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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C205-19-63
President John F. Kennedy receives an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree during commencement exercises at American University. Left to right: Dr. Hurst R. Anderson, President of American University; Dr. Lois E. Torrence, University Registrar (congratulating President Kennedy); Reverend Warren H. Bright, Jr., Minister of Glenwood Methodist Church in Columbus, Ohio (seated in back); President Kennedy; Donald Derby, Dean of Administration; and Ralph C. John, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. John M. Reeves Athletic Center, American University, Washington, D.C.