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

James E. Webb, second from left, and Wayne E. Thompson, left, greet other delegates to the Dunsmuir House Conference on Space, Science and Urban Life.

James E. Webb, right, and Howard G. Vesper, left, speak to each other during the Dunsmuir House Conference on Space, Science and Urban Life. Mr. Webb is the director of NASA.

James E. Webb (second from left), laughs with another delegate, during the dinner at the Dunsmuir House Conference on Space, Science and Urban Life.

NASA Administrator James E. Webb introduces President Lyndon B. Johnson to the large crowd of Manned Spacecraft Center employees beside Building One during President Johnson's visit to the MSC. They are in Houston, Texas.

During a visit by an unidentified Congressman, (right) James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), (left) explains a space capsule.

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (right) explains a model of the Air Force X-15 to a visitor at his office.

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, stands with Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri (left) in front of replicas of rockets.

James E. Webb, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, views the site of Apollo 10 at the Kennedy Space Center with other unidentified dignitaries.

President Harry S. Truman stands in a receiving line with James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State to his left, along with unidentified others.

President Harry S. Truman, with hat in hand, waves to the crowd and cameramen, while walking with Under Secretary of State James E. Webb beside him. Others are unidentified.