Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8032-E
President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) walks to the speakers' platform before addressing a group of American Field Service (AFS) students gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. U.S. Deputy Chief of Protocol, William J. Tonesk, and Director General of the AFS, Stephen Galatti, walk behind President Kennedy. Standing in back (left to right): White House Secret Service agent, Bill Payne; Ambassador of Malaya, Omar Ong Yoke Lin; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Ambassador of Australia, Sir Howard Beale; Ambassador of the Netherlands, Dr. Jan Herman van Roijen; three unidentified persons; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore (in back); First Secretary of the Embassy of Iceland, Ingvi S. Ingvarsson (very back); Ambassador of Cambodia, Nong Kimny (in front, wearing sunglasses); Ambassador of South Africa, Dr. Willem C. Naudé (in back); two unidentified persons (including one in back); Ambassador of Greece Alexander A. Matsas (mostly hidden, over the President's shoulder); unidentified; Ambassador of Guatemala, Dr. Carlos García Bauer; unidentified (in back); Minister of the Embassy of Pakistan, Mohammed Masood; Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn. Students stand behind a rope barrier at left; the Executive Office Building is visible in the background.