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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) and others listen as Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (far right), reads the citation for award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center left). Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (very back, mostly hidden); award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (mostly hidden); astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman (partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (mostly hidden on far edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with award recipients at the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Left to right (in foreground): Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; President Kennedy; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (mostly hidden); astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the HHFA, Robert C. Weaver (partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (partially hidden); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee) after signing the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Left to right: unidentified stenographer (seated, mostly hidden on edge of frame); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Kefauver; President Kennedy (seated at desk); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after signing the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Left to right: unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Kelsey; Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back, partially hidden); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Drug Industry Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): unidentified stenographer (seated); Senator Thomas J. Dodd (Connecticut); Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Commissioner of the FDA, George P. Larrick; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen (in back); Senator Olin D. Johnston (South Carolina); Representative Leo W. O'Brien (New York); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.