Presentation of the President's Distinguished Civilian Service Awards, 12:00PM. Presentation ceremony of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center), stands on the West Wing Lawn with members of her family after receiving the award from President John F. Kennedy. Dr. Kelseys husband and Special Assistant to the Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. F. Ellis Kelsey, stands in center left; their daughters, Susan Kelsey and Christine Kelsey, stand third and fifth from left (respectively); others are unidentified. Those standing in the West Wing Colonnade include: Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally; White House Secret Service agent, Jack Ready. White House, Washington, D.C.