The View From the Castle: The death of the seventh secretary comes as a personal as well as a professional loss for the Smithsonian
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PrintSmithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley reflects on the term of former Secretary Leonard Carmichael, who passed away on September 19, 1973. Ripley tells of the support and impact Carmichael has had on his own term as Secretary of the Smithsonian. Ripley cites three major events of Carmichael's eleven year term at the Smithsonian: the opening of the National Museum of History and Technology, the consortium in Cambridge between Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the renovation of the Old U.S. Patent Office to house the National Portrait Gallery and the National Collection of Fine Arts.
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Smithsonian Vol. 4, no. 8 (Journal)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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