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White House Photographs
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National Geographic Society (NGS) President, Melville B. Grosvenor (at microphones), speaks during the presentation of the NGS Hubbard Medal to members of the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest; President John F. Kennedy observes from right. (L-R) Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth; White House Secret Service agent Emory Roberts (very back); Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; Allen Auten (partially hidden by Grosvenor); Grosvenor; Tom Hornbein; Barry Bishop; Dick Pownall (very back, behind Gombu); Sherpa guide Nawang Gombu; Lute Jerstad; Barry Corbet; President Kennedy; Dave Dingman (partially hidden behind the President); Maynard Miller; Daniel Doody; unidentified; and William Siri. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.