Discrimination Act. The congressional Regents also sought 

 statutory authority for the Board of Regents to enlarge the 

 membership of its advisory boards for the purpose of 

 increasing rheir abiliry to raise support for rhe Smithsonian's 

 museums. 



Among their many actions, the Regents affirmed their 

 intention to construct die National Air and Space Museum 

 Dulles Center as soon as possible, approved the acquisition of 

 land in support of Smithsonian research programs, and agreed 

 to endow Smithsonian marine research out of the Seward 

 Johnson Trust for Oceanography. 



The Regents established two advisory bodies: the board of 

 the National Air and Space Museum Dulles Center and an 

 advisory board for the Anacostia Museum and Center for 

 African American History and Culture. In addition, the 

 Regents approved bylaws for the Visiting Committees of the 

 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art and 

 bylaws amendments for the Smithsonian National Board. 



The Board of Regenrs made the following appointments 

 and reappointments to Smithsonian advisory boards: Carolyn S. 

 Blount, Sylvia A. Earle, Jane B. Eisner, Patricia Frost, 

 Nely Galan, Bert Getz, Paul Hertelendy, Dona Kendall, 

 Marie L. Knowles, Marc E. Leland, John D. Macomber, 

 Elizabeth S. MacMillan, Holly Madigan, Michael McBride, 

 Kenneth B. Miller, John M. Nelson, Joan Noto, Clemmie 

 Dixon Spangler, and Kelso Sutton to the Smithsonian 

 National Board; Rita Fraad, William G. Kerr, Henry Luce III, 

 Peter Lunder, Richard J. Schwartz, Ferdinand T. Stent, and 

 Wesley S. Williams Jr. to the Commission of the National 

 Museum of American Art; David C. Driskell, Frances 

 Humphrey Howard, and Robert H. Nooter to the Commission 

 of the National Museum of African Art; Todd Axelrod, 

 Richard Carrion, Triad Cochran, Jerry Florence, Dorothy 

 Lemelson, and James Mellor to the National Museum of 

 American History Board; Kenneth E. Behring, William H. 

 Frist, Arthur Gray Jr., John S. Hendricks, Stanley Ikenberry, 

 Jean Lane, Robert Malott, Jeffery W. Meyer, Nancy R. Morin, 

 David Pilbeam, Paul G. Risser, Alan Spoon, and Milton H. 

 Ward to the National Museum of Narural History Board; 

 James Block, Ellsworth Brown, Eloise Cobell, Jorge Flores 

 Ochoa, Catherine Fowler, Doug George, Luci Tapahonso, 

 Bernie Whitebear, and Phyllis Young to the Board of Trustees 

 of the National Museum of the American Indian; Robert A. 

 Bartlett, Edith A. Cecil, Jeannine Smith Clark, Elizabeth 

 Frazier, Laura Howell, Alberta Kelly, William Ramsey, 

 Jeffrey R. Short Jr., and Henry Strong to the Advisory Board 

 of the National Zoological Park; Thomas Alexander and 

 Henry Hartsfield Jr. to the Council of Philatelists of the 

 National Postal Museum; Charlotte N. Castle, Shirley M. 

 Gifford, Rosemary Livingston Ripley, and Frank A. Weil to 

 the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Board; Agnes Bourne, 



Anne Ehrenkranz, Barbara Riley Levin, Richard Meier, Enid 

 Morse (Honorary Life Trustee), and Harry G. Robinson III to 

 the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Board of 

 Trustees; James R. Cargill II, Dollie A. Cole, Morton Funger, 

 Robert James, Walter H. Leimert Jr., Adrienne Bevis Mars, 

 Thomas G. Morr, Donald B. Rice, Clive Runnells, John Safer, 

 Carrington Williams, and Daniel W Yohannes to the 

 National Air and Space Museum Dulles Center National 

 Board; Kurr Gittet and Elizabeth ten Groetenhuis to the 

 Fteer Gallery of An Visiting Committee; and Robert 

 Feinberg to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Visiting 

 Committee. 



Staff Changes 



Government Relations Director M. John Berry left the 

 Smithsonian during fiscal year 1998 to become assistant 

 secretary for management and budget at the U.S. Department 

 of the Interior. In January, after an extensive search, the 

 Institution was pleased to welcome Donald L. Hardy as 

 director of government relations. Hardy had served as chief 

 of staff to Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyoming) and 

 became well acquainted with the Institution during 

 Senator Simpson's tenure as a Smithsonian Regent. 



In August, Refugio I. ("Will") Rochi'n, former director of 

 the Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State 

 University, became the founding director of the Smithsonian 

 Center for Latino Initiatives. Earlier in the year, counselor to 

 the Provost Franklin S. Odo esrablished the Program for 

 Asian Pacific American Studies. 



Ross B. Simons was named director of the Smithsonian 

 Environmental Research Center in addition to his duties as 

 associate director for research and collections at the National 

 Museum of Natural History. Michael Sofield was appointed 

 director of the Office of Physical Plant, and Rex Ellis left his 

 position as director of the Center for Museum Studies to 

 become chairman of the Division of Cultural History in the 

 National Museum of American History. Regrettably, Leslie 

 Casson Stevens resigned from her position as comptroller to 

 pursue other interests, and Daniel H. Goodwin retired from 

 the directorship of Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian 

 Productions. 



The Smithsonian was supported throughout the year by a 

 loyal and dedicated staff. While some may go and will be 

 missed, the Institution has always been fortunate to attract 

 highly talented individuals to serve in their stead. The result 

 is an ever-productive group of professionals, aided in almost 

 every endeavor by spirited volunteers and guided by 

 increasingly involved members of the advisory boards and the 

 Board of Regencs. 



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