Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-D
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: unidentified; Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl’s mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold; several unidentified. Also included in the President’s schedule: President of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. Frederick B. Payne; member of the Board of Directors, Henry C. Breck; member of the Board of Directors, Walker C. Buckner; Chairman of the Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Unit of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. John M. Deely; Chairman of the Detroit Unit, Godfrey Strelinger; National Director, Burnham Carter; Assistant for Recording for the Blind, Inc., Jeanne MacDaniels; Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Mary Switzer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.