Sir Alexander Fleming receiving an honorary degree, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1945

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Photograph. Sir Alexander Fleming (left), the discoverer of penicillin, receiving an honorary degree from Dr. Thomas S. Gates (right), President of the University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Alfred Newton Richards looking on. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/14/45--Penicillin discoverer honoree--Sir Alexander Fleming (L), who discovered penicillin in 1928, receives an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from Dr. Thomas S. Gates (R), President of the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Dr. Alfred Newton Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research in the U.S., looks on. Sir Alexander, on a tour of the U.S. to study the use of penicillin is Professor of Bacteriology at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School at the University of London.--Acme photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority (List A out) 7118." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.”14 July 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.419
Date: 
07/14/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Rites & ceremonies--Pennsylvania
Academic costumes
Diplomas
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
Pennsylvania
Latitude: 
40.833
Longitude: 
-76.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Rites & ceremonies--Pennsylvania
Academic costumes
Diplomas