Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7128-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Presidents of the National Research Councils of the Americas and other scientific representatives of American countries, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Dr. Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentina; Admiral Octacilio Cunha and Dr. Crodowaldo Pavan, Brazil; Dr. E.W.R. Steacie, Canada; Professor Samuel Middleton, Chile; Dr. Gustavo Hitzig, Colombia; Dr. Luis Garibay, Mexico; Professor Germán Villar, Uruguay; Dr. Marcel Roche, Venezuela; Dr. John de Abate, Costa Rica; Dr. Jesse Perkinson, Organization of American States (OAS); Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. Harrison Brown, Dr. J. George Harrar, Dr. Walter G. Whitman, and Dr. Andre C. Simonpietri, United States; Special Assistant to the President on Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome Wiesner.