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

Portrait of James E. Webb, seated in his office, with photos of his wife and children behind him. He was a former Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and Under Secretary of State, in the Truman administration.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, as Mrs. Acheson and Under Secretary of State James E. Webb look on. Mr. and Mrs. Acheson were leaving for the Big Three meeting on Western European unity in Paris.

Cartoon drawing of the head of James E. Webb, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, drawn during an appearance at the Press and Union League Club, San Francisco, California.

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.