Agency history, 1971-2009

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Subject

  • Collins, Michael 1930-
  • Boyne, Walter J. 1929-
  • Zisfein, Melvin B
  • Lopez, Donald S. 1923-2008
  • Carter, Gwendolyn
  • Stephens, Wendy
  • Engen, Donald Davenport 1924-1999
  • Dailey, John R
  • Anderson, Joseph T

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives 1996
  • Smithsonian Institution, "National Air and Space Museum," [http://www.nasm.si.edu], 2000, 2008-2011
  • Press release, "Joseph T. Anderson Named Deputy Director for National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center," January 25, 2007, https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/joseph-t-anderson-named-deputy-director-national-air-and-space-museums, accessed October 7, 2022
  • Press release, "National Air and Space Museum's Deputy Director and Aviation Legend Donald Lopez Dies," March 4, 2008, https://airandspace.si.edu/newsroom/press-releases/national-air-and-space-museums-deputy-director-and-aviation-legend-donald, accessed October 3, 2022
  • The position of Deputy Director was created in 1971 when Director Michael Collins appointed Melvin B. Zisfein to the office. Zisfein, who was also Acting Director in 1978, served until 1981 when he left the Museum. Walter J. Boyne was named Deputy Director in 1981 and held the office, along with that of Acting Director, until 1983, when he became Director. In 1983, Boyne chose Donald S. Lopez to be Deputy Director for Curatorial Services. In 1984, the title was shortened to Deputy Director. Lopez served until 1990.
  • After 1990, Lopez assumed a role as senior advisor to the Director before retiring in 1993. From 1993 to 1996 Lopez served as senior advisor emeritus and was again appointed deputy director in 1996. In the interval, Wendy Stephens was named Associate Director from 1990 until 1992. She was followed by Gwendolyn Carter from 1993 until 1995. When Donald Engen was appointed Director of the Museum, Lopez once again assumed the Deputy Director's position in 1996. He also was Acting Director in 1999 when Engen died in July of that year, until the appointment of John R. Dailey as Director of the Museum in January 2000. Lopez retired in 2007 and Joseph T. Anderson was named deputy director that same year. Anderson served until 2009 when the position appears to have been abolished and the duties of the deputy director were dispersed amongst several associate directors.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1971
  • 2009
  • 1971-2009

Topic

  • Astronautical museums
  • Aeronautics
  • Museums
  • Museums--Administration
  • Aeronautical museums

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00116

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