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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy receives from President of the University of California, Dr. Clark Kerr (at lectern), an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of California, during the University’s 94th Charter Day Ceremony. University of California regent, Dr. Edwin W. Pauley (in blue gown), places the university hood on President Kennedy. Seated onstage: former President of the University of California, Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul (right of lectern); Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg (fourth from right); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (second from right). California Memorial Stadium, University of California, Berkeley, California.