American Ambassador Myron Charles Taylor receiving honorary degree from the University of Rome, Italy, June 1945

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Photograph. Myron Charles Taylor, American Ambassador to the Holy See/the Vatican and Pope Pius XII, receiving honorary degree from the University of Rome. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/7/45 -- U.S. envoy gets degree in Rome --“Myron C. Taylor (Second from left), Special U.S. envoy to the Vatican, is congratulated after receiving the honorary degree of doctor of economic and commercial sciences from the University of Rome, on June 6, 1945. Pictured are (left to right) Prof. Giuseppe Caronia, University President; Mr. Taylor; Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian Prime Minister, and Dr. Arangio Ruiz, Education Minister. The degree was presented in a ceremony at the University's great hall in Rome. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Taylor said that the honor conferred upon him was“"a symbol of the revival of the two countries as intellectual good neighbors." -- Stars and Stripes Photo -- Serviced by Rome OWI Full. Approved by appropriate military authority. 6635." Rome, Italy. 07 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.032
Date: 
06/07/1945
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Universities & colleges--Italy
Prime ministers--Italy
Graduation ceremonies--Italy
Ambassadors--American--Italy
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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.
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Roma
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41.900
Longitude: 
12.483
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Universities & colleges--Italy
Prime ministers--Italy
Graduation ceremonies--Italy
Ambassadors--American--Italy