Members of the Advisory Committee of scientists directing arrangements for the National Geographic Society - U.S. Army Air Force Stratosphere Flight

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4758]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1934

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4758

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Summary

Members of the Advisory Committee of scientists directing arrangements for the National Geographic Society - U.S. Army Air Force Stratosphere Flight, 1934. Standing left to right: Dr. William George Brombacher (b. 1891), Mr. E. R. Weaver, and Dr. Fred Loomis Mohler (b. 1893), all of U.S. National Bureau of Standards; George W. Hutchison, Secretary, National Geographic Society; Captain Raymond Stanton Patton (1882-1937), Director, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Dr. Floyd Karker Richtmyer (1881-1939), Dean, Graduate School at Cornell University and Member of Research Council, National Academy of Sciences; and Dr. William Francis Gray Swann (1884-1962), Director, Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Seated left to right: Dr. Frederick Vernon Coville (1867-1937), U.S. Department of Agriculture; Major William Ellsworth Kepner (1893-1982), U.S. Army Air Corps; Dr. Lyman James Briggs (1874-1963), Chairman, Director, U.S. National Bureau of Standards; Captain Albert William Stevens (1886-1949), U.S. Army Air Corps; Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor (1875-1966), President, National Geographic Society; and Dr. Charles Frederick Marvin (1858-1943), former Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau. The committee was advising on the project that resulted in launch of the "Explorer" hydrogen balloon on July 28, 1934.

Subject

  • Brombacher, W. G (William George) 1891-
  • Weaver, E. R
  • Mohler, F. L (Fred Loomis) 1893-
  • Hutchison, George W
  • Patton, R. S (Raymond Stanton) 1882-1937
  • Richtmyer, F. K (Floyd Karker) 1881-1939
  • Swann, W. F. G (William Francis Gray) 1884-1962
  • Coville, Frederick V (Frederick Vernon) 1867-1937
  • Kepner, William E. 1893-1982
  • Briggs, Lyman J (Lyman James) 1874-1963
  • Stevens, A. W (Albert William) 1886-1949
  • Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey 1875-1966
  • Marvin, Charles F (Charles Frederick) 1858-1943
  • National Geographic Society (U.S.)
  • United States Army Air Corps
  • United States National Bureau of Standards
  • U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Cornell University
  • National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
  • National Research Council (U.S.)
  • Bartol Research Foundation
  • Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • United States Weather Bureau

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4758

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1934

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Topic

  • Balloons (Aircraft)
  • Aeronautics
  • Ballooning

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4758]

Physical description

Photographic prints

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