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Photo: John F. Kennedy at University Day, 1961


President John F. Kennedy speaks onstage on University Day, October 12, 1961, at Kenan Stadium. The dignitaries seated behind Kennedy include then-governor ('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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