The View From the Castle: For a scientist who turned administrator salvation lies in continuing work in his laboratory, and memories of damp nights

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley defends his position from a former "The View From the Castle" comment essay. Ripley claimed that scientists must abandon the illusion that they are experts if they want to be effective in government positions (See Smithsonian magazine, November 1972). Ripley concludes his essay explaining how he, a scientist in an administrator's position, maintains his integrity by pursuing scientific work separate from his administrative work.

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Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

In this essay, Ripley gives a good, personal perspective of his work, as an administrator and a scientist.

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 3, no. 11 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

February 1973

Topic

  • Political science
  • Laboratories
  • Government
  • Castle View
  • Science
  • Scientists
  • Government policy
  • Science and state

Physical description

p. 4

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