Hopkins Becomes Director of NAM

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Summary

Philip S. Hopkins is becomes director of the National Air Museum, now the National Air and Space Museum, effective October 28, 1957. Before coming to the Smithsonian he was professor of aviation and head of the department of aviation at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.

Subject

  • Hopkins, Philip S
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1958. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1959, p. 11.

Contact information

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

Date

October 28, 1957

Topic

  • Appointments
  • Museums
  • Museum directors

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