Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-116-7-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (second from left, in front) officiates. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Assistant Executive Clerk Miller, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, Dr. James Perkins, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, John Cowles, President Kennedy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (mostly hidden), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.