Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-27421
President John F. Kennedy (center, at lectern) delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. Those visible standing on the speaker’s platform include: Trustee of the Chicago Sanitary District, John E. Egan; Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), Alan S. Boyd; Chicago alderman Daniel J. Ronan; Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner; Chicago alderman Casimir "Casey" Laskowski; Chairman of the Chicago Transit Board, George L. DeMent; Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines, C. R. Smith; Chicago City Corporation Counsel, John C. Melaniphy; Patricia O'Hare Palmer, sister of the airport’s namesake, Lieutenant Commander Edward H. “Butch” O’Hare; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby; White House Secret Service agent Floyd Boring; Senator Paul Douglas (Illinois); Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell T. Shepard; and entertainer Phil Regan. White House Secret Service agent Bob Lilley stands in foreground at left. Also listed in the President’s schedule as present on the speaker’s platform: Chicago Aviation Commissioner, William E. Downes, Jr.; architect Charles F. Murphy; Representatives William T. Murphy, Edward R. Finnegan, Barratt O'Hara, Roland Libonati, Roman C. Pucinski, John C. Kluczynski, and Leslie C. Arends (all of Illinois); and Cook County Assessor, P. J. “Parky” Cullerton.