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

President Lyndon B. Johnson (far right) and James E. Webb, NASA head, (seated second from left) with unidentified others during a banquet at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) and NASA head James E. Webb shown together at a banquet at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Left to right: NASA Director James E. Webb, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and two unidentified men viewing the model of a space vehicle.

James E. Webb, far right, showing a model of a space vehicle to President John F. Kennedy in the oval office. James Webb is Director of NASA. Others in photo unidentified.

President John F. Kennedy (sixth from left) and unidentified others standing in front of his desk in the oval office being shown a model of a space vehicle. James E. Webb, NASA head, stands fourth from left.

President John F. Kennedy (seventh from left) standing with unidentified others in front of his desk in the oval office being shown a model of a space vehicle. James E. Webb, head of NASA, is fifth from left.

James E. Webb, NASA Director, shown in center, receiving an honorary degree from Duke University.

Shown during a visit to the NASA Langley Research Center are left to right: James E. Webb, NASA Administrator; Dr. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the U.S.; and Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas. Also shown are Dr. Floyd L. Thompson (second from right), Langley Director, and Charles J. Donlan, Associate Director.

Senator John L. McClellan (Arkansas), center, holds a model plane during his visit to the 16 foot Transonic Wind Tunnel at NASA's Langley Research center. Left to right: James E. Webb, NASA Administrator; Senator McClellan; Dr. Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United States; and Charles J. Donlan, Associate Director of Langley. The woman at right is unidentified.

Photograph of James E. Webb taken when he was a member of the Municipal Manpower Commission established by the Ford and Sloan Foundations to study personnel and management needs in the nation's cities.