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President John F. Kennedy presents the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service to Associate Administrator of the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Sherman E. Johnson (center, behind microphones), at a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman, observes at right. Standing in the background (left to right): Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (face obscured); award recipient and Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs of the National War College, Ambassador Winthrop G. Brown (applauding); Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), Najeeb Halaby (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Carmichael (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton.
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President John F. Kennedy presents the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service to Director of Air Traffic Service for the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), David D. Thomas (center, behind microphones), at a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C. Administrator of the FAA, Najeeb Halaby, and Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Awards Board and Under Secretary of State, George Ball (mostly hidden on edge of frame), observe at right. Standing in the background (left to right): member of the Awards Board and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; award recipient and Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Dr. Fred L. Whipple (in back); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; award recipient and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis, Dr. Alain C. Enthoven (in back); award recipient and Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs of the National War College, Ambassador Winthrop G. Brown; Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Carmichael; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton.
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President John F. Kennedy (left) holds a map of the route taken by aviator Betty Miller (center) on the first solo flight by a woman across the Pacific Ocean. Mrs. Miller received the Federal Aviation Agency’s Decoration for Exceptional Service from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby (right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Aviator Betty Miller, the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, shows President John F. Kennedy the doll that accompanied her on her flight. Mrs. Miller received the Federal Aviation Agency’s Decoration for Exceptional Service from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby. (L-R) Administrator Halaby; President Kennedy; Mrs. Miller; aviator Jane "Janey" Briggs Hart; and Mrs. Miller’s husband, Charles Miller. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy looks on as aviator Betty Miller, the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, points out the route of her flight. Mrs. Miller received the Federal Aviation Agency’s Decoration for Exceptional Service from the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby. (L-R) President Kennedy; Mrs. Miller; Administrator Halaby; aviator Jane "Janey" Briggs Hart; and Mrs. Miller’s husband, Charles Miller. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.