Vice President Nixon awards the 1958 "Collier Trophy"

Vice-President Richard M. Nixon (center, holding a model of an Lockheed F-104 Starfighter) with recipients of the 1958 Collier (Robert J.) Trophy. 
From left to right: Capt Walter W Irwin, USAF, for world speed record; Maj Howard C Johnson, USAF, for world altitude record; Vice-President Richard M. Nixon; 
Neil Burgess and Gerhard Neumann of General Electric for development of the J79 engine, and Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson for design of the F-104 airframe.

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