Julian Euell Appointed Assistant Secretary
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Date: 1974
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Julian T. Euell (1929- ) is appointed Assistant Secretary for Public Service, by Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, replacing William W. Warner. He had served as Acting Assistant Secretary in 1972-1973. The first African American to serve as an Assistant Secretary of the Institution, Euell serves until 1982. He is succeeded by Ralph C. Rinzler. A jazz bassist, he develops programs in jazz history at the Institution. After leaving the Smithsonian, Euell works at the Oakland Museum and Louis Armstrong House.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1974