Photograph and Note Commemorating President Reagan Awarding Dr. Maurice Hilleman the National Medal of Science
date: label: date made
content: 1988
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An official White House commemorative photograph and note from the White House. The photograph documents President Ronald Reagan awarding the National Medal of Science to Dr. Maurice Hilleman in 1988. The commemorative photograph bears an inscription on the front: "To Maurice Hilleman / Congratulations and best wishes" and the signature "Ronald Reagan". The back of the photograph bears a stamp: "Official Photograph / The White House / Washington / 15 JU 88 C483821". The commemorative note is dated August 4, 1988, and reads: "Dear Dr. Hilleman, I am pleased to send you a memento from the President of your receiving the National Medal of Science. It was a pleasure to participate with you on this outstanding occasion. Sincerely, William R. Graham / Science Advisor to the President". The note bears the signature "Bill Graham". All pieces are contained in an envelope, addressed to "Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman / Director / Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research / Merck and Company, Inc. / West Point, Pennsylvania 19486" with a return address of "The White House / Washington". The image in photograph 2017.3081.09 is only slightly different to that in 2017.3081.10, perhaps taken moments apart.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3081.09
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3081.09
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, commemorative, vaccine development
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, photograph: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm