American Indian; Kathleen Allaire, Harvey Krueger, Richard 

 Smith, Agnes Bourne, Barbara Levin, and Richard Hayden ro 

 the Board of Trustees or the Cooper-Hewitr, National Design 

 Museum; David C. Driskell, Frances Humphrey Howard, 

 Robin B. Marnn, and Robert H. Nooter to the Commission 

 of the National Museum of African Art; Nancy Ruth Morin, 

 Alan K. Simpson, and Stanley O. Ikenberry to the Board of 

 the National Museum of Natural History; Edwin I. Colodny, 

 Ann Cousins, Frank K. Ribehn, Wanda M. Corn, Rosa 

 Rionda de la Cruz, Paul D. Parkman, and Gerald L. Pearson 

 to the Commission of the National Museum of American Art; 

 Mrs. Hart Fessenden, Kurt Gitter, Jill Hornor Ma, Aboulala 

 Soudavar, and Paul Walter to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 

 Visiting Committee; and Roger Covey, Richard Danziger, and 

 Cynthia Helms to the Freer Gallery of Art Visiting 

 Committee. 



Staff Changes 



Throughout fiscal year 1995, under the new leadership of I. 

 Michael Heyman, various reorganizations were undertaken to 

 place greater emphasis on the responsibilities of the museums, 

 research centers, and offices. The Office of the Provost was 

 established under Robert S. Hoffmann, the Smithsonian's 

 former assistant secretary for science. On an interim basis, 

 former assistant secretaries Tom L. Freudenheim and James C. 

 Early and deputy assistant secretary Ross B. Simons became 

 assistant provosts. Former Assistant Secretary Thomas E. 

 Lovejoy was named counselor to the secretary for biodiversity 



and environmental affairs, former deputy assistant secretary 

 Marc J. Pachter became counselor to the secretary for special 

 projects and the electronic media, and Miguel A. Bretos 

 served as counselor to the secretary for Latino affairs under 

 contract. Alice Green Burnette was given the new title of 

 assistant secretary for institutional advancement. 



Retiring from the administrative ranks were Peter G. 

 Powers, the Smithsonian's first general counsel, former 

 Assistant Secretary John F.Jameson, and Contracting Officer 

 Robert P. Perkins. Other departures of note included Director 

 of Government Relations Mark W. Rodgers, Deputy Assistant 

 Secretary Claudine K. Brown, Director of Facilities Services 

 Richard L. Siegle, Director of Protection Services Charles A. 

 Hines, and National Air and Space Museum Director Martin 

 O. Harwit. We were fortunate to have recruited by year's end 

 J. Dennis O'Connor to become the Smithsonian's first 

 permanent provost on January 1, 1996; John E. Huerta to 

 assume the position ot general counsel on November 13, 1995; 

 David J. Umansky, who was appointed to the new position of 

 director of communications in March 1995; M. John Berry, 

 who became director of government relations in April 1995; 

 John W. Cobert to assume the directorship of the Contracts 

 Office; Edith W. Hedlin, who became director of the Office of 

 the Smithsonian Institution Archives in October 1994; and 

 Nicole L. Krakora, who was appointed director of special 

 events and conferences services in June 1995. 



To these officers and countless others, we owe a debt of 

 gratitude for their efforts to bring the Smithsonian to its 

 present greatness and envision its possibilities for the future. 



