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President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) stands with the seven astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury, during the presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The astronauts are (L-R): Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (in front), Commander Walter M. Schirra, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper (in front), Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, and Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; and Commander Forrest S. Petersen. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Standing right of the trophy, front row (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (partially hidden); Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Back row (L-R): Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra (partially hidden); unidentified; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard (face obscured); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper (partially hidden); and White House Secret Service agent, Bill Payne (behind Lt. Cdr. Carpenter). Others are unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy receives a gift of an American flag from astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (right); Lt. Col. Glenn carried the flag in his space suit during his orbital flight aboard Mercury-Atlas 6, also known as Friendship 7. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, stands in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, mostly hidden behind astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.) views space flight equipment during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Lieutenant Colonel Glenn briefs President Kennedy. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in center with Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Charlie Kunkel. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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President John F. Kennedy views space flight equipment during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (center left), briefs President Kennedy; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, stands at left. Also pictured: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Associate Administrator of NASA, Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr.; Representative George P. Miller (California); Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy presents the award to Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth. Left to right: Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); astronauts Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Dr. Gilruth; Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) shakes hands with Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, upon presenting him with the award. Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (partially hidden on edge of frame); Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); astronauts Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with award recipients at the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Left to right (in foreground): Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; President Kennedy; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman. Standing in background (L-R): New York Times photographer, George Tames (partially hidden on edge of frame); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back, mostly hidden); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (mostly hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (face obscured); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (partially hidden); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado (mostly hidden); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) attends the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (right), reads the citation for award recipient and Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband) stands left of President Kennedy. Standing in background (L-R): astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); unidentified; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (in back); Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs (mostly hidden); award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks upon presenting the award to Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory). Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands left of Mrs. Lyon; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back, mostly hidden); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (in back, partially hidden); award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back, mostly hidden); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (in back); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the award to Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson (center); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, stands left of Ambassador Thompson. Standing in background (L-R): New York Times photographer, George Tames (partially hidden on far edge of frame); award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark (face obscured); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy stands at microphones after presenting the award to Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (center, shaking hands with astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr.). Left to right: award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; unidentified White House Police officer (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Commander Shepard; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (in back, partially hidden); astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Dr. Gilruth; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (in back); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark (face obscured); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov (second from right) and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left). Interpreter Ivan Shklyar stands at far right; interpreter Walter Skuby stands behind Colonel Glenn (mostly hidden). West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov (second from right) and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left). Interpreter Ivan Shklyar stands at far right. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov (second from right). American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. stands at left. Interpreter Ivan Shklyar stands at far right. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. visit the White House. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Major Titov; Colonel Glenn; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (back to camera); interpreters Walter Skuby and Ivan Shklyar; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov (second from right) and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left). Interpreter Ivan Shklyar stands at far right. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. visit the White House. Left to right: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Major Titov; Colonel Glenn; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; interpreters Walter Skuby and Ivan Shklyar. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. visit the White House. Left to right: Interpreter Walter Skuby; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Colonel Glenn; Major Titov; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Soviet Ambassador to the United States, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits with Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov (right) and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left). West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.