Higginbotham Appointed SI Regent
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PrintLeon A. Higginbotham is appointed to the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents. A citizen member from Pennsylvania, he is the first African American member of the Board of Regents.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1972. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1972, p. iv.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1972