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President John F. Kennedy (center left, at microphone) delivers remarks in the Rose Garden before presenting the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal to members of the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest. Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth, and National Geographic Society President, Melville B. Grosvenor, stand right of President Kennedy. Members of the team (standing behind the President) include: William Siri; Daniel Doody; Dave Dingman; Barry Corbet; Barry Bishop; Allen Auten; Maynard Miller; James Lester; Lute Jerstad; Tom Hornbein; Dick Pownall; and Richard Emerson. Those pictured in the crowd include National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Ambassador of Nepal, Matrika Prasad Koirala; Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru; and Vice-President for Research and Exploration at the National Geographic Society, Leonard Carmichael. White House Washington, D.C.
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View of ceremony for the presentation of the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal to the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest. President of the National Geographic Society, Melville B. Grosvenor (center, at the microphone), addresses attendees; President John F. Kennedy stands left of Grosvenor. Standing behind the President (lower edge of frame), left to right: William Siri; Daniel Doody; Dave Dingman; Barry Corbet; Barry Bishop; Allen Auten; Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth; and unidentified. Those pictured in the crowd include: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; Ambassador of Nepal, Matrika Prasad Koirala; Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru; and Vice-President for Research and Exploration at the National Geographic Society, Leonard Carmichael. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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Norman Dyhrenfurth (center, at microphones) speaks during the presentation of the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal; President John F. Kennedy presented the medal to the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest. (L-R) President of the National Geographic Society, Melville B. Grosvenor; Allen Auten; Dick Pownall (behind Auten); Tom Hornbein (partially hidden); Expedition Leader, Dyhrenfurth; Lute Jerstad; Barry Corbet; Dave Dingman; President Kennedy; Daniel Doody; and William Siri. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy stands with members of the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest; the President presented the team with the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal. (L-R) Unidentified White House Police officer; unidentified; President Kennedy; Allen Auten; Tom Hornbein; Dick Pownall (behind Hornbein); Barry Bishop; Barry Prather; Lute Jerstad; Barry Corbet; Dr. Gil Roberts (very back); Sherpa guide Girmi Dorje (partially hidden); Dave Dingman; Maynard Miller; Daniel Doody; unidentified; and William Siri. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Horizontal line across the top of the image is original to the file print.]
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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.