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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Also pictured: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche; Dr. William B. Shockley, of the Clevite Corporation; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; biochemist from Princeton University, Dr. Edward C. Kendall; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; Lecturer in Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, Dr. William P. Murphy; chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; rheumatologist with the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Philip S. Hench; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Chen Ning Yang; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Felix Bloch; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); Executive Secretary Emeritus of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Dr. Clarence E. Pickett; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Severo Ochoa; and Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Linus Pauling. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21355
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Also pictured: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche; Dr. William B. Shockley, of the Clevite Corporation; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; biochemist from Princeton University, Dr. Edward C. Kendall; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; Lecturer in Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, Dr. William P. Murphy; chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; rheumatologist with the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Philip S. Hench; physicist from Fordham University, Dr. Victor F. Hess; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Chen Ning Yang; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; biochemist from the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Edward L. Tatum; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Felix Bloch; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. William F. Giauque; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Willard F. Libby; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); physiologist from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons at Bellevue Hospital, Dr. André F. Cournand; Executive Secretary Emeritus of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Dr. Clarence E. Pickett; Dr. Walter H. Brattain, of the Bell Laboratories at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T); physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Donald A. Glaser; and Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Linus Pauling. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21354
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Also pictured: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche; Dr. William B. Shockley, of the Clevite Corporation; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; biochemist from Princeton University, Dr. Edward C. Kendall; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; physicist from Fordham University, Dr. Victor F. Hess; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; rheumatologist with the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Philip S. Hench; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Felix Bloch; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); Executive Secretary Emeritus of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Dr. Clarence E. Pickett; and Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Linus Pauling. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C21353
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Also pictured: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche; Dr. William B. Shockley, of the Clevite Corporation; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; biochemist from Princeton University, Dr. Edward C. Kendall; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; Lecturer in Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, Dr. William P. Murphy; chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; physicist from Fordham University, Dr. Victor F. Hess; rheumatologist with the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Philip S. Hench; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. William F. Giauque; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); Executive Secretary Emeritus of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Dr. Clarence E. Pickett; Dr. Walter H. Brattain, of the Bell Laboratories at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T); and Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Linus Pauling. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Damage across top of image is original to the negative.]
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Members of the United States Air Force Strolling Strings (right) perform in the Entrance Hall of the White House, Washington, D.C., as guests gather in Cross Hall at a dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere. Also pictured: Nobel Prize-winning physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; Jeannette Hui-Chun Chin Lee; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; and Special Assistant to the President, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Guests gather in the Entrance Hall of the White House, Washington, D.C., at a dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere. Those pictured include: Nobel Prize-winning physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Chen Ning Yang; Chih Li Tu Yang; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Director of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Alan T. Waterman; Nobel Prize-winning chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Ethel Kennedy; Nobel Prize-winning physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; and Jeannette Hui-Chun Chin Lee.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center) visits with Nobel Prize-winning poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse), at a dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere; President John F. Kennedy stands at far left. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Severo Ochoa; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; and Dr. Walter H. Brattain, of the Bell Laboratories at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). Also pictured: First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center right) visits with Nobel Prize-winning poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse), at a dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere; President John F. Kennedy (mostly hidden on edge of frame) stands at far left. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Severo Ochoa; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; Dr. Walter H. Brattain, of the Bell Laboratories at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T); and physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Donald A. Glaser. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Also pictured: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche; Dr. William B. Shockley, of the Clevite Corporation; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; biochemist from Princeton University, Dr. Edward C. Kendall; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Felix Bloch; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Edward A. Doisy; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); and Executive Secretary Emeritus of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Dr. Clarence E. Pickett. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.