New President of Norwich University Inaugurated. Porter H. Adams of Thetford, Vt., became the 16th president of Norwich University at Northfield, Vermont October 22. Many prominent educators and state officials attended the inauguration of the internationally prominent aviation enthusiast and official. Adams, a former president of the National Aeronautic Association, and a state representative, rose from a sick bed to take the oath of office. Left to right, front row: Vannevar Bush, vice-president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Porter H. Adams; Governor Stanley C. Wilson; back row: Dr. Allan W. Rowe; director of research at Evans Memorial Hospital, Boston; Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Boston, representing Harvard; and Edward M. Lewis, president of the University of New Hampshire.

Associated Press · [ca. October 1934]

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