Award for Leadership in Improving Fitness of American Youth to President Kennedy
Artifact IDMO 63.2319
Object Type
Award
Date
1963
Gifter
Carl A. Troester, Jr.
Medium
metal; bronze; wood
DimensionsOverall H 13 in x W 7 in x D 7 in (33 cm x 17.8 cm x 17.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionBronze figure of a discus thrower on wooden base. Presented by American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 1963. Designed by Professor Joseph Brown of Princeton University. Brass plate engraved on base reads: To John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the Unites States, in appreciation of his distinguished leadership in improving the health and fitness of American Youth that they be fit to learn, fit to understand, to grow in grace and stature to fully live.
Additional DetailsCustodial History NoteItem was a gift from a member of the general public to the President and Mrs. Kennedy received by the Executive Office of the President betwen 1961-1963 and held by the General Service Administration until it was donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy in 1965.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesKennedy Administration Collection 1960-1963 (National Archives Identifier 1676959)
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