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over that Kennedy had been assassinated. It was a very 

 shocking event, terrible. We all cried. 



Sharp: I guess everybody probably remembers where they were. I 



remember where I was. I think everybody was just coitpletely 

 shocked. 



Revelle: That's right. Stunned. 



Sharp: It doesn't really fit in here, because I wanted to talk 



about it later on, but he had addressed the anniversary of 

 either National Academy of Sciences or — . 



Revelle: The hundredth anniversary of the National Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Sharp: And that was literally just a month before. 



Revelle: That's right. 



Sharp: And you were there. It was a big to-do. 



Revelle: Yes, sure, I was a member of the council of the academy. 



Sharp: And he gave a stirring address. 



Revelle: That's right. It was very interesting. Jerry Wiesner and I, 

 in fact, had been involved in writing his speech. He 

 started reading this speech and after about ten minutes he 

 gave up, and just started talking extemporaneously, 

 [laughing] 



Sharp: He didn't like what you had written? 



Revelle: I'm not sure he didn't like it, but he had plenty of things 

 to say on his own. He didn't need us. Det Bronk had been 

 involved with it too, but mostly Jerry and I. 



Sharp: Had you had much of a chance to really talk to President 

 Kennedy? ## 



Revelle: In that capacity I met him. 



Sharp: Of course the Peace Corps is often seen as a real hallmark 

 of the Kennedy Administration. 



Revelle: His brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, was the head of it. I 

 saw a good deal of the people in the White House. MacGeorge 

 Bundy, Skolnikoff, Kriedler and Wiesner. Not so much the 

 Irishmen, the Irish politicians. But I had very little 

 contact with John Kennedy. 



