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.