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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement exercises at Yale University. President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold, reads the citation at right; University Secretary, Dr. Reuben A. Holden, stands right of Dr. Griswold. University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy (left), and University Corporation Marshal, Dr. Frederick W. Hilles, stand behind President Kennedy. Also pictured (at left in background): White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Roy Kellerman. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers] [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]