Chronology 



September-June 



■ Education affiliation The National Portrait Gallery and 

 the MCI National Sports Gallery offered joint educational 

 programs for student groups in grades 3 through 12. At 

 NPG, students were actively involved in interpreting por- 

 traits as they learned about individuals and themes in 

 American history. Students explored the collections in 

 groups guided by docents who helped them discover the 

 American presidents, Pocahontas, Benjamin Franklin, Susan 

 B. Anrhony, Martin Luther King Jr., and others who have 

 made important contributions to the life of rhe narion. At 

 the MCI, students discovered the history of American sports 

 while they saw sports artifacts and memorabilia from stars 

 such as Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, Oksana Baiul, 

 Muhammad Ali. and Babe Ruth. 



October 



■ Donation Through the generosity of longtime Smithsonian 

 American Art Museum supporters Sheila and Richard 

 Schwartz, Patricia and Phillip Frost, and the Sara Roby Foun- 

 dation, 19 fellows are in residence for the 1998-1999 

 academic year, the highest number in the program's history. 

 Among them are four Latino scholars funded through the 

 Rockefeller Foundation initiative for Latino cultural research. 



October 



■ Chairman elected Rosemary Ripley was elected chair of the 

 Smithsonian Libraries' Board. Ms. Ripley is Vice President, 

 Corporate Business Development, Philip Morris Corpora- 

 tion. Her father, S. Dillon Ripley, was eighth Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



September 30-October 2 



■ Special event The Public Corporation for the Arts affiliate 

 in Long Beach, California, worked with The Smithsonian 

 Associates to host a residency and concert series by the 

 Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. 



October 



■ Anniversary 1998 marked the 30th anniversary of the 

 Smithsonian American Arr Museum's Intern Program. 



October 



■ Architect! engineering contract The Office of Contracring 

 awarded an architect/engineering services contract to Pol- 

 shek Tobey & Davis for master planning of renovations to 

 the Castle and the Arts and Industries Building. 



October 



■ Division established Nancy E. Gwinn, Director, Smithson- 

 ian Libraries, esrablished an Information Systems Division 

 headed by Tom Garnett who was named Assistant Director. 

 The division manages the Electronic Library Program which 

 includes all on-line products and initiatives, from publica- 

 tion of original electronic works and digital editions of rare 

 books to delivery of informarion for research in e-journals. 

 The Libraries' Research Services Division is headed by Assis- 

 tant Director Bonita Perry and the Management and 

 Technical Services Division is headed by Assisranr Director 

 Mary Augusta Thomas. 



October 



■ Professorship appointment SERC scientist Dr. Dennis 

 Whigham was indoctrinated as Professor in the Faculty of 

 Biology, University of Utrect, The Netherlands. 



