Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7233-B
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, upon presenting her with the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine). Left to right: Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; President Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers (in background); Mrs. French’s husband, Freeman G. French; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller; unidentified (in background). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.