A. Ray Olpin, University of Utah president

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Title A. Ray Olpin, University of Utah president
Photo Number A-Fa.Olpin.
Description Portrait of A. Ray Olpin, president of the University of Utah from 1946 to 1964
Date 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964
Textual Date Circa 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Keywords Utah; University of Utah; Portraits; Men; Education
Subject Olpin, Albert Ray, 1898-1983--Photographs; University of Utah--Presidents--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah)
Additional Information Albert Ray Olpin was the president of the University of Utah from 1946 to 1964 and led the university during a period of enormous growth and progress. President Olpin graduated from Brigham Young University and received a Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University. He then worked at Bell Laboratories where he conducted research that led to the first television broadcast. He directed research departments at Kendall Mills in North Carolina and at Ohio State University. In 1946 he became the president of the University of Utah.
Collection Number and Name P0305 University of Utah Archives Photograph Collection - A-Fa. Presidents
Collection Name U of U Presidents
Original Source N/A
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s6cn7v1x
Setname uum_map
ID 980508
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cn7v1x
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