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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-06-E
AR30, ST17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-06-C
AR30
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-I
President John F. Kennedy (behind lectern) presents the awards at the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Award recipient and President of the National Association for Retarded Children, John G. Fettinger, stands at left; Director of the Peace Corps and Executive Director of the Foundation, Sargent Shriver, stands at right. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7624-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with the recipients of the first Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation International Awards in Mental Retardation. Left to right: Director of the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children, Dr. Samuel A. Kirk; unidentified woman; Gwendolyn Fettinger; President of the National Association for Retarded Children, John G. Fettinger; President Kennedy; former professor of medicine of the University of Oslo, Dr. Asbjørn Følling; unidentified; Head of the Department of Microscopic Anatomy at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Murray L. Barr; Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, of the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) in France (partially hidden); Dr. Joe Hin Tjio, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and Inga Tjio. Unidentified persons may include: Ruth Barr and Winifred D. Kirk. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7624-A
President John F. Kennedy visits with the recipients of the first Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation International Awards in Mental Retardation. Left to right: Head of the Department of Microscopic Anatomy at the University of Western Ontario, Dr. Murray L. Barr; Director of the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children at the University of Illinois, Dr. Samuel A. Kirk; President of the National Association for Retarded Children, John G. Fettinger; President Kennedy; former professor of medicine of the University of Oslo, Dr. Asbjørn Følling; Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, of the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS) in France; Dr. Joe Hin Tjio, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.