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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-G
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7604-G
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of scientists involved in the original Enrico Fermi experiment, conducted as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942, during a visit marking the 20th anniversary of the experiment. Standing at center with backs to the camera are (L-R) Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea; President Kennedy; and an unidentified person. Also pictured: Director of Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University, Dr. Frank H. Spedding; Assistant Director of Applied Physics at Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. William J. Sturm; physicist, Dr. Gerard Pawlicki; scientist at Honeywell Electronic Data Processing, Thomas Brill; professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, Dr. Robert F. Christy; research physicist at Phillips Petroleum Company, Hugh M. Barton, Jr.; Philip G. Koontz, of the Los Alamos National Laboratory; and former Director of Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Walter H. Zinn. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's appointment book for a full list of attendees.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7604-E
President John F. Kennedy visits with a group of scientists involved in the original Enrico Fermi experiment, conducted as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942, during a visit marking the 20th anniversary of the experiment. Left to right: professor of atomic and nuclear physics at New York University, Dr. Leona Woods Marshall; Director of Nuclear Weapons Testing for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Alvin C. Graves; unidentified; former Director of Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Walter H. Zinn; unidentified; Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea; President Kennedy; unidentified; Robert G. Nobles, of the Argonne National Laboratory; and three unidentified persons. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Please see the President's appointment book for a full list of attendees.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7604-C
President John F. Kennedy addresses a group of scientists involved in the original Enrico Fermi experiment, conducted as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942, during a visit marking the 20th anniversary of the experiment. Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, stands at left; Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea, stands at right. On table at left is a plexiglass model of Chicago Pile-1, the nuclear reactor used in the experiment. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7604-B
President John F. Kennedy looks at a plexiglass model replica of Chicago Pile-1, the nuclear reactor used in the original Enrico Fermi experiment, as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942. Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, stands at left. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
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