Description: David J. Skorton was elected the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian by the Institution’s Board of Regents in March 2014 and officially assumed his position July 1, 2015. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Los Angeles. Skorton received a B.S. in psychology in 1970 and his M.D. in 1974 from Northwestern University. His medical residency and fellowship in
Description: The historical legacy of amatuer photographer Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) is far greater than was acknowledged at the time, because of both who he photographed and how he set up the images.