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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement exercises at Yale University. President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold, reads the citation at right; University Secretary, Dr. Reuben A. Holden, stands right of Dr. Griswold. University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy (left), and University Corporation Marshal, Dr. Frederick W. Hilles, stand behind President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (partially hidden), stands at left in background. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]