Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23105
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson, prior to presenting him with the award; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (mostly hidden), stands behind Ambassador Thompson. Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (partially hidden); award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.