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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy (center left, at lectern on speaker's platform) 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; 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); and entertainer Phil Regan. White House Secret Service agent Bob Lilley stands in front of the stage at left. Also pictured, standing in the group to the right of the stage: aide to Mayor Daley, Colonel Jack Reilly, and White House Secret Service agent Dave Grant. 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 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.