Ripley Receives Order of Smithson

ID: 97-9591

Creator: Nielsen, Kim

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1984

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: October 1984

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Summary

Regent Carlisle Humelsine bestows the Order of James Smithson on Secretary S. Dillon Ripley after noting that the honor was specifically created for 'those rare individuals whose contributions to the Smithsonian measurably transcend existing honors for service to the institution.' Ripley became the third individual to receive the Smithson Order, symbolized by a newly designed medal of enamel and gold, bearing a bas-relief of the institution's founder. Ripley served as Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1964 to 1984.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Humelsine, Carlisle
  • Board of Regents
  • Order of James Smithson

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, October 1984

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: October 1984

Contact information

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

Date

1984

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Awards
  • Secretaries
  • Rewards (Prizes, etc.)
  • Medals

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Event

ID Number

97-9591

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

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