Awards

Irving Geist (left) receives a U.S. Treasury Distinguished Service Award from Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (right).

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hannegan, the Irving Geist family, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pace pose together for a picture as Mr. Geist is presented with a certificate of Merit. From left to right: Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace, Mrs. Irma P. Hannegan, Mrs. Irving Geist, unidentified, unidentified, Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan, Irving Geist, and Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General Frank Pace.

Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (left) receives a plaque of "Outstanding Public Service for his unselfish devotion to duty" from Mr. Durning, Collector of the Customs, and from the New York City Postmaster, not identified, at a Federal Business Association Luncheon in New York. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left) with the former Chairman of the National Science Board, Norman Hackerman (right). She was presented with an award at the National Science Board Dinner, held in the Diplomatic Functions Area of the Department of State.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left), with National Science Board Chairman Lewis M. Branscomb (right), being honored at the National Science Board Dinner, held in the Diplomatic Functions Area of the Department of State.

Former President Harry S. Truman addresses the crowd during commencement at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

President Harry S. Truman (right) presents a Congressional Gold Medal authorized by Congress to Vice President Alben Barkley (left) in the Oval Office. Others in the background are unidentified.

Vice President Alben Barkley (center) and his wife, Mrs. Jane Barkley, admire the newly presented Congressional Gold Medal which was presented by President Harry S. Truman (right). In the background, second from the left is Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) in the Oval Office, shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley (second from left) as he presents him with a Gold Medal for distinguished service in Congress, as the Vice President's wife, Mrs. Jane Barkley (left), and Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Bureau of the Mint (right), look on.

President Harry S. Truman (right) presents a Congressional Gold Medal, authorized by Congress, to Vice President Alben Barkley, in the Oval Office.