General Advisory Committee

(Original Caption) The General Advisory Committee. Washington, DC: The General Advisory Committee to the United States Atomic Energy Commission, created by the Atomic Energy Act, met in Washington, today. They are to meet with the 5-man commission and "advise on scientific and technical matters relating to materials, production, research, and development". Photo made at the War Department, shows left to right, (seated): Professor Enrico Fermi, University of Chicago; Professor Glenn T. Seabors, University of California; Hartley Rowe, Vice President, United Fruit Company; James B. Conant, President, Harvard University; (standing in back): Hood Worthington, chemical engineer; E.I. Dupont and Company; Cyril Stanley Smith, University of Chicago; and Professor I.I. Rabi, Columbia University.