Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7233-D
Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, speaks after receiving the National Teacher of the Year Award (sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, the U.S. Office of Education, and LOOK Magazine) from President John F. Kennedy. Left to right (foreground): Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; President Kennedy; Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers, stands at center in background (partially hidden). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.