Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-187-1-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Marjorie L. French, of Topeka, Kansas, upon presenting her with 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). Left to right: Commissioner of Education, Dr. Sterling M. McMurrin; Vice President and Managing Editor of LOOK Magazine, William B. Arthur; President Kennedy; Mrs. French’s husband, Freeman G. French; Mrs. French; Executive Secretary of the Council of Chief State School Officers, Edgar Fuller. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.