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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7530-E
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.