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White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-058-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Fish Room at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law in Léopoldville (later known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19584
President John F. Kennedy attends the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, stands on the far left; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is second from the right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19583
William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). President John F. Kennedy stands in the center; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is second from right (mostly hidden by President Kennedy). Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19582
William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). President John F. Kennedy is on the far right; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is third from right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19581
President John F. Kennedy (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, stands on the far left; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is second from the right. Also attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19580
An unidentified man (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is on the far left; President John F. Kennedy is on the far right; and Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is third from right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation, and his daughter; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19579
An unidentified man (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is on the far left; President John F. Kennedy is on the far right; and Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is third from right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation, and his daughter; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6912-F
An unidentified man (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is on the far left; President John F. Kennedy is on the far right; and Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is third from right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation, and his daughter; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6912-E
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with an unidentified man at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, stands on the far left; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is second from the right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6912-D
William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). President John F. Kennedy is on the far right; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is third from right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6912-C
President John F. Kennedy (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, stands on the far left; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is second from the right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6912-B
An unidentified man (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is on the far left; President John F. Kennedy is second from right; and Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is fourth from right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation, and his daughter; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6912-A
President John F. Kennedy (standing at the microphones) delivers remarks at the Albert Parvin Foundation Awards ceremony marking the establishment of the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Government and Law at the National School of Law in Leopoldville (Democratic Republic of the Congo). William O. Douglas, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, stands on the far left; Dr. Jaime Benítez, Director of the Parvin Foundation, is second from the right. Also listed in the President's schedule as attending the ceremony are Albert Parvin, founder of the Parvin Foundation; J.P. Dericoyard, a member of the Republic of the Congo delegation to the United Nations; and Maurice Kasongo, director of the Information Bureau for the Congo delegation at the United Nations. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.