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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-B
ST13, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-A
ST13, KN22
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23647
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23646
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Director of Manned Space Flight, D. Brainerd Holmes; Dean of Engineering at Rice University, Dr. Franz R. Brotzen; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agent, Joe Paolella. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23644
President John F. Kennedy (right, at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer. Also pictured: Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Dave Grant, Joe Paolella, Bob Burke, and Emory Roberts. Members of the press sit at left in background; spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23624
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (at lectern), delivers remarks at Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas; President John F. Kennedy (fourth from right) sits in front row on speakers' platform. Also pictured: Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23623
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Chairman of the National Aeronautics and Space Council (at lectern), delivers remarks at Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas; President John F. Kennedy (fourth from right) sits in front row on speakers' platform. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Representative George P. Miller (California); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-387-19-62
President John F. Kennedy (left) views a mock-up of an Apollo command module, during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, stands left of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; White House Secret Service agents, Ron Pontius and Rufus Youngblood. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23789
President John F. Kennedy (right, mostly hidden behind astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.) views space flight equipment during a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas; Lieutenant Colonel Glenn briefs President Kennedy. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in center with Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth, and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb. Also pictured: chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Charlie Kunkel. The President visited the Center as part of a two-day inspection tour of NASA field installations.