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President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) greets 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) President of the National Geographic Society, Melville B. Grosvenor; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington; President Kennedy; Dick Pownall; Tom Hornbein; Barry Bishop; Barry Prather (very back, behind Bishop); Lute Jerstad; Barry Corbet; Dr. Gil Roberts (partially hidden, behind Corbet); Dave Dingman; James Lester (partially hidden, behind Dingman); Daniel Doody; unidentified; and William Siri. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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President John F. Kennedy presents members of the first American expedition team to summit Mount Everest with the National Geographic Society’s Hubbard Medal. (L-R) President of the National Geographic Society, Melville B. Grosvenor; Senator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington (very back); Expedition Leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth; Richard Emerson (partially hidden); Barry Bishop; Dick Pownall (very back, wearing glasses); Lute Jerstad (motioning toward the President); Sherpa guide Nawang Gombu (behind Jerstad); Barry Prather (behind Gombu); Sherpa guide Girmi Dorje (right of Gombu); Jim Whittaker (behind Dorje); President Kennedy (wearing scarf, or “kata,” presented to him by Gombu); James Lester; Dave Dingman; Maynard Miller; Daniel Doody; and unidentified. White House Secret Service agent Emory Roberts stands at far left in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.5141, “Kata”]