Results for "Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research"
And the award goes to...
- Date: December 30, 2014
- Creator: Anne Van Camp
- Description: The Secretary’s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service was created in 1964 and is the highest honor given to Smithsonian staff for exceptional service over a long period of time. On December 4, 2014, Secretary G. Wayne Clough presented this award to Pam Henson for a lifetime of exceptional service to the Smithsonian Institution. She began her career here in 1973 and has been in
Toasting to the Museum that Never Was
- Date: January 14, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: A brief look at the Smithsonian’s almost acquisition of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood Estate
Welcoming Smithsonian Secretaries
- Date: November 5, 2019
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Lonnie G. Bunch III was installed as the Fourteenth Secretary of the Smithsonian on November 1, 2019 in the historic Arts and Industries Building. To celebrate this new day in Smithsonian history, let’s take a look back at installations past!
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Betty J. Morgan
- Date: March 16, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
A Fish Story
- Date: April 18, 2013
- Creator: Ginger Yowell
- Description: The United States Navy often consulted staff at the Smithsonian Institution when naming their submarines after fish.
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See Here: 9/3/2010
- Date: September 3, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="302" caption="Fausto Bocanegra, assistant to director Martin H. Moynihan, on Barro Colorado Island, the research station for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, is standing in front of the dining hall, c. 1960s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, IHD Photos, Negative
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The Legacy of I. Michael Heyman
- Date: December 7, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: A discussion of the legacy of I. Michael Heyman, who served as the eleventh Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1994 to 1999.
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Celebrating World Cultures—and Our Own
- Date: July 1, 2010
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) riding a scooter at the 1974 Folklife Festival in the Mississippi delta section, with a cotton field behind him, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 269, Folder: SDR Photos, Negative number:
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Mercedes Arroyo
- Date: July 8, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Knowledge Begins in Wonder: The Design Behind the Smithsonian Children’s Room
- Date: March 1, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: The history of the Smithsonian’s Children’s Room, a project led by Smithsonian Secretary Langley and famous interior designer Grace Lincoln Temple.
Volunteer Appreciation: Kathy Boi
- Date: April 14, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Kathy Boi, an oral history project volunteer.
Link Love: 8/3/2018
- Date: August 3, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Classical paintings updated for the 21st century. [via Golem 13]The Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Alaska State Library has finished digitizing the papers of gunslinger Wyatt Earp. [via Info Docket]What role does art play with all the pressing matters in our world? The Smithsonian's Secretary gathers a panel of artists, writers, and critics to weigh-in. [via Second Opinion] What