Nancy Hanks Becomes Regent
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PrintNancy Hanks, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), is appointed the second woman to serve as a citizen Regent, replacing James Webb, who retired from the Board on June 21, 1982. She dies on 7 January 1983.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
September 18, 1982