Groundbreaking for the Mathias Lab
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Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1987
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: January 1988
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's new laboratory, named in honor of Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. who championed legislation to protect the Chesapeake Bay from over development and pollution during his more than 20 years in Congress. The photo shows (from l.) David Challinor, Assistant Secretary for Research, Dean Anderson, Undersecretary, Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (with a shovel of dirt), and David Correll, director of SERC.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in the "Torch," January 1988
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: January 1988
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1987
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87-15933-15A
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print