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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold (right), after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement exercises at Yale University; 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): honorary degree recipient and former Secretary of State, Dean Acheson; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]