JFK PRESENTS COLLIER TROPHY TO MERCURY 7 ASTRONAUTS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy presented the Collier Trophy to the original 7 man team of American astronauts.
The National Aeronautic Association and LOOK magazine awarded the Robert J. Collier* trophy each year to honor outstanding achievement in aviation. The trophy for 1963 was presented jointly to...
Lt. Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr.
Maj. Virgil I. Grissom,
Comdr. Walter M. Schirra,Jr.
Comdr. Alan Shepard
Maj. Donald K. Slayton
Speaking at the ceremony for the NAA was Martin M. Decker, the association's president. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and NASA Director James E. Webb also attended the event.
President Kennedy said...
"I think (this trophy) honors an extraordinary page in American history, as well as in the history of flight. And I hope that this award...will be a stimulus...to (all) who will carry our flag to the moon and perhaps even someday beyond."
*Robert J. Collier (1876-1918), born in New York City, became head of P.F. Collier and Son Publishing Company upon his father's death. He was a graduate of Georgetown University. Collier died of a heart attack at age 42.
SOURCE
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, 1963," United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1964.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy presented the Collier Trophy to the original 7 man team of American astronauts.
The National Aeronautic Association and LOOK magazine awarded the Robert J. Collier* trophy each year to honor outstanding achievement in aviation. The trophy for 1963 was presented jointly to...
Lt. Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr.
Maj. Virgil I. Grissom,
Comdr. Walter M. Schirra,Jr.
Comdr. Alan Shepard
Maj. Donald K. Slayton
Speaking at the ceremony for the NAA was Martin M. Decker, the association's president. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and NASA Director James E. Webb also attended the event.
President Kennedy said...
"I think (this trophy) honors an extraordinary page in American history, as well as in the history of flight. And I hope that this award...will be a stimulus...to (all) who will carry our flag to the moon and perhaps even someday beyond."
*Robert J. Collier (1876-1918), born in New York City, became head of P.F. Collier and Son Publishing Company upon his father's death. He was a graduate of Georgetown University. Collier died of a heart attack at age 42.
SOURCE
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, 1963," United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1964.
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