Fred Whipple Awarded President's Award, 1962

ID: 95-1194

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1962

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: December 1985

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Summary

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Director Fred Lawrence Whipple (1955-1973), left, and Leonard Carmichael, seventh Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1953-1964), when Whipple won the President's Award presented by John F. Kennedy, in 1962.

Subject

  • Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-
  • Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Notes

Featured in TORCH, December 1985.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: December 1985

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

1962

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Awards
  • Secretaries
  • Rewards (Prizes, etc.)
  • Medals
  • Event

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

95-1194

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

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