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On September 27, 1963 President John F. Kennedy visited Tacoma and addressed an audience of local leaders and educators at an event held at Cheney Stadium hosted by Presidents R. Franklin Thompson of the University of Puget Sound and Robert Nortvedt of Pacific Lutheran University.\u00a0 Other leaders attending this important event\u00a0 included:\u00a0 U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson and Governor Albert D. Rosellini of Washington, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall, U.S. Senator Henry \u00a0M. (Scoop) Jackson of Washington, U.S. Senators Wayne Morse and \u00a0Maurine B. Neuberger of Oregon, U.S. Representative Thor C. Tollefson of Washington and Mayor Harold M. Tollefson of Tacoma.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2010\/09\/Podium-150x150.jpg\")
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