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On the recordDecember 5, 1962
We want to express appreciation to John Rockefeller and to the university for the recognition which they brought to distinguished civil servants of our Government.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to Recipients of the Rockefeller Public Service Awards

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