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JFKWHP-ST-C360-6-63
After addressing the 13th annual convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, holding a bronze plaque) presents the association's Award of Merit to Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Dr. Richard L. Masland (center left, also holding the plaque). Standing right of President Kennedy (applauding): President of NARC, John G. Fettinger; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C360-11-63
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the 13th annual convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC). Seated at head table, right of President Kennedy (left to right): President of NARC, John G. Fettinger; unidentified; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; unidentified. Seated to the right of the President (right to left): Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Dr. Richard L. Masland; others are in shadow. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey, Floyd Boring, and Dick Johnsen. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C326-2-63
Representatives from the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER) present President John F. Kennedy with an award (on desk) for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. President Kennedy places next to the award a bronze figurine of Herakles purchased during his 1963 trip to Italy. Left to right: past president of AAHPER, Anita Aldrich; President Kennedy; President-Elect of AAHPER, Catherine Allen; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of AAHPER, Carl A. Troester, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy," and MO 63.6105, "Herakles Figurine"]
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JFKWHP-ST-C326-1-63
President John F. Kennedy receives an award from Anita Aldrich, past president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. AAHPER representatives standing right of President Kennedy include (L-R): President Ben W. Miller; President-Elect Catherine Allen; Executive Secretary-Treasurer Carl A. Troester, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy"]
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President John F. Kennedy presents the American Heart Association (AHA) “Heart of the Year” Award to Clarence B. Randall in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Donald Power, National Chairman of AHA; unidentified; Clarence B. Randall; President Kennedy.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the American Heart Association (AHA) “Heart of the Year” Award to Clarence B. Randall in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Donald Power, National Chairman of AHA; unidentified; Clarence B. Randall; President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-ST-75-4-61
Representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-75-3-61
Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen; White House Secret Service agent, Win Lawson.
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JFKWHP-ST-75-2-61
Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-75-1-61
Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the American Heart Association's "Heart of the Year" Award to retired Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Lauris Norstad. Left to right: National Campaign Chairman of the 1963 Heart Fund Campaign and Board Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, George Champion; President Kennedy; General Norstad (holding award plaque); President of the American Heart Association, James V. Warren. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7690-B
President John F. Kennedy (holding award plaque) presents the American Heart Association's "Heart of the Year" Award to retired Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Lauris Norstad (also holding plaque). Left to right: National Campaign Chairman of the 1963 Heart Fund Campaign and Board Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, George Champion; President Kennedy; General Norstad; President of the American Heart Association, James V. Warren. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (holding award plaque) presents the American Heart Association's "Heart of the Year" Award to retired Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Lauris Norstad. Left to right: National Campaign Chairman of the 1963 Heart Fund Campaign and Board Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, George Champion; President Kennedy; General Norstad; President of the American Heart Association, James V. Warren. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR8167-C
View of a bronze discus-thrower sculpture (left) awarded to President John F. Kennedy by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. The message on the plate reads: "To John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States, in appreciation of his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American Youth that they be fit to learn, fit to understand, to grow in grace and stature to fully live." On the right is a bronze figurine of Herakles purchased by President Kennedy during his 1963 trip to Italy. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy," and MO 63.6105, "Herakles Figurine"]
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JFKWHP-AR8167-B
President John F. Kennedy receives an award from Anita Aldrich, past president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy"]
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President John F. Kennedy receives an award from Anita Aldrich, past president of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER), for his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American youth. AAHPER representatives standing right of President Kennedy include (L-R): President Ben W. Miller; President-Elect Catherine Allen; Executive Secretary-Treasurer Carl A. Troester, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington D.C. [See also MO 63.2319, "Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy"]
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An unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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An unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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An unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6493-A
An unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.