Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-1992

James E. Webb, right, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, meets with an unidentified member of the Virginia congressional delegation.

James E. Webb, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (left), meets with Senator Harry F. Byrd during a meeting of the Virginia Congressional Delegation.

Portrait of James E. Webb, Administrator of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He was named to this position in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy and led the U. S. space agency during the manned space flight programs and then through other important scientific programs such as televising the moon's surface with the U. S. Ranger spacecraft and sending photos back from Mars with U. S. Mariner spacecraft.

Mr. James E. Webb Undersecretary of State to President Harry S. Truman, and Mrs. Patsy Webb, in formal dress, emerge from a car for a formal event at the Carlton Hotel.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson, center, and Under Secretary of State James E. Webb, just to Acheson's right, sit with others during a meeting.

James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State, shakes hands with an unidentified lady during a formal reception.

James E. Webb (sixth from the left), Undersecretary of State to President Harry S. Truman, stands with other unidentified men during a formal event.

Patsy Webb, wife of James E. Webb, Undersecretary of State to President Harry S. Truman, receives a corsage from a lady during a diplomatic event. James E. Webb is on the left of the photo. The other persons are unidentified.

James E. Webb, fourth from left, is shown during a dinner banquet honoring Admiral Harold Stark in New York with other unidentified military men.

James E. Webb, third from left, is shown at a dinner honoring Admiral Harold Stark in New York. Other men are unidentified.