Photo: John F. Kennedy at University Day, 1961
Posted Nov 22, 2013
President John F. Kennedy speaks onstage on University Day, October 12, 1961, at Kenan Stadium. The dignitaries seated behind Kennedy include then-governor Terry Sanford ('39, '46 JD), UNC system president William Friday ('48 JD), and former UNC system president and US Senator Frank Porter Graham (1909).
(Hugh Morton Collection)
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