Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation

Correspondence and other material relating to the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation. Includes the following:

Correspondence between Donald J Stedman of the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation and Helen Lang-Brown, secretary to L S Penrose, regarding arrangements for meetings of the 1962 Awards Committee;

Copy of application for the Award from Joe Hin Tjio;

Correspondence regarding the selection of candidates;

Leaflet advertising the award;

List of names of the 1962 selection committee;

Invitation for Penrose to tour the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Memorial Laboratories for Mental Retardation;

Invitation for Penrose to attend the Foundation's first International Awards dinner in December 1962;

Two copies of the souvenir programme from the Awards dinner, including a short biography and photograph of Penrose;

Announcement of the 1963 Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation Scientific Symposium on Mental Retardation at which Penrose gave a talk on "mosaic mongolism";

A page from Medical News, 21 February 1964, reporting Penrose's receipt of the 1964 International Award, with a black and white photo showing US President Lyndon B Johnson presenting the award to Penrose.

1962-1964

53 folios

See also PENROSE/1/20/2/4 for another copy of the photograph of Penrose receiving his award from President Johnson.

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

This material contains non-sensitive personal data. Access to this material at UCL Special Collections and Archives for the purposes of private research may be granted after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. Restricted until 1 January 2047.

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.