Photograph
White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy attends convocation at the University of Maine, Orono; President Kennedy received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the ceremony. Also pictured on platform: Registrar and Director of Student Services, George H. Crosby; Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. H. Austin Peck; trustee W. Gordon Robertson; Senator Edmund S. Muskie (Maine); Dean of the College of Education, Dr. Mark R. Shibles; trustee Kermit S. Nickerson; President of the General Student Senate, Lowell T. Sherwood, Jr.; Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Joseph M. Murray; trustee Hubert H. Hauck; Dean of the College of Agriculture, Winthrop C. Libby. Alumni Memorial Athletic Field, Orono, Maine.