Gallery 20: Harry Rubin, Max Delbrück, Rene Cohen, Matt Meselson, and Frank Stahl

The annual "degree granting" party of Max Delbrück's phage group held in the house shared by Meselson and Stahl at Caltech. (L-R) Harry Rubin, Max Delbrück, Rene Cohen, Matt Meselson, Frank Stahl.

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