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JFKWHP-KN-C29029
President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) views training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits scale a training structure using ropes and ladders at left. Also pictured: Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) observes training activities during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits climb training structures in background at right. Also pictured: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Senator Clair Engle (California).
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President John F. Kennedy (near center right) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center. Also pictured: Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; agents, Roy Kellerman and Toby Chandler; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29021
President John F. Kennedy (center right, arms folded) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center. Also pictured: Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; agent, Emory Roberts; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Senator Clair Engle (California); agent, Toby Chandler; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29020
President John F. Kennedy (left, wearing sunglasses) views training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits participate in physical fitness activities at right. Standing in group at left (left to right): White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; President Kennedy; unidentified (in back); Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade.
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JFKWHP-KN-C29018
Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (center left, standing under archway) speaks to President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) and others outside Pendleton Hall at the MCRD in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotels stands left of Colonel Day. Also pictured: Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Senator Clair Engle (California).
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President John F. Kennedy (left) and Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day (center), observe as a recruit receives a haircut in the barber shop of the MCRD in San Diego, California. Also pictured: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified recruit in the barber shop of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day, observes at center. Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands left of President Kennedy.
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President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) views a wall display at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; Gunnery Sergeant Riley Deshotel (right, back to camera) gestures towards the display. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day.
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President John F. Kennedy (right, descending stairs of Air Force One) shakes hands with Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, upon his arrival at Lindbergh Field in San Diego, California. Descending stairs behind President Kennedy (front to back): Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Senator Clair Engle (California); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien. Agent, Bob Lilley, stands at far left.
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Spectators sit in a reviewing stand during demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico; President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) sits at center under awning. A United States Army Honest John rocket is visible in the background. Also pictured: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range, General J. Frederick Thorlin; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough (Texas); Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina); Senator Edwin L. Mechem (New Mexico); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. [Notes: Blemishes at top of image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; Lt. Cdr. Carpenter; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby; Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom; Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (bottom left) stands with the seven astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Project Mercury, during the presentation ceremony of the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy. The astronauts are (L-R): Major Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom (in front), Commander Walter M. Schirra, Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper (in front), Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, and Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Jack Ready and Bill Payne; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; and National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the 1962 Robert J. Collier Trophy to astronauts Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, Major L. Gordon Cooper, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., Major Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Commander Walter M. Schirra, Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton. First row (L-R): Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; President of the National Aeronautic Association, Martin M. Decker; President Kennedy; and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Second row (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Cdr. Schirra; Cdr. Shepard; Maj. Cooper; Maj. Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn; Maj. Grissom; and Lt. Cdr. Carpenter. Third row (L-R): Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay (partially hidden); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (in back); Cdr. Schirra's wife, Jo Schirra; unidentified (in back); Maj. Slayton's wife, Marjorie Slayton; Lt. Col. Glenn's wife, Annie Glenn; Maj. Grissom's mother, Cecile Grissom (in back); Cdr. Shepard's wife, Louise Shepard; Maj. Grissom's father, Dennis Grissom (in back); Maj. Grissom's wife, Betty Grissom; Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico (in back); Lt. Cdr. Carpenter's wife, Rene Carpenter; and Maj. Cooper's wife, Trudy Cooper. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy meets with Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones, laughing) presents the award to 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). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (very back, partially hidden on edge of frame); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; 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 edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) shakes hands with 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); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands behind Mrs. Lyon. Standing in background: award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman (partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); 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. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy visits 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 Navy, Fred Korth; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs (very back, partially hidden); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (face obscured); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) attends the presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (right), reads the citation for award recipient and Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband) stands left of President Kennedy. Standing in background (L-R): astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); unidentified; 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 (in back); Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs (mostly hidden); award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks upon presenting the award to 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). Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands left of Mrs. Lyon; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back, mostly hidden); 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 (in back, partially hidden); award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (very back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); 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; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back, mostly hidden); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (in back); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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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). Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden on edge of frame); two unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (in back); New York Times photographer, George Tames; 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); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (in back); 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 (in back); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; 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; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas (in back, partially hidden); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg (center left), prior to presenting him with the award. Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (partially hidden), stands behind Dr. Gregg; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; unidentified; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; 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; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts of Alabama (mostly hidden); 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; Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center left), prior to presenting her with the award. Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze (mostly hidden), stands behind Dr. Kelsey; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr., stands at right in foreground. Standing in background (L-R): 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); New York Times photographer, George Tames; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (partially hidden); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (partially hidden); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; 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; Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (face obscured); Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas (in back, mostly hidden); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner (in back); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Special Consultant to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Roger W. Jones. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy and others listen as Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb (at microphones), delivers remarks. Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; 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; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (in back); award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman; Administrator of the HHFA, Robert C. Weaver; President Kennedy; Dr. Webb; Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg; Director of Research and Development for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown (in back, face obscured). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the award to Virginia Lyon (accepting on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory). Left to right: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Mrs. Lyon; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); President Kennedy; Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee (in back); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas (in back, partially hidden); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.