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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-14-C
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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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-A
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: two 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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7412-C
President John F. Kennedy speaks at ceremony honoring the achievements of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The ceremony commemorated the program’s rehabilitation of 100,000 people who were trained for a new vocation after becoming disabled. Back row (L-R): President Kennedy; Mary E. Switzer, Commissioner of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Edward A. Friskie of Boswell, Pennsylvania (“Mr. Rehabilitation” of 1962), the representative of participants in the Rehabilitation program; Mary K. Friskie, Mr. Friskie’s wife; unidentified; Anthony Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Mr. Friskie holds the hand of his son, Michael Friskie. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7412-B
Edward A. Friskie speaks at a ceremony honoring the achievements of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The ceremony commemorated the program’s rehabilitation of 100,000 people who were trained for a new vocation after becoming disabled. (L-R): President Kennedy; Edward A. Friskie of Boswell, Pennsylvania (“Mr. Rehabilitation” of 1962), the representative of participants in the Rehabilitation program; Mary E. Switzer, Commissioner of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (partially hidden behind Mr. Friskie); Mary K. Friskie, Mr. Friskie’s wife, holding the couple’s son, Michael Friskie; unidentified; Anthony Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7412-A
President John F. Kennedy attends a ceremony honoring the achievements of the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Program. The ceremony commemorated the program’s rehabilitation of 100,000 people who were trained for a new vocation after becoming disabled. (L-R): Unidentified; Anthony Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Mary K. Friskie; President Kennedy; Edward A. Friskie of Boswell, Pennsylvania (“Mr. Rehabilitation” of 1962), the representative of participants in the Rehabilitation program; Mary E. Switzer, Commissioner of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Reporters, including White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI) Helen Thomas, look on from behind the group. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.