Secretary Wetmore Retires
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PrintSecretary Alexander Wetmore retires on December 31, 1952, after a seven year term as the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian. On January 2, 1953, Leonard Carmichael takes over the Secretaryship.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 31, 1952