Seven men in suits are engaged in discussion. They are standing in a formal conference room. Iowa State University President, William Robert Parks is standing fourth from the left.
Chemical Engineering Professor W.E. Galligan, Ralph H. Suebbers, (graduate student) and Dr. Max Levine (Bacteriology) examine clay rings (produced in Ceramic Engineering Laboratory) for sewage-treatment filters as part of a general station study).
Professor Burnet stands in the back row with five older men wearing ribbons that say ""Fiftieth"" by the Four Seasons Fountain with the Campanile in the background.