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Biographical Profiles

Ready Reference: Biographical Profiles

JFKWHP-AR6613-G (crop): Jerome B. Wiesner, Robert S. McNamara, and Lyndon B. Johnson at Cabinet Meeting, 25 May 1961

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Below are selected biographical profiles of Kennedy Administration officials and staff, and other notable contemporary individuals. For more information please contact Kennedy.Library@nara.gov or 617.514.1629. Have a research question? Ask an Archivist!

  • JFKWHP-KN-18640 (crop): First Lady’s Social Secretary Letitia Baldrige, 25 August 1961
    Letitia Baldrige
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  • Harry S. Truman Presidential Library (source): David E. Bell (crop), Director, Bureau of the Budget (1961-1962), undated
    David E. Bell
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  • Source/Copyright Unknown: Arthur "Art" Buchwald (crop), undated
    Arthur "Art" Buchwald
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  • JFKWHP-AR6295-2S (crop): Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, 25 January 1961
    McGeorge Bundy
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  • Source/Copyright Unknown: Fidel Castro (crop), undated
    Fidel Castro
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  • JFKWHP-AR6448-A (crop):  President Kennedy with Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Anthony J. Celebrezze, 22 March 1961
    Anthony Celebrezze
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  • JFKWHP-AR7860 (crop):  President Kennedy Speaks at Unveiling Ceremony of the Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Stamp (Pictured: Postmaster General J. Edward Day), 1 May 1963
    J. Edward Day
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  • PX 86-8 Dillon (crop): C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury (1961-1965), undated
    C. Douglas Dillon
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  • JFKWHP-KN-C17212 (crop): President Kennedy Attends Swearing-In Ceremony for Under Secretary of the Navy Paul “Red” Fay, 24 February 1961
    Paul "Red" Fay
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  • JFKWHP-AR6295-R (crop): Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer "Mike" Feldman, 25 January 1961
    Myer "Mike" Feldman
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  • PX-86-8 (crop): Orville L. Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture (1961-1969), undated
    Orville Freeman
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  • PX-82-5-JKG1961 (crop): John Kenneth Galbraith, Ambassador to India, 1961.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
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  • JFKWHP-KN-C17531 (crop): President Kennedy Meets with Alex Rose and Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg (Pictured: Arthur Goldberg), 13 April 1961
    Arthur Goldberg
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  • Wisconsin Historical Society (source): John A. Gronouski (crop), United States Postmaster General (1963-1965), undated
    John A. Gronouski
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  • JFKWHP-KN-20384-A (crop): Swearing-in Ceremony for August Heckscher, Special Consultant on the Arts, 8 March 1962
    August Heckscher
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  • JFKWHP-AR6966-B (crop): President Kennedy Meets with Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of West Germany (Pictured: President Kennedy and Walter Heller, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors), 8 January 1962
    Walter Heller
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  • JFKWHP-KN-18592 (crop): President Kennedy Meets with North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford (Pictured: President Kennedy and Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges), 22 August 1961
    Luther H. Hodges
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  • PX-78-44 (crop): Deputy Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, c. 1961.
    Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach
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  • MIT News Office (source): Carl Kaysen, Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (1961-1963), undated
    Carl Kaysen
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  • PX 2006-114 (crop): Burke Marshall, United States Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, undated
    Burke Marshall
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  • JFKWHP-ST-130-1-61 (crop): Presidential Assistant John J. McNally with Congressman John Lesinski, Jr. (Michigan) (Pictured: John J. McNally), 26 May 1961
    John J. "Jack" McNally
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  • JFKWHP-ST-A5-20-61: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, 12 October 1961
    Robert McNamara
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  • Harry S. Truman Presidential Library (source): Richard Neudstadt (crop), Advisor to President Kennedy, undated
    Richard Neustadt
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  • JFKWHP-AR6295-O (crop): Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations Lawrence O'Brien, 25 January 1961
    Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien
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  • JFKWHP-AR6295-I (crop): Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell, 25 January 1961
    Kenneth P. O'Donnell
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  • JFKWHP-AR6873-C (crop): President Kennedy Attends Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Honor of All Saints Day (Pictured Right: Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers), 1 November 1961
    David "Dave" Powers
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  • JFKWHP-ST-73-6-61 (crop): President Kennedy Attends Opening Day of 1961 Baseball Season (Pictured: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff), 10 April 1961
    Abraham Ribicoff
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  • JFKWHP-KN-17663 (crop): Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Walt Whitman Rostow, 28 April 1961
    Walt W. Rostow
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  • PX-86-8 Rusk (crop): Dean Rusk, Secretary of State (1961-1969), undated
    (David) Dean Rusk
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  • JFKWHP-AR6295-B (crop): Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, 25 January 1961
    Pierre Salinger
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  • JFKWHP-ST-322-1-62 (crop): President Kennedy Confers with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House, 26 July 1962
    Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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  • JFKWHP-AR6295-1H (crop): Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, 25 January 1961
    Theodore C. Sorensen
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  • JFKWHP-ST-282-121-61 (crop): Alliance for Progress Ceremony at Techo Housing Project, Bogotá, Colombia (Pictured: White House Photographer Captain Cecil Stoughton), 17 December 1961
    Cecil Stoughton
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  • JFKWHP-AR6668-A (crop): President Kennedy Meets with General Maxwell D. Taylor, 28 June 1961
    Maxwell Taylor
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  • JFKWHP-AR7268-J (crop): Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall Speaks at White House Conference on Conservation, 25 May 1962
    Stewart Udall
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  • Lee C. White
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  • Cape Cod Today (source): Theodore H. White (crop), Political Journalist, undated
    Theodore H. White
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  • JFKWHP-KN-17664 (crop): Special Assistant to the President on Science and Technology Dr. Jerome Wiesner, 28 April 1961
    Jerome Wiesner
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  • PX 86-8 Wirtz (crop): W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor (1962-1969), undated
    Willard Wirtz
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  • JFKWHP-KN-20337 (crop): Meeting of the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (Pictured Center: Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford), 2 March 1962
    Harris Wofford
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