Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-78-63
President John F. Kennedy and others pose in front of a portrait of physicist, Albert A. Michelson, at Michelson Laboratory at Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Left to right: Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr.; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; President Kennedy; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean. A model of the AGM-45 Shrike missile, given to the President by Captain Blenman as a gift, sits on the table at left. [Notes: See also MO 63.1920, "Model of AGM-45 Shrike Missile", from the John F. Kennedy Administration Collection. Blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]