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On March 10, 2014, the Smithsonian's Board of Regents named Dr. David J. Skorton, president of Cornell University, as the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. A medical doctor, Secretary Skorton assumes his tenure as Secretary in July 2015, and emphasizes employee health as one of his priorities. More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_14153.
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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Installation of Dr. David Skorton  with David M. Rubenstein, Board of Regents, speaking at the podium. David J. Skorton is second from the right. National Museum of American History, Photographic Files, DAMS.si.edu.