Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-312-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers an address to attendees of the National Convention of the National Council of Senior Citizens at the Willard Hotel, Washington D.C. On stage (L-R): Council Vice President, Burt Garnett; three unidentified men; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Anthony J. Celebrezze; Senator Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. of Indiana; Director of Special Projects for the Council, Lawrence A. Oxley; Council Chairman, John Fitzpatrick; President Kennedy; two unidentified; Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan A. Nestingen; three unidentified. To the left of the stage are (L-R): White House Secret Service agents Ron Pontius; Ken Giannoules; Roy Kellerman; Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey. Standing among the crowd at right is National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe.