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Freedom 7 Splashes Down at JFK Presidential Library and Museum

“I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of

landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” – President Kennedy, May 25, 1961

he John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Joined on September 12 by three students from Pinkerton opened a special new installation featuring Freedom 7, Academy, the alma mater of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Tthe iconic space capsule that U.S. Navy Commander Kennedy Library Director Tom Putnam unveiled Freedom 7, Alan B. Shepard Jr. piloted on the first American-manned stating, “In bringing the Freedom 7 space capsule to our spaceflight. Celebrating American ingenuity and determination, Museum, the Kennedy Library hopes to inspire a new the new exhibit opened on September 12, the 50th anniversary generation of Americans to use science and technology of President Kennedy’s speech at Rice University, where he so for the betterment of our humankind.” eloquently championed America’s manned space efforts: Freedom 7 had been on display at the U.S. Naval “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the Academy in Annapolis, MD since 1998, on loan from the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. At the request of hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure , Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is the U.S. Naval Academy, and the National Air and Space one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to Museum welcomed the idea of celebrating U.S. Navy postpone, and one which we intend to win.” veteran John F. Kennedy’s role in America’s space effort s P12 NASA RICK FRIEDMAN Alan Shepard is rescued after Freedom 7 splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean. Freedom 7 “splashes down” at the JFK Library on August 29, 2012. A Time for Greatness

As we enter the final year of our celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy administration, I continue to be struck by the community of people who we are fortunate to call friends. From the luminaries who speak at our forums, to the many individuals, corporations, and organizations that provide

vital funding for our work, and the thousands TOM FITZSIMMONS of visitors and students who grace our halls, our Kennedy Library Director Tom Putnam, Committee member and former friends breathe new energy into this institution Director-Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and and help us to fulfill Jacqueline Kennedy’s vision Education Fund, Elaine Jones, and Kennedy Library of the Library as a living memorial to the President. Foundation Executive Director Tom McNaught. In reflecting on these friendships, it occurs to me that what binds us together is a deep appre- an opportunity to step back and bear witness ciation of the history we chronicle here and a to the torch being passed to a new generation. shared value of the timeless political ideals that In the fall, we saw the installation of the Kennedy championed. This past spring, historian What’s Inside Freedom 7 space capsule, which in 1961 launched Alan Brinkley came to the Library to discuss his the first American into space and now, in our biography, John F. Kennedy: The 35th President, 50th Anniversary museum, beckons young visitors to dream big. 1961–1963. Brinkley sums up how so many of us of the Cuban We partnered with the Museum of Fine Arts, P4 feel about the man and his legacy: Missile Crisis to bring Picasso’s masterpiece, The Rape “Kennedy reminds many Americans of an age of the Sabine Women to the Library, paying homage when it was possible to believe that politics could to President and Mrs. Kennedy’s appreciation of be harnessed to America’s highest aspirations, that the arts. And we marked the 50th anniversary of it could be rooted in a sense of national community, 2012 Profile in the —President Kennedy’s that it could speak the country’s moral yearnings. Courage Award P6 defining moment of international diplomacy—with Recipients And perhaps most of all, Kennedy reminds Americans the publication of Listening In: The Secret White of a time … when it was possible to believe that House Recordings of John F. Kennedy, the opening the could solve social problems and of To the Brink, a blockbuster exhibit at the accomplish great deeds.” National Archives in Washington D.C., and a As you’ll read in this edition of Legacy, the past Kennedy Library host of online experiences that brought those several months at the Kennedy Library were packed Foundation P15 to life for today’s students. at the DNC with robust programming and initiatives—each During his campaign, John F. Kennedy vowed paying tribute to the optimism, vitality, and purpose that his administration would be “a time for that defined President Kennedy’s time in office. greatness.” I believe that he fulfilled that promise Spring 2012 brought the annual Profile in in the final year of his presidency, when he led Courage Award and four honorees who all insisted the country in making unprecedented that they were just doing their jobs. But as you read toward world peace and civil rights for all. Now, about the three Supreme Court Justices who fifty years later, the Kennedy Library will once struck down a law banning same-sex marriage, and again look to our community of friends to help us Robert Ford, the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, I think remember these pivotal moments in our nation’s you’ll agree that for public officials, just doing their history that continue to serve as inspiration for job often demands a special kind of courage. greatness in our own time. This summer our New Network, a group of young leaders and philanthropists, made We thank you for your support. their mark at the Democratic National Convention by hosting “Changing Political Demographics,” Tom McNaught a forum that stimulated provocative conversation Executive Director about the politics of change. For me, the event was John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

2 Listening In—The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy

n July 1962, President John F. Listening In delivers the story Kennedy installed hidden recording behind the story in the unguarded Isystems in the Oval Office and words and voices of the decision- the Cabinet Room in an effort to pre- makers themselves, and covers serve an accurate record of presidential watershed moments of the Kennedy decision-making in a highly charged White House, including the Cuban atmosphere of conflicting viewpoints, Missile Crisis, the space race, strategies, and tactics. The result is a Vietnam, and civil rights. priceless historical archive comprising A softer side of the President can some 265 hours of taped material. also be heard in various parts of the In conjunction with the 50th recordings as Caroline and John Jr. anniversary of the Kennedy presi- visit their father in the Oval Office. dency, Caroline Kennedy, the John In her foreword to the book, F. Kennedy Presidential Library, and Caroline Kennedy reflected on her presidential historian Ted Widmer own memories of the White House, carefully selected the most compelling and what looking back on these tapes and important of these remarkable meant to her: secret recordings for release in Listening “For me, listening to these In: The Secret White House Recordings conversations is a powerful

of John F. Kennedy. Fully restored HYPERION experience. Although at the time, and remastered, two 75-minute CDs of I was too young to understand much President Kennedy’s secret recordings accompany the of what was happening, I recall spending happy afternoons extensively annotated transcripts of the recordings. Listening eating candy and making paper-clip necklaces under my In is a uniquely unscripted, insider account of a president father’s desk while men talked in serious voices. The delight and his cabinet grappling with the day-to-day business of in my father’s voice when my brother and I appear is the White House and guiding the nation through a hazardous something I treasure.” era of uncertainty. In addition to the book and the audio-CD version of the book, Hyperion released a special enhanced eBook, which “I recall spending happy afternoons eating candy includes more than twenty-five minutes of video, ranging and making paper-clip necklaces under my father’s from archival footage of President Kennedy and President to new interviews with Caroline Kennedy, desk while men talked in serious voices. The Congressman John Lewis, delight in my father’s voice when my brother and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and historian Alan I appear is something I treasure.” Brinkley, speaking about – Caroline Kennedy, in foreword of Listening In President Kennedy’s legacy.

To mark the release of Listening In, the Kennedy Library TOM FITZSIMMONS hosted a forum on October 4 with Caroline Kennedy, Widmer, Caroline Kennedy introduces a forum Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential on Listening In. Library, and political scholar Ellen Fitzpatrick, who discussed the most significant tapes of the Kennedy Presidency. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tom Oliphant moderated.

www.jfklibrary.org 3 New Exhibit Takes Visitors Inside Cuban Missile Crisis Deliberations

his fall the National Archives and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum collaborated to Tpresent a major new exhibit, To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis, commemorating the 50th anniversary of what many consider to be the greatest test of John F. Kennedy’s presidency. The exhibit, which opened at the National Archives in Washington D.C. on October 12, centers around secretly recorded White House tapes of President Kennedy that allow visitors to listen in as President Kennedy and his advisors work furiously to avert a nuclear Chairs used by President Kennedy war and solve the crisis through strategic diplomacy. Curated and Soviet Premier Khrushchev at the 1961 by Kennedy Library Museum curator Stacey Bredhoff, the , featured in the To the Brink exhibit. exhibit will open at the JFK Library in Boston in April 2013. To the Brink shows Kennedy and his advisors in the throes precariously close to nuclear war. The peaceful resolution of of deliberation during thirteen agonizing days in October the crisis with the Soviets is considered to be one of President 1962, as the United States and the then-Soviet Union inched Kennedy’s greatest achievements. Original documents, artifacts, and photographs from the National Archives and the Kennedy Library complement the tapes in a dramatic presentation that draws the visitor into this milestone twentieth-century event. Additional highlights of the exhibit include JFK’s doodles from October 1962; satellite photographs of Soviet missile sites under construction; CIA-prepared personality studies of and Fidel Castro; a map of used and annotated by the President when he was first briefed by the CIA on the missiles; secret correspondence between Kennedy and Khrushchev; and the original chairs used by Kennedy and Khrushchev during the 1961 Summit meeting in Vienna, Austria—the only occasion where the two leaders formally met face-to-face. To the Brink runs from October 12, 2012 through February 4, 2013 in the Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington D.C. To the Brink then travels to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and RALPH CRANE Citizens in a department store watch President John F. Kennedy’s TV Museum in Boston, where it opens in April 2013, and will run announcement of the naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. through November 2013.

AT&T Gift Supports Cuban Missile Crisis Exhibit

AT&T has donated $500,000 to support the exhibition To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. AT&T has been a critical partner in preserving the holdings at the JFK Library and the National Archives. Recordings featured in the exhibition and on an accompanying website, as well as other presidential records from the Kennedy Administration, were digitized through a previous generous donation by AT&T.

“AT&T is proud to be sponsoring this truly innovative exhibit at the National Archives, which follows naturally from our help in digitizing John F. Kennedy’s presidential papers,” said Jim Cicconi, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President. “To the Brink commemorates the thirteen most important days of JFK’s presidency on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Not only is this a fascinating exhibit, but it also demonstrates the power of innovative technologies and networks to help more Americans access our nation’s vibrant history.”

4 New Media Brings Cuban Missile Crisis to Life for a New Generation

o mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis this October, the John F. Kennedy Presidential TLibrary and Museum introduced several new interactive and online activities aimed at educating a younger audience about the thirteen days that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

CLOUDS OVER CUBA On Tuesday, October 16 at 8:00am ET—exactly fifty years after Soviet missiles were discovered in Cuba—the JFK Library and the Martin Agency, the Library’s pro ad agency,

launched the interactive website www.cloudsovercuba.com, U.S. D epartment of efense allowing audiences around the world to experience an immersive Surveillance map of Soviet missile sites in Cuba. documentary that depicts the full story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in riveting detail. Using a realistic “what if” scenario, Clouds Over Cuba gives viewers the option to access a fright- felt by President Kennedy, his advisors, and the ening short film that explores what the world would have been American people. like if the thirteen tension-filled days of October 1962 led to a TO THE BRINK APP thermonuclear exchange instead of a peaceful resolution. As the lead sponsor of the To the Brink exhibit, AT&T THE THIRTEEN DAYS ON TWITTER worked with the National Archives and the JFK Library to During the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, create a free mobile app that serves as a companion piece the JFK Library “live-tweeted” the thirteen days of the to the exhibit. The To the Brink app brings the National crisis from its historical Twitter account @JFK1962. Archives and JFK Library and Museum exhibit to iPads The account allowed a new generation to understand and contains many of the same photographs, documents, one of the most trying times in American history, and and recordings found in the exhibit. Download the free app offered a realistic perspective of the fear and danger on iTunes or at www.JFKCMC.org.

Conference Offers 50-Year Retrospective on Cuban Missile Crisis

ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2012, the to mark the 50th anniversary of the Sarotte, and Boston Globe columnist John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Cuban Missile Crisis, the thirteen days Juliette Kayyem acted as moderators. Museum hosted a major conference of that brought the world to the brink of historians, policy leaders, and journalists nuclear war. In a day filled with historic moments, , President Kennedy’s grandson The conference featured key experts and son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin on the Crisis, including Nicholas Burns, Schlossberg, delivered closing remarks former United States Under Secretary of in his first speaking role at the nation’s State for Political Affairs; Graham Allison, memorial to his grandfather. In a symbolic former Special Assistant Secretary of gesture, Sergei Khrushchev, Brown Defense for Policy and Plans; and University Senior Fellow and son of renowned Cuban Missile Crisis historians Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, David Coleman and Sheldon Stern. presented Schlossberg with a Russian Filmmaker Adriana Bosch, USC commemorative coin to mark the peaceful

TOM FITZSIMMONS International Affairs Professor Mary resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Jack Schlossberg receives a commemorative coin from Sergei Khrushchev.

www.jfklibrary.org 5 Caroline Kennedy Honors Profile in Courage Award Recipients

hree former Iowa Supreme Court Justices who were part of a Tunanimous decision to legalize same-sex marriage in the state were presented with the 2012 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™ by Caroline Kennedy on May 7, 2012. Former Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and former justices David Baker and Michael Streit were chosen in recognition of the political courage and judicial independence each demonstrated in setting aside popular opinion to uphold marriage equality guaranteed to all citizens under the Iowa constitution. Also honored with a 2012 Profile in Courage Award was Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, whose bold and

courageous diplomacy provided crucial TOM FITZSIMMONS support to Syrians struggling under Caroline Kennedy with 2012 Profile in Courage Award honorees Michael Streit, Marsha the brutal regime of Syrian president Ternus, David Baker, and Robert Ford. Bashar al-Assad. “One way that we connect past and present is through The justices’ ouster marked the first time since Iowa adopted the Profile in Courage Award. By honoring individuals who its current judicial system that any sitting Supreme Court act on principle, without regard for personal consequence, judge had lost an uncontested retention election. Ternus, we honor the quality that my father most admired in public Baker, and Streit were the only three Supreme Court justices life,” said Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. subject to a retention vote that year. Kennedy Library Foundation. “This is a special year for the Profile in Courage Award because we are fortunate to Marsha Ternus accepts the 2012 Profile in recognize four outstanding Americans who demonstrate Courage Award from Caroline Kennedy. how critically important it is that men and women of courage serve in all branches of government.”

DAVID BAKER, MICHAEL STREIT, AND MARSHA TERNUS, FORMER IOWA SUPREME COURT JUSTICES In 2009, Iowa Supreme Court Justices Marsha Ternus, David Baker, and Michael Streit joined a unanimous opinion that struck down Iowa’s ban on same-sex marriage. The decision was the first unanimous high-court opinion on marriage for same-sex couples, and it made Iowa the third state to legalize same-sex marriage. Although the Court’s decision was unanimous, it provoked a political backlash. In November 2010, voters removed Ternus, Baker, and Streit from office following an unprecedented campaign financed in part by national interest groups opposed to same-sex marriage. TOM FITZSIMMONS

6 ROBERT FORD, UNITED STATES risked their careers, incurring the wrath of constituents or AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA powerful interest groups, by taking principled stands for As U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford took extraordinary unpopular positions. personal risks to bear witness to the violence and repression For more information about the Profile in Courage perpetrated by the regime of Syrian president Bashar Award, past recipients, and to read the acceptance speeches al-Assad, and to advocate for the human rights of the Syrian of the 2012 recipients, visit our website—www.jfklibrary.org. people. Ford used social media to establish channels of communication directly with the Syrian people, providing moral support and encouraging them to embrace nonviolent in the face of government-backed brutality. A former “By honoring individuals who act on principle, with- volunteer and a career member of the U.S. out regard for personal consequence, we honor the Foreign Service, Ford risked his own safety to show quality that my father most admired in public life.” solidarity with ordinary Syrians and to defend the rights of protesters opposing Assad’s regime. He engaged – Caroline Kennedy directly with opposition leaders, traveling around Syria despite repeated threats on his life.

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is presented annually to public servants who have made courageous decisions of conscience without regard for the personal or professional consequences. The award is named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, , which recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who

2012 Profile in Courage Award honoree Ambassador Robert Ford at the award ceremony. TOM FITZSIMMONS

Profile in Courage Award Committee

Albert R. Hunt, Chairman Elaine Jones Shari Redstone Executive Washington Editor, Former Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal President, National Amusements, Inc. Bloomberg News Defense and Education Fund John Seigenthaler Donna F. Edwards Caroline Kennedy Founder, Freedom Forum First Amendment U.S. Congresswoman (D-Maryland) President, John F. Kennedy Library Center at Vanderbilt University Kenneth R. Feinberg Foundation David M. Shribman Chairman, John F. Kennedy Library Paul G. Kirk Jr. Executive Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Foundation Former U.S. Senator (D-) Olympia Snowe Lindsey O. Graham Chairman Emeritus, John F. Kennedy U.S. Senator (R-Maine) U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina) Library Foundation Antonia Hernandez Martha Minow President and CEO, California Dean and Jeremiah Smith Jr. Community Foundation Professor of Law,

www.jfklibrary.org 7 Delaware High School Student Wins National John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest

atrick Reilly, a junior at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, was honored by Caroline Kennedy Pduring the May 7, 2012 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library for his essay on former Delaware Governor Russell Peterson, who, in 1971, courageously defied corporate interests in an effort to preserve the natural beauty and resources of Delaware’s coastal areas. Reilly received a $10,000 award for his first- place essay. The annual Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites high school students from across the nation to write an essay on an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official. The contest is a companion program of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™, named for President Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. Senators who risked their careers, incurring TOM FITZSIMMONS the wrath of constituents or powerful interest groups, by taking 2012 Essay Contest winner Patrick Reilly with Profile in Courage principled stands for unpopular positions. In 2012, 2,078 Award committee chair Al Hunt. students submitted essays from all fifty states and Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Marshall Islands. The essay contest is sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and construction workers staged demonstrations outside his home, generously supported by John Hancock Financial. and the Secretary of Commerce claimed that he was “being In his winning essay, “Governor Russell Peterson: Loyal to disloyal” to the country. “A lesser man would have crumbled Future Generations,” Reilly profiles Peterson, who introduced under such a harsh rebuke,” Reilly wrote, “but Peterson legislation to protect Delaware’s coastal areas from industrial simply replied, ‘Hell, no. I am being loyal to future generations development despite intense pressure from a variety of interest of Americans.’” The one-term governor stayed true to his groups. The State Chamber of Commerce opposed the bill, convictions and kept the bill intact, ensuring “clean waters, pristine wetlands, and excellent beaches that continue to support lucrative fishing and tourism industries.” Reilly received a $5,000 cash award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which was matched with $5,000 from John Hancock Financial to be contributed to a John Hancock Freedom 529 College Savings Plan. Reilly’s nominating teacher, Timothy Dougherty, received a John F. Kennedy Public Service Grant in the amount of $500 to be used for school projects that encourage student leadership and civic engagement.

With support from:

Caroline Kennedy with Patrick Reilly and Timothy Dougherty, his nominating teacher. TOM FITZSIMMONS

8 National Archives Opens Robert F. Kennedy Papers

n October 11, 2012, the National Archives and Records Administration and the John F. Kennedy OPresidential Library released an additional seven boxes of material—more than 2,700 pages—from the Robert F. Kennedy Papers, housed at the Kennedy Library in Boston, including documents relating primarily to the Cuban Missile Crisis. “The National Archives is pleased to open these materials as the nation and the world mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis,” said David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States. “Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy played a crucial role in the peaceful resolution of the crisis, and researchers and the public are keenly interested in the

information and insights contained in these documents.” CECIL STOUGHTON The materials included in the opening consist of documents accumulated by Robert F. Kennedy in his capacity as both President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy in the White House Portico. Attorney General and advisor to President Kennedy. The files relate chiefly to matters that ordinarily do not come United States’ relationship with Cuba from 1961 to 1963—a time under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General or the Justice which included the Cuban Missile Crisis and the . Department, and include memos, correspondence, reports, and While the majority of these materials are opened in full, some notes from Executive Committee meetings, as well as CIA and will remain restricted because of classified material. No documents State Department telegrams and cables chiefly related to the are closed due to restrictions related to personal privacy concerns.

HH COMING SOON HH Civil Rights Microsite

The John F. Kennedy Washington for Jobs and the vast number of primary for people to explore, and Presidential Library is Freedom; the bombing source materials in our we want to provide a site that creating an online microsite of the 16th Street Baptist Digital Archives,” said makes it easy to investigate that will highlight President Church; and the 1963 civil Kennedy Library Director the history behind the Civil John F. Kennedy’s involve- rights legislation. of Education and Public Rights Movement.” The ment in the Civil Rights Programs Nancy McCoy. site is made possible with Movement and bring forth “Our goal is to tell the story “We want the content in funding from the Bingham the Library’s vast archival of John F. Kennedy’s involve- our archives to be more McCutchen JFK50 Justice collection on the topic for ment in civil rights through accessible and compelling for All program. visitors interested in learning more about this fascinating period in time. The site will focus on key civil rights events that took place in 1963, including the integra- tion of the University of Alabama; President Kennedy’s televised address on civil rights; the March on CECIL STOUGHTON President Kennedy stands with the leaders of the March on Washington.

www.jfklibrary.org 9 Celebrating JFK’s Legacy: $1.8M Raised for 24th Annual May Dinner

n May 6, 2012, Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Gerard Doherty partnered Owith Peter and Carolyn Lynch to co-chair an inspiring and successful May Dinner. For this 24th Annual May Dinner, Caroline Kennedy and were joined by five hundred guests in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s Stephen Smith Hall. The May Dinner is an annual fundraising gala that celebrates the life and legacy of President Kennedy and raises funds to support the Kennedy Library’s education and public service programs. The May Dinner also salutes the year’s Profile in Courage Award recipients. Co-Chair Peter Lynch Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Jim Brett, Bill Teuber from EMC, and John Hailer of Natixis. reinforced the importance of the evening, highlighting the Profile in Courage Award as “spectacular” and citing the award’s purpose of identifying and celebrat- ing “leadership under pressure, doing the right thing, and standing up for courage.” The Kennedy Library Foundation received an outpouring of support, led by Legacy Laureates Richard and Nancy Donahue, Feinberg Rozen LLP, Peter and Carolyn Lynch, Clive F. Palmer, and Raytheon Company. The milestone 25th May Dinner will be held on May 5, 2013. For more information on the 2013 event, please contact Maura Hammer at [email protected]. Senator , Leslie Feinberg, Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Carol Fulp, Yasmin Cruz, and BJ Wiley at the 2012 May Dinner. Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and May Dinner Co-Chair Gerard Doherty with fellow Co-Chairs Carolyn and Peter Lynch.

Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Ron Sargent, CEO of Staples, and his wife, Jill. Ron will serve as 2013 Dinner Co-Chair.

ALL PHOTOS BY TOM FITZSIMMONS

10 Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Clive Palmer with Kennedy Library Foundation Board Vice Chair William Swanson, Cheryl Anna Palmer, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg. Swanson, Foundation Board Chair Kenneth R. Feinberg, and 2012 May Dinner Co-Chairs Carolyn and Peter Lynch.

Twenty-Fourth Annual May Dinner May 6, 2012

Legacy Laureates Sony Corporation of America Fred and Charlotte Jackie Jenkins-Scott Richard K. and Nancy L. Viacom Hubbell Foundation Kristin McSwain Donahue David C. Weinstein The Joyce Foundation Jack D. O’Connor Feinberg Rozen LLP Anonymous Senator and Mrs. Paul G. Kirk Jr. Thomas and Rosemary Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch Kevin and Polly Maroni O’Keeffe Clive F. Palmer Anniversary Patrons Jacqueline B. Mars Sharon H. Penney and Jim Raytheon Company The American Ireland Fund and Peter McKelvy Livingston Jill Ker Conway Mt. Tom Companies Sandra Sedacca Legacy Champions Marilyn and Gerard F. Doherty Patty Newburger and Phyllis N. Segal Amgen Gourmet Caterers Brad Wechsler Stonehill College Bank of America Greenberg Traurig, LLP Conan and Liza O’Brien Charles C. Tretter Camrose & Kross, LLC The Hartford Financial Services Red Sox Foundation William J. vanden Heuvel Ted Hoff and Kathleen Group, Inc. Dr. Margaret A. Reed and Kevin Wade O’Connell Nicole and Tom Hynes Patricia Fernandez Staples, Inc. Michele and Howard Kessler Robert and Carol Riley Presidential Partners Joanna Lau Stanley Salett AT&T The Lombard Family John Shattuck and Ellen Hume Bingham McCutchen LLP Richard and Sally Phelps James M. Stone and Mrs. BNY Mellon Donald Saunders and Liv Cathleen D. Stone Ullmann David Boies, Chairman of University of Massachusetts Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Schooner Foundation Boston Brown Brothers Harriman State Street Corporation Weber Shandwick CBS Corporation Yawkey Foundation Anonymous (4) Citizens Bank Anonymous Contributors Margot C. Connell and Family Dinner Sponsors Philip J. Baduini EMC Corporation Nancy and Ziggy Alderman The Boston EMD Serono, Inc. Ron Ansin Foundation Fidelity Investments Carrie and George Bell Heather Campion Richard and Nancy Friedman Governor and Mrs. James J. Sheila L. Cassidy Ironshore Blanchard John J. Cullinane John Hancock Financial Blue Cross Blue Shield of Donna M. DePrisco Liberty Mutual Group Massachusetts Robert Fitzsimmons Jack Manning/Boston Capital David and Trixie Burke Patrick and Carol Corporation Robert L. Caret and Hemingway NSTAR Elizabeth Zoltan Natixis Global Asset Fereydoun Firouz Management General Dynamics News Corporation Anne & Chad Gifford Shari Redstone Hill Holliday Stephen E. Smith Lauren Birchfield and Joe Kennedy III. ALL PHOTOS BY TOM FITZSIMMONS

www.jfklibrary.org 11 Freedom 7 Splashes Down continued from P1

by displaying the capsule in the Museum at the Kennedy Presidential Library. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space in the Mercury capsule, which he named “Freedom 7,” signifying the seven Mercury astronauts. Two weeks after Shepard’s sub-orbital journey, President Kennedy issued another call to Congress regarding the space race, this time in an address on urgent national needs, stating, “I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” NASA gave Freedom 7 to the Smithsonian in October 1961, the first manned spacecraft accessioned into the national collection. On loan from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum through December 2015, the installation of Freedom 7 was made possible through the generous sponsorship of Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Fereydoun Firouz, with additional support from , Raytheon RICK FRIEDMAN Company, and DRS Technologies. Freedom 7 arrives at the JFK Library on August 29, 2012. The installation of Freedom 7 is part of the Kennedy Library’s ongoing celebration of President Kennedy’s role in championing America’s exploration of space. astronauts. Co-sponsored by NASA, this event invited On August 27, the Kennedy Library hosted a live children ages eight and older, students, and adults to submit interview via satellite with two American astronauts— questions to the astronauts. Needham, Massachusetts native Suni Williams and Joe Acaba, On August 13, the Library welcomed NASA astronaut the first astronaut of Puerto Rican heritage—who were living Chris Cassidy, who, in July 2009, completed his first space and working on the International Space Station (ISS). Satellite flight and logged more than 376 hours in space, including hookup allowed the audience to both see and hear the two eighteen hours and five minutes in three spacewalks. Cassidy, who has been assigned to the Expedition 35 crew as a flight engineer and is scheduled to fly to the ISS aboard Soyuz

TOM FITZSIMMONS 34 in March 2013, met with an audience of children and their parents to share his firsthand accounts of what it is like in space.

Kasey Mize, Russell York, and Maggie Doherty of Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire, Alan Shepard’s alma mater, unveil a banner for the Freedom 7 opening with Kennedy Library Director Tom Putnam.

12 Celebrating ’s Centennial Anniversary

he John F. Kennedy Presidential Library helped celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, Tfirst dedicated in 1912 by President Kennedy’s grandfather, Boston Mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, with a variety of programs and activities this past spring. On April 20, Kennedy Library Foundation President Caroline Kennedy threw out one of three ceremonial first pitches at Fenway’s 100th anniversary game between longtime rivals and . The other first pitches were thrown by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Thomas Fitzgerald, a grandson of “Honey Fitz.” On April 22, following a screening of Rooters: The Birth of the , Peter Nash, baseball historian and author of Boston’s ; Richard Johnson, curator

of Boston’s Sports Museum; and Thomas Fitzgerald, grandson RICK FRIEDMAN of Boston mayor “Honey Fitz,” discussed the building of Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava and Wally the listen as Red Sox ambassador Ann Moran reads a story. Fenway Park and the passion of Red Sox fans. of the closed out the forum with a rendition of “.” On May 12, visited the JFK Library to continue the 100th anniversary celebration with young fans. Wally was joined by Red Sox RICK FRIEDMAN player Daniel Nava and Red Sox ambassador Ann Moran, who welcomed the young audience and read Wally’s Journey Through Time, a children’s book written about the history BOSTON RED SOX of Fenway Park. Caroline Kennedy stands with Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Thomas Fitzgerald at Fenway’s 100th anniversary celebration.

Wally the Green Monster posing with a fan.

Library Welcomes Free Fun Fridays

On August 31, visitors enjoyed admission to the visitors, more than three times its normal attendance. This John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum free year, a record-breaking fifty venues participated in Free Fun of charge for the fourth consecutive year, thanks to the Fridays, with five cultural institutions in Massachusetts open generosity of the Highland Street Foundation and their free-of-charge every Friday for ten weeks. “Free Fun Fridays” program, which provides free admission to designated Massachusetts museums and attractions over the course of the summer. The Library welcomed 1,988

www.jfklibrary.org 13 Conan O’Brien Helps Launch New Frontier Network

his May saw the exciting launch of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Network with Kennedy TLibrary Foundation Board Member and New Frontier Network Honorary Chair Conan O’Brien. On May 24, O’Brien took to the Kennedy Library forum stage with moderator Wesley Morris to offer his thoughts on politics, life, and his ever-changing career. For a moment, O’Brien departed from his usual comedic persona to offer the young audience some sound advice: “It is easier to be cynical and detached than to try. Part of President Kennedy’s brilliance was his ability to inspire young people to public service, to convince them that it was really up to them to change the world.” Following the forum, over 150 New Frontier Network members and guests attended a reception in the new Learning TOM FITZSIMMONS Center at the Library, which included a sunset cocktail New Frontier Network Honorary Chair Conan O’Brien. reception on the patio overlooking the harbor. Opening remarks at the reception were made by co-chairs The John F. Kennedy New Frontier Network brings Jeannie Kedas and Steve Kerrigan, followed by remarks from together young leaders and philanthropists ages 21 to 49 O’Brien, who shared his first-hand connection to the mission who are committed to advancing President Kennedy’s ideals of the program. of civic engagement and public service to new generations. Members provide a vital source of energy, leadership, and critical funds to the Kennedy Library Foundation, all while participating in dynamic programming and activities. To learn more about membership in the New Frontier Network, contact Sara Kanawati at 617-514-1673 or [email protected].

New Frontier Network Co-Chairs Steve Kerrigan and Foundation Board Member Jeannie Kedas. TOM FITZSIMMONS

Members Make a Difference The Kennedy Library Foundation salutes its most generous current members as of October 2012: THE JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND Legacy Circle President’s MUSEUM was built with the private donations of millions of Membership Circle people worldwide. In this spirit, our Membership program $2,500 and Membership brings together those who wish to stand with the Kennedy above $1,000–$2,499 Library Foundation and the legacy of our 35th president. Philip J. Baduini Thomas C. Brown Sheri A. Layton Thomas Lemberg Membership gifts at all levels receive benefits such as free James Baker, Anna Corcoran M.D., M.P.H. Rudy deLeon Martha Minow Museum admission and discounted Museum Store purchases; Mazyar Kanani Charles L. Donahue Susan Peterson but, most importantly, membership gifts ensure that the Heather Killough Robert Elston- Shyamal P. Sharma Phyllis L. Pullman Pollock Library can reach new generations of students and scholars Kimberly Vittorio Patricia A. Peter L. Frechette Margot Wilson through rich educational offerings and widespread access Thomas-Fuller Alice L. George to President Kennedy’s archives. If you would like to become and Karen Galen I. Ho Cronin a member, visit www.jfklibrary.org or call 617-514-1672.

14 Kennedy Library Foundation Hosts Blockbuster Panel at the Democratic National Convention

n September 5, the John F. Kennedy Library “We act as if politics is just a competition among sound Foundation commemorated the 50th anniversary bites instead of a vision for the future and the kind of country Oof the Kennedy administration with a special and community we want to live in,” Governor Patrick said. discussion and reception at the 2012 Democratic National “It’s a cliché to say that elections are about the future, Convention in Charlotte. Moderated by ’ but in fact they are about the future, and it’s incumbent David Gregory, the forum included Massachusetts Governor on both parties and candidates to articulate their vision , Democratic strategist Maria Cardona, New of that future.” York Times columnist Matt Bai, and Facebook co-founder “Changing Political Demographics” was presented as part Chris Hughes who discussed the influence of changing of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s New Frontier political demographics on candidates, campaigns, political Network programming; an initiative launched to engage young parties, and public policy. leaders in politics and public service and inspired by President As the Civil Rights Movement defined the political parties Kennedy’s timeless legacy. of the late 1960s, heightened debate around marriage equality, women’s reproductive rights, economic disparity, and immigration are defining the parties of today. The event, titled “Changing Political Demographics,” was made possible thanks to the generous underwriting of Liberty Mutual Insurance and Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Paul Mattera, and graciously hosted by Bank of America. The discussion opened with remarks from Steve Kerrigan, CEO of the 2012 Democratic National Convention and co-chair of the Kennedy Library Foundation’s New Frontier Network, and Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Anne Finucane, the Global Strategy and Marketing Officer for Bank of America. Gregory questioned the panelists on the controversial problems facing our political system and how the messaging of each of the 2012 presidential

campaigns was affecting different factions of voters. STEPHANIE CHESSON Kennedy Library Foundation Executive Director Tom McNaught, Foundation Board Member Chris Goode, Tom Crohan, Foundation Board Member Micho Spring, and Foundation Board Member Paul Mattera.

Panelists Chris Hughes, Matt Bai, Maria Cardona, Governor Deval Patrick, and moderator David Gregory of NBC’s Meet the Press. STEPHANIE CHESSON

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Moakley Public Speaking Institute Inspires a New Group of Students

This summer, twenty-five students participated in the Moakley Public Speaking Institute, a nine-day program for urban students from disadvantaged backgrounds that helps improve self-confidence and learn how to craft and deliver a persuasive speech. Gathered at an annual banquet in Stephen Smith Hall on August 23, 2012, the students presented speeches they wrote during the program on controversial issues and current events. “The Moakley Public Speaking Institute provides a great opportunity for students to gain more confidence in their speaking and writing abilities while learning from some of the 20th century’s most historically significant speeches,” said Nancy McCoy, Director of Education and Public Programs at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The nine-day intensive summer program serves students

from Upward Bound and other enrichment SHAWN PAULLING programs in the Boston area. Moakley Public Speaking Institute participants show off their certificates of achievement.

Irish President Michael Higgins Visits JFK Library

n May 5, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, including James “Jimmy” Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage visited the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. and the Gaeltacht; members of the press; and other members ODuring his first official visit to the United States, he of the Irish Government. President Higgins was welcomed by was accompanied by his wife, Sabina Higgins, and a delegation Kennedy Library Foundation Board Members Clive Palmer and Stephen Smith, who then accompanied Library Director Tom Putnam as he escorted President Higgins on a tour of the Museum. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Smith presented President Higgins with a bronze bust of President Kennedy and a framed TOM FITZSIMMONS copy of President Kennedy’s handwritten copy of the poem, River Shannon, which Kennedy recited in his farewell address from his visit to Ireland on June 29, 1963.

Irish President Michael Higgins (center) with Kennedy Library Board Members Stephen Smith and Clive Palmer.

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Changing Leadership

he Kennedy Library Foundation wished its Vice President of Development, Ariadne Valsamis, a fond Tfarewell and best wishes as she left the Kennedy Library to pursue a new career at Cambridge College, where she has assumed the role of Vice President for Advancement. The Kennedy Library Foundation’s Director of Development, Maura Hammer, will lead the development team as it gears up for 2013—the final year of the JFK50 campaign drive. Prior to joining the Foundation staff in 2011, Hammer spent six years at Community Rowing, Inc., where she led a $16 million capital campaign to build the first boathouse on the Charles River dedicated to public access. TOM FITZSIMMONS She has also held key development positions at several well- Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and Victura Society Chair known Boston–area nonprofits, including The Home for Little Dick Phelps with Director of Development Maura Hammer. Wanderers and The West End House Boys and Girls Club. “As we mark the final year commemorating the 50th to be working at the Kennedy Library Foundation and anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s presidency, and as we I am looking forward to doing my part to lead the celebrate his enduring legacy, I invite those for whom his life development department to new levels of fundraising had meaning to reconnect with us. It is a very exciting time success,” said Hammer.

Planned Giving Boosts The Annual Fund—Raising Critical Foundation Unrestricted Funds Established in 2008, the Victura Society was created he Annual Fund, launched in summer exclusively for individuals and 2012, is the Kennedy Library Foundation’s families who have already source for unrestricted philanthropic T chosen or who are planning support to relieve and enhance the Foundation’s to leave a special legacy of leadership annual operating budget. The importance of to the Kennedy Library Foundation unrestricted support is crucial to ensure the success through bequests, retirement plans, of our education and public programs and allows us to honor and promote John F. charitable trusts, and other planned- Kennedy’s long-lasting accomplishments, including the fight for civil and equal rights; the calls to public service and a peaceful and just gift arrangements. If you have included society; the commitment to space exploration and the Kennedy Library Foundation in technology; and the recognition of the importance of your estate plans, or would like more the arts. “We know you share our belief that the ideals information on how you can make

TOM FITZSIMMONS of President Kennedy and the hope he inspired can a legacy gift to the Foundation, energize generations to come,” said Jill Ker Conway, please contact Maura Hammer at Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and Chair 617-514-1580 or maura.hammer@ of the Annual Fund. “We need your help today to jfklfoundation.org. We look forward continue the kind of programming that has earned the to welcoming those individuals and Kennedy Library the national recognition it enjoys.” families who wish to make such a gift to the Victura Society, and encourage you to visit our web page at www.jfklibrary.org. Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member and Chair of the Annual Fund, Jill Ker Conway.

www.jfklibrary.org 17 Kennedy Library Forums TOM FITZSIMMONS TOM FITZSIMMONS TOM FITZSIMMONS Remembering , June 16, 2012 LBJ: From Senate Majority Leader to Alan Brinkley on JFK, May 15, 2012 President, 1958–1964, May 16, 2012 Mark Shriver discussed his new book, A Good Alan Brinkley discussed his new biography Man, about his late father, R. Sargent Shriver, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro in The American Presidents Series, John F. the first director of the Peace Corps, with discussed the fourth volume in his biography Kennedy: The 35th President, 1961–1963, Richard Parker. of LBJ, The Passage of Power: The Years of with historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. Lyndon Johnson, with Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe writer Mark Feeney. TOM FITZSIMMONS TOM FITZSIMMONS TOM FITZSIMMONS A Conversation with Madeleine Albright, Ethel: A Private Look Inside a Highly The Golden Age of the U.S. Senate, April 26, 2012 Public Life, September 24, 2012 July 31, 2012 Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright , wife of the late Robert F. Ira Shapiro, the author of The Last Great discussed her memoir, Prague Winter: A Kennedy, and her daughter, filmmaker Rory Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times Personal Story of Remembrance and War, Kennedy, hosted the Boston premiere of the of Crisis, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln 1937-1948—with Nicholas Burns, former HBO documentary film Ethel: A Private Look Chafee, and Tom Daschle, former US Senate United States Under Secretary of Inside a Highly Public Life. Majority Leader, discussed the achievements State for Political Affairs. and bi-partisanship of the US Senate during the 1960s and 1970s with Peter Canellos, Editorial Page editor of .

A Conversation with , July 17, 2012 Elizabeth Warren, then the Democratic Party candidate in the 2012 Massachusetts election and the former special advisor for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, discussed the challenges facing the nation. The forum was moderated by veteran journalist Christopher Lydon. RICK FRIEDMAN

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A New and Improved Constitution, July 10, 2012 Poverty in America, June 4, 2012 Kevin Bleyer, Emmy Award–winning writer for The Daily Show Maurice Isserman joined Peter Edelman, author of So Rich, So Poor, and Harvard with Jon Stewart, discussed his new book, ME THE PEOPLE: professor Jennifer Hochschild to discuss the politics and persistence of poverty in One Man’s Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of the United the United States. States of America, with Meghna Chakrabarti, host of WBUR’s Radio Boston. HHHHHHHHHHHHH Watch Forums David McCullough on Americans in Paris, LIVE Online June 7, 2012 @ jfklibrary.org/webcast David McCullough discussed his latest book, The Greater Journey, about prominent 19th-century Americans’ formative years in Paris. HHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Museum of Fine Arts Loans Picasso Masterpiece to JFK Library

he Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum marked the 50th

T TOM FITZSIMMONS anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis—the thirteen days in October 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of thermonuclear war—by bringing Pablo Picasso’s larger-than-life masterpiece, Rape of the Sabine Women, to the JFK Library. In an October 4 ceremony celebrating the first-ever collaborative piece loan between the MFA and the JFK Library, Caroline Kennedy, President of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the MFA, unveiled Picasso’s painting, thought to have been inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and the horrors of war. “We are thrilled to partner with the Museum of Fine Arts as we commemorate one of the most historic moments of my father’s presidency,” said Caroline Kennedy. “President Kennedy asked us to never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. How very honored we are to be able to present this masterpiece by Picasso about the horrors of war.” “The commemoration of the 50th anniversary Caroline Kennedy and Malcolm Rogers stand in front of Pablo Picasso’s Rape of the of the Cuban Missile Crisis presented a unique Sabine Women. opportunity for the MFA to lend a work from its collection to the John F. Kennedy Library and one of the great treasures of our collection—in remembrance of Museum,” said Rogers. “President and Mrs. Kennedy were this pivotal moment in our nation’s history.” Rape of the Sabine champions of the arts, and we are honored to lend Picasso’s Women was on view in the museum at the JFK Library through powerful masterpiece inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis— January 6, 2013.