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JFKWHP-ST-C360-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated in foreground, out of focus) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Standing in background (left to right): unidentified (partially hidden on edge of frame); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger (wearing bow tie); Gwendolyn Fettinger; unidentified (in back); Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad (wearing bow tie); unidentified (in back); Representative John E. Fogarty (Rhode Island); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; unidentified (in back); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7543-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: Small, circular tear at upper right corner is original to the file print.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7543-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7543-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-490-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) hands a pen to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Also pictured: Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-476-4-63
President John F. Kennedy (in background) hands a pen to his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation), after signing the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Standing in group at left: Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Dr. Richard L. Masland (in front of window); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Standing in group with President Kennedy and Mrs. Shriver: President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Representative John E. Fogarty (Rhode Island); Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren. Photographers film at right. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: Light scratching in lower and upper portions of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-476-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Those standing around table include (beginning at far left): Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Deputy Special Counsel to the President, Myer Feldman. Motion picture photographers film at far right. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-476-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) delivers remarks at the signing of the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Those standing around table include (beginning at far left): Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Eugene J. Keogh (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger; Gwendolyn Fettinger; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8206-D
President John F. Kennedy (seated at table) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Looking on (left to right): Senator Vance Hartke (Indiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; unidentified (in back); Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Representative Albert Thomas of Texas (in back, partially obscured by flag); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); two unidentified (in back); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); two unidentified (in back); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); five unidentified; President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger (wearing bow tie); Gwendolyn Fettinger; unidentified; Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad (wearing bow tie); two unidentified (in back); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7543-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.