Webb, James E. (James Edwin), 1906-1992

James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, (second from left) smiles as he sits at a table during a dinner with an unknown group.

James E. Webb, NASA head, is shown on the far right, with others, during a trip to the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee.

Charles J. Donlan, Associate Director of the NASA Langley Research Center, (left) stands with James E. Webb, NASA Administrator (right) and another unidentified man (center).

Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma is shown with NASA Administrator James E. Webb at the Mariner II press conference.

Charles J. Donlan (right), Associate Director of the NASA Langley Research Center, greets an unidentified man while James E. Webb, NASA head (center) looks on.

Inspecting the research vehicle flown at the NASA Langley Research Center's Lunar Landing Research Facility are (from left) James E. Webb; Dr. Elmer B. Staats; Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas (at controls); and Donald E. Hewes. They are in Hampton, Virginia.

A research scientist in a space suit during a study of problems that will be encountered by man walking on the lunar surface during this demonstration. Senator John L. McClellan (second from right) communicates with the engineer. Observing the research are James E. Webb, NASA head (right); Dr. Floyd L. Thompson, Langley Director (second from left); and Donald E. Hewes, Langley scientist.

James E. Webb, NASA head (second from left), speaks to Senator John L. McClellan (Arkansas), during McClellan's visit to the 16-foot Transonic Wind Tunnel of NASA Langley Research Center. McClellan stands with arms folded. The others are unidentified.

A smiling James E. Webb, head of NASA, is shown with an unidentified man, who is wearing a formal military costume, during the Goddard Memorial Dinner held at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

James E. Webb (center), Administrator of NASA, receives a Western pistol as a gift from a visiting group. Senator Strom Thurmond is on Webb's left.