was for as the memorial was opened in 1938.Mrs. Edward Bok, wife of deceased Pulitzer prize winner
William Guggenheim of the famous family
Former US President Herbert Hoover
Sir James C. Irwin, an Australian Architect
Louis Martin, an African American Newspaper Publisher
H. G. Lewis (not found)
Dr. Thomas H. and Isabel Morgan Nobel prize winner in biology
Dr. William Frederick Durand Navy Engineer headed the precursor to NASA
Dr. George D. Birkoff famous Mathematician
Roland S. Morris Pennsylvania Politician
Dr. Forest R. and Barbara Moulton famous astronomer and mathematician
Dr. Charles A. Kraus Famous Chemist
George Wharton Pepper and Alice Pennsylvania Senator
Dr. Henry Butler Allen Author on Benjamin Franklin
Honorable Josephus Daniels Former Sec. of the Navy and current Amb. to Mexico
Dr. Harvey N. Davis President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dr. Arthur L. Day Geophysicist and Vulcanologist
Held at the Bellvue-Stratford Hotel on May 21st, 1938. The program measures 6 x 10.5 inches.
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