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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-A
ST13, KN22
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23710
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at Rice University regarding the nation's efforts in space exploration. Seated on speakers' platform: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Honorary Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. William V. Houston; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott. Spectators observe from the stands. Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-387-6-62
President John F. Kennedy sits on the speakers' platform at Rice University Stadium, Houston, Texas. Left to right (seated on platform): Chancellor of Rice University, Dr. Carey Croneis; unidentified; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); unidentified; Mayor of Houston, Lewis Cutrer; President of Rice University, Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer; President Kennedy; Representative Albert Thomas (Texas); Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense, Dr. Harold Brown; Harris County Judge, Bill Elliott; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; two unidentified. White House Secret Service agent, Dick Johnsen, stands at right; spectators observe from the stands.