Gunlocke Marks Centennial of John Fitzgeral Kennedy with Re-Issue of JFK's Oval Office Chair

WAYLAND, N.Y., April 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- He was born 100 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts, and went on to become the 35th President of the United States.  As President-elect John F. Kennedy planned to move into the White House, workplace technicians from the Gunlocke Company of Wayland, New York, collaborated with his personal physician, Dr. Janet Travell, to develop an executive chair that combined anatomic, physiologic, and mechanical principles with aesthetics.  She had treated JFK for chronic back pain and insisted on "ergonomic intervention" in the building of the executive chair he used at his Oval Office desk.