Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18512
Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. President John F. Kennedy observes. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; lawyer Oscar Cox; former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); former Senator William Benton of Connecticut; Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota; former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama (partially hidden by President Kennedy); Edward Barret of Columbia University’s School of Journalism (partially hidden by President Kennedy); Representative John J. Rooney of New York; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Rooney); and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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