American Education Delegation en Route to Japan | University of Illinois Archives

Caption on reverse of image reads: "Hamilton Field, Calif.--Four members of an American education delegation on the steps of an Air Transport Command Skymaster preparatory to taking off for Tokyo. Top to bottom, Chairman George Stoddard, president-elect of the University of Illinois and present New York State Commissioner of Education; Mrs. Pearl Wannamaker, Washington State superintendent of public instruction; Wilson M. Compton, new president of Washington State college; and Gordon T. Bowles, of the State Department's Division of Occupied Areas, who is Far Eastern Adviser to the educators."

Found in RS: 39/2/20, Box PRE - 10, Folder PRE - 10, Stoddard, 1945-46

Official Photo: U.S. Army Air Force, Base Photo Laboratory, Hamilton field, California.

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