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...know how Smilin' Jack was doing. Famed as a scientist and educator, he carried a heavy load, but no man could have carried it with greater grace or a lighter heart. Last week, in paying tribute to him on a special broadcast from Boston, his successor, James R. Killian Jr., mentioned his achievements only in passing. Far more important to Killian was Compton himself, "emanating goodness and wisdom . . . and engendering a spirit of good will among all coming within his influence...
...James R. Killian, president of M.I.T., and five Gordon McKay Professors in various science fields here also spoke at the ceremony. The exercises began in the adjacent Pierce Hall before moving to the new building...
Exercises will open with a convocation in adjacent Peirce Hall, with Professor John H. Van Vleck Dean of Applied Science, presiding. Remarks by James R. Killian, president of M.I.T., will close the ceremony...
...Killian paid tribute to Cambridge for "its benign influence on three such great institutions as Harvard, M.I.T. and Radcliffe, permitted to flourish here...
Pusey's remarks were delivered at an informal dinner given for him and James R. Killian, Jr., president of M.I.T., and administrators of the two institutions by Mayor John J. Foley and the Cambridge City Council, at the Hotel Commander...