Burger is Awarded Smithson Medal

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Summary

Chief Justice Warren Burger is awarded the James Smithson Medal at the Board of Regents' dinner. Burger, who left the Board when he retired from the Supreme Court, is named Chancellor Emeritus, the first such title designation.

Subject

  • Burger, Warren E. 1907-
  • Board of Regents
  • James Smithson Medal
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," October 1986, p. 1.

Contact information

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

Date

September 14, 1986

Topic

  • Firsts
  • Retirement

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