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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23118
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (left), prior to presenting her with the award; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze (mostly hidden), stands behind Dr. Kelsey. Looking on (L-R): award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.