Alan Fern Becomes Director of NPG

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Summary

Alan Fern assumes directorship of National Portrait Gallery, in place of Marvin Sadik, who resigned July 1, 1981.

Subject

  • Fern, Alan Maxwell 1930-
  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," May 1982, p. 1.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1982. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983, p. 18.

Contact information

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

Date

June 1, 1982

Topic

  • Art museums
  • Appointments
  • Museums
  • Art museum directors
  • Museum directors

Place

Washington (D.C.)

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