George B. Pegram: Compton Medalist

A good many people contributed to the establishment of the American Institute of Physics. Some of the genesis took place before 1930 in the minds of Dr. Paul D. Foote and the members of a committee of the Physical Society of which he was Chairman. I can’t begin to name all of those who were concerned, but I think everyone who had anything to do with starting the AIP recognizes that there were two men who played the principal original roles. One of these was Dr. Compton, and this occasion today memorializes the great contribution which he made. The other was Dean George B. Pegram. If Dr. Compton were with us now I am sure he would agree that we cannot possibly overstate Dean Pegram’s part in the planning, forming, and developing of the Institute.

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