Keywords: Joshua Lederberg with Abe Ribicoff and Wendell Stanley at the White House.jpg en President John F Kennedy greets members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation in the White House Rose Garden on October 18 1961 Kennedy's family was personally affected by the mental retardation of one of his sisters and the President sought to foster into the causes of the condition Lederberg who had advised Kennedy on health matters as a member of his transition team began investigations into the genetics of mental retardation not long after his arrival at Stanford University in 1959 and brought his expertise to the President's newly-formed panel Lederberg continued to advise policy-makers on mental retardation throughout the 1960s Lederberg is standing at the far right with Ribicoff toward the left facing the camera and Stanley in the far back http //profiles nlm nih gov/BB/G/M/R/K/ White House 1961-10-18 PD-USGov Black and white photographs of Washington D C Joshua Lederberg White House in 1961 John F Kennedy in 1961 Wendell Meredith Stanley Abraham A Ribicoff ImageNote 1 3716 1123 569 666 5634 4492 2 John F Kennedy ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1663 1033 517 651 5634 4492 2 Abraham A Ribicoff ImageNoteEnd 2 |