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1938 The Benjamin Franklin Memorial Institute Dedication Banquet Program

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  • Condition: has a fold and typical nicks but still quite good for it's age

    Description

    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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