Robert McCormick Adams is named the ninth Secretary of the Smithsonian by the Board of Regents and assumes the post on September 17, 1984, after a ceremony on the National Mall where he is given the key to the Castle. Adams served as Provost of the University of Chicago from 1982 until 1984. Adams serves a ten year term as Secretary from 1984 to 1994. More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_1750.