Cristián Samper Appointed Director, NMNH
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PrintCristián Samper is appointed director of the National Museum of Natural History. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., Samper was deputy director and staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama from 2001 to 2003. He replaces Robert Fri who resigned 2001 over disagreements with Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small about the direction for science at the Institution.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
2003
Washington (D.C.)