| Description | Correspondence and other material relating to the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation. Includes the following:
<li>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;</li>
<li>Copy of application for the Award from Joe Hin Tjio;</li>
<li>Correspondence regarding the selection of candidates;</li>
<li>Leaflet advertising the award;</li>
<li>List of names of the 1962 selection committee;</li>
<li>Invitation for Penrose to tour the Joseph P Kennedy Jr Memorial Laboratories for Mental Retardation;</li>
<li>Invitation for Penrose to attend the Foundation's first International Awards dinner in December 1962;</li>
<li>Two copies of the souvenir programme from the Awards dinner, including a short biography and photograph of Penrose;</li>
<li>Announcement of the 1963 Joseph P Kennedy Jr Foundation Scientific Symposium on Mental Retardation at which Penrose gave a talk on "mosaic mongolism";</li>
<li>A page from <i>Medical News</i>, 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.</li> |