Tico Puente included a donation of Puente's "timbales" 

 to the National Museum, an oral history interview, a 

 discussion about the New York music scene and the 

 Puerto Rican community, and a musical tribute by La- 

 Jazz. Puente was presented with the museum's Lifetime 

 Achievement Award. 



October iy 



■ Meeting The Smithsonian Accessibility Program 

 released its publication "Smithsonian Guidelines for Ac- 

 cessible Exhibition Design" to staff at a meeting of the 

 Smithsonian Liaison Council. 



October II 



■ Concert The Smithsonian Associates and the Center 

 for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies celebrated 

 the Folkways legacy at Baird Auditorium. Pete Seeger, 

 Ella Jenkins, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Anthony 

 Seeger received the Smithson Medal on behalf of 

 Folkways artists past, present, and future. Smithsonian 

 General Counsel John Huerta awarded the medal. 



October n 



■ Special Event The Smithsonian Associates awarded 

 the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal to singer/ 

 songwriter Pete Seeger for his outstanding career in 

 music. 



October 16— November 14 



■ Public Program America's Smithsonian, the traveling 

 exhibition celebrating the Institution's 150th Anniver- 

 sary, visited St. Paul, Minnesota. The Office of Member- 

 ship and Development organized a Premiere Gala for 

 local supporters that was held October 15. The exhibi- 

 tion also traveled to Houston, Texas, December 6— 

 January 28. A Premiere Gala for local supporters was 

 held December 5. April 3-May 6, the exhibition visited 

 Portland, Oregon. A Premiere Gala was held April 2. 

 Birmingham, Alabama received the show May 29-July 

 12. A Premiere Gala was held May 28. The show 

 returned to the West Coast in the summer, visiting San 

 Jose, California, July 31-August 26. A Premiere Gala 

 was held July 30. 



October 17-ip 



■ Meeting The Office of Membership and Develop- 

 ment welcomed the Smithsonian National Board to 

 Washington, D.C., for the board's 25th annual meeting. 

 The board also held its spring meeting April 3—5. June 

 1—8 the Board took a study tour to Alaska, featuring a 

 visit to the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 

 cohost of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Program based 

 at the National Museum of Natural History. 



October 18-ip 



■ Special Event The Office of Membership and 

 Development welcomed the James Smithson Society to 

 Washington. The Society, the highest circle of Con- 

 tributing Membership, met for its 20th annual gather- 

 ing and gave its Founder Medal to Agnes Cowles 

 Bourne for her generous support of the Cooper-Hewirt's 

 renovation. The Society's annual meeting was per- 

 manently moved to the spring in FY97, and the group 

 also met May 9—10. The Society gave two Founder 

 Medals recognizing extraordinary members. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Philip D. Reed, Jr., accepted the medal on behalf 

 of the Philip D. Reed Foundation. The Reeds have sup- 

 ported the work of SERC, NOAHS and the CRC. Mary 

 Marvin Breckinridge Patterson accepted the medal 

 recognizing her lifetime support for the Smithsonian 

 and many SI units. 



October ip 



■ Special Event The Office of Membership and 

 Development organized the Smithsonian Benefactors 

 Circle Dinner to recognize and honor those individuals 

 whose gifts, over their lifetimes, have preserved the 

 traditions of the Smithsonian and furthered its vision. 

 At the SBC October 1996 dinner, William Gordon 

 Bowen received the Joseph Henry Medal in recognition 

 of his distinguished achievements as a Smithsonian 

 Regent and his support as President of the Andrew W. 

 Mellon Foundation. Jerome and Dororthy Lemelson 

 received the SBC's Annual Award for their generous sup- 

 port and their establishment of the Jerome and Dorothy 

 Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innova- 

 tion at the National Museum of American History. The 

 award was accepted by their son, Eric Lemelson. 



October ip 



■ Exhibition and Publication The SITES exhibition 

 "Seeing Jazz" premiered at the International Gallery. 

 The book, also entitled Seeing Jazz, published for the 

 premiere, complemented and expanded on the themes 

 of the exhibition, including more artworks and literary 



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