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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the US-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation. Left to right: President of the Science Council of Japan, Dr. Kiyoo Wadachi; Science Advisor for the U.S. Department of State, Dr. Walter G. Whitman (in back); professor at the University of Tokyo, Dr. Chūji Tsuboi; unidentified; President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Dr. Caryl P. Haskins (in back, mostly hidden); Ambassador of Japan, Koichiro Asakai; Chairman of the Committee’s Japanese Delegation and Honorary Professor at the University of Tokyo, Dr. Kankurō Kaneshige; Chairman of the Committee’s U.S. Delegation and Associate Director for Educational and International Activities for the National Science Foundation, Dr. Harry C. Kelly (mostly hidden behind Mr. Kaneshige); President of the Electro-Technical University of Tokyo and Chief Director of the Japan Information Center for Science and Technology, Dr. Yasujirō Niwa; unidentified (in back); Vice President for Research and Engineering for the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, Dr. Emanuel R. Piore (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; President of the University of Tokyo, Dr. Seiji Kaya; professor in the Department of Geology and Institute of Geophysics at the University of California, Dr. William W. Rubey (mostly hidden); professor at the University of Tokyo, Dr. Tomizō Yoshida; President of the National Academy of Sciences and President of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Detlev W. Bronk (in back); unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President’s schedule for a complete list of attendees.]