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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): Dr. Georg von Békésy, of Harvard University; author, Pearl S. Buck; Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer, of the California Institute of Technology; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); Dr. Melvin Calvin, of the University of California, Berkeley; Mrs. Kennedy; Dr. Robert Hofstadter, of Stanford University. Also pictured: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; Dr. Edward C. Kendall, of Princeton University; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Lecturer in Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, Dr. William P. Murphy; Dr. Peter J. W. Debye, of Cornell University; Dr. Philip S. Hench, of the Mayo Clinic; Dr. Chen Ning Yang, of the Institute for Advanced Study; Dr. Victor F. Hess, of Fordham University; Dr. Owen Chamberlain, of the University of California, Berkeley; Dr. Emilio Segré, of the University of California, Berkeley; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Dr. Carl D. Anderson, of the California Institute of Technology; Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, of Columbia University; Dr. Felix Bloch, of Stanford University; Dr. Edward L. Tatum, of the Rockefeller Institute; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; Dr. Fritz A. Lipmann, of the Rockefeller Institute; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Edward A. Doisy; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; Dr. John Bardeen, of the University of Illinois; Dr. Carl F. Cori, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Dr. William F. Giauque, of the University of California, Berkeley; Dr. Hermann J. Muller, of the University of Indiana; former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Willard F. Libby; Director of the Research Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Dr. John F. Enders; Dr. Harold C. Urey, of the University of California, Berkeley; Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Severo Ochoa; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Dr. Polykarp Kusch, of Columbia University; Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee, of the Institute for Advanced Study; Dr. Walter H. Brattain, of the Bell Laboratories at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T); Dr. André F. Cournand, of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons at Bellevue Hospital; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); Dr. Donald A. Glaser, of the University of California, Berkeley; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud; and Executive Secretary Emeritus of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Dr. Clarence E. Pickett. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Standing (L-R): chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; rheumatologist with the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Philip S. Hench; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Chen Ning Yang; physicist from Fordham University, Dr. Victor F. Hess; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain (very back); Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; biochemist from the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Edward L. Tatum; physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Felix Bloch (very back, mostly hidden); Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; biochemist from the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Fritz A. Lipmann; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Edward A. Doisy (very back, partially hidden); Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. William F. Giauque; former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Willard F. Libby; Director of the Research Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Dr. John F. Enders; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Severo Ochoa (very back, mostly hidden); Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan (very back, mostly hidden); physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Polykarp Kusch; and physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose with Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere at a dinner in their honor. Seated (L-R): physicist from Harvard University, Dr. Georg von Békésy; author, Pearl S. Buck; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Rudolf L. Mössbauer; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); President Kennedy; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Mrs. Kennedy; and physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Robert Hofstadter. Also pictured: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche; Dr. William B. Shockley, of the Clevite Corporation; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson; biochemist from Princeton University, Dr. Edward C. Kendall; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; President of the University of Chicago, Dr. George W. Beadle; Lecturer in Medicine Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, Dr. William P. Murphy; chemist from Cornell University, Dr. Peter J. W. Debye; rheumatologist with the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Philip S. Hench; physicist from Fordham University, Dr. Victor F. Hess; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Arthur Kornberg; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi; physicist from the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carl D. Anderson; physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Owen Chamberlain; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg; Head of the Department of Tropical Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Thomas H. Weller; biochemist from the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Edward L. Tatum; biochemist from the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Fritz A. Lipmann; physicist from Stanford University, Dr. Felix Bloch; Director of the Institute of Muscle Research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Edward A. Doisy; biochemist from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Carl F. Cori; physicist from the University of Illinois, Dr. John Bardeen; geneticist from the University of Indiana, Dr. Hermann J. Muller; former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. William F. Giauque; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins; Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Willard F. Libby; Director of the Virus Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; physicist from Columbia University, Dr. Polykarp Kusch; and poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.