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President John F. Kennedy presents the 1961 Teacher of the Year Award (a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers) to Helen Adams of Cumberland, Wisconsin. Superintendent of Public Instruction (Madison, Wisconsin), George E. Watson, stands in front at far left. Back row, L-R: Publisher of LOOK Magazine, Vernon C. Myers; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; Presidential Assistant, Dave Powers. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the 1961 Teacher of the Year Award (a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers) to Helen Adams of Cumberland, Wisconsin. Superintendent of Public Instruction (Madison, Wisconsin), George E. Watson, stands in front at far left. Back row, L-R: Publisher of LOOK Magazine, Vernon C. Myers; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the 1961 Teacher of the Year Award (a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers) to Helen Adams of Cumberland, Wisconsin. Superintendent of Public Instruction (Madison, Wisconsin), George E. Watson, stands in front at far left. Back row, L-R: Publisher of LOOK Magazine, Vernon C. Myers; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, speaks after receiving the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) from President John F. Kennedy. Left to right (foreground): Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; President Kennedy; Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers, stands at center in background (partially hidden). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) to Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas. Left to right (foreground): Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; President Kennedy; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, upon presenting her with the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine). Left to right: Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; President Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers (in background); Mrs. French’s husband, Freeman G. French; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller; unidentified (in background). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, prior to presenting her with the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine). Left to right: President Kennedy; Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.