Civil service

James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is shown speaking at a retirement party for Dr. Abe Silverstein, Director of the Lewis Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr. Silverstein is shown just to the left of Mr. Webb, who is at the podium. Patsy Webb is third from the left. The others are unidentified.

Japanese businessmen surround a table during a visit to the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration, is at the left.

President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) listens to James E. Webb, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as he speaks into the President's ear during a visit to the Kennedy Space Center by President Johnson and Chancellor Ludwig Erhard of Germany.

James E. Webb, (second from the left) former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and unidentified others stand together at the podium during the National Civil Service League Career Service Awards Program, held at the Washington Hilton.

James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (far left, with his back to the camera) sits at a round table with other unidentified people as Nelson Rockefeller stands and talks.

From left to right: unidentified; James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Fred Seitz; Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. The photo was taken on the occasion of Seitz's lecture in the General Accounting Office series, "Changes and Challenges for the GAO".

Shown standing together (left to right) are unidentified; Mr. James E. Webb, former head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Mrs. Webb; unidentified; Mr. Elmer Staats, Comptroller General; and Mrs. Staats.

Undersecretary of State James E. Webb arrives at the State Department to take part in hurried conferences called to examine the situation in Korea where North Korea has launched attacks on South Korea.

James E. Webb (far right), Under Secretary of State to President Harry S. Truman, receives his honorary degree at the University of North Carolina. The other people in the photograph are unidentified.

Shown together at a retirement party for Thompson Webb (first cousin of James Webb), are, back row, left to right: Howell Webb; Betty (Howell's wife); Jack (John L.) Webb; Thompson Webb; Vivian Webb (Thompson Webb's wife); Thompson Webb, Jr.; Diana Webb (Thompson Webb, Jr.'s wife); James E. Webb (head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration); and Patsy Webb (Mrs. James E. Webb). Front row, left to right: Gordon Webb (son of Thompson Webb, Jr.); Thompson Webb III; and Bill Webb.