Under Secretary Collins Resigns

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Summary

Michael Collins, director of the National Air and Space Museum April 1971 - April 1978, is appointed Under Secretary in April 1978. In February of 1980 he resigns to accept the position of vice president-field operations of the Vought Corporation, Washington, D.C.

Subject

  • Collins, Michael 1930-
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Undersecretary

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 2/1980, p. 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 1980

Topic

  • Appointments
  • Resignations

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