JFK WELCOMES NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy was host at a state dinner for winners of the Nobel Prize of the Western Hemisphere. The dinner was held in the elegant State Dining Room and the Blue Room at the White House.
The President began his remarks with these words...
"I want to tell you how welcome you are to the White House. I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
According to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, President Kennedy described the Nobel Prize winners from the United States as "a source of national pride," but added that knowledge should not be bound by geography or nationality.
JFK said...
"Over 40% of the Nobel prizes of the last 30 years have gone to men and women in this hemisphere."
SOURCE
"Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere, April 29, 1962," Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, January 1 to December 31, 1962, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1963.
"Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Nobel Prize Winners of the Western Hemisphere, April 29, 1962," Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, January 1 to December 31, 1962, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1963.
State Dining Room
The White House
Photo by John White
