Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18502-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) looks on from one step behind the President. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); former Senator William Benton of Connecticut (partially hidden behind President Kennedy); Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota; former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama; Edward Barrett of Columbia University’s School of Journalism; Representative John J. Rooney of New York; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey (mostly hidden behind Representative Rooney); and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C. [Black spot in upper left corner is original to the negative.]