After serving in the Navy with distinction in World War II. Kennedy ran successfully for the House of Representatives in 1946. He second three terms. In 1952 the young Congressman defeated Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. '24 in the election for Senator from Massachusetts.

Mr. Kennedy's brilliant political career reached its Zenith on Nov. 8, 1960, the day on which he was elected the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He became then the sixth Harvard alumnus attain the office.

A month ago, the President sat among ten thousand men of Harvard in the stadium to watch the Crimson tie Columbia 4.3. It was his last appearance in Cambridge.