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Annals of the Smithsonian Institution 2000 



extraordinary service. In other ceremonies, the Regents pre- 

 sented Joseph Henry Medals to Constance Berry Newman 

 for her service as Under Secretary, 1992-2000, and Michael 

 H. Robinson for his enlightened leadership as director of the 

 National Zoological Park, 1984-2000. 



Assembling his new senior management team, Secretary 

 Small appointed leaders to five positions. Under Secretary for 

 American Museums and National Programs Sheila P. Burke 

 came to the Smithsonian from Harvard University's John F. 

 Kennedy School of Government, where she was executive 

 dean and lecturer in public policy. She previously served as 

 chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and as Sec- 

 retary of the U.S. Senate. 



J. Dennis O'Connor, Under Secretary for Science, was 

 Smithsonian Provost from 1996 to 2000. A biologist and ed- 

 ucational leader, he formerly was chancellor of the University 

 of Pittsburgh and a top administrator and faculty member of 

 the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University 

 of North Carolina. 



Thomas W. Lentz, Director of the International Art Muse- 

 ums Division, was deputy director of the Freer and Sackler 

 Galleries. A specialist in Islamic art and Persian painting, he 

 joined the galleries in 1992. 



Under Secretary for Finance and Administration Robert D. 

 Bailey has had a career in the banking industry, most recently 

 as head of corporate banking for the Santander Group, the 



largest bank in Spain and Latin America, and for Nations- 

 Bank. He was an international executive with Citicorp for 

 nearly ^o years. 



Gary M. Beer continues in his position as Chief Executive 

 Officer of Smithsonian Business Ventures. Beer came to the 

 Smithsonian in 1999 from the Sundance Group, where he 

 served as president and CEO. 



The Secretary also appointed Robert P. Kogod as adviser to 

 the Secretary for the Patent Office Building renovation; Don- 

 ald A. Brown as adviser to the Secretary for the National 

 Museum of the American Indian construction; and Oliver T. 

 Carr Jr. as adviser to the Secretary for construction of the Na- 

 tional Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. 



The Institution welcomed a number of new directors. 

 John R. (Jack) Dailey is director of the National Air and 

 Space Museum; Lucy H. Spelman is director of the National 

 Zoological Park; and Penelope (Nell) Payne is director of the 

 Office of Government Relations. Marc Pachter was ap- 

 pointed ditector of the National Portrait Gallery, and Paul 

 Warwick Thompson was appointed director of the Cooper- 

 Hewitt, National Design Museum. Amy P. Wilkins was 

 appointed publisher of Smithsonian and Air & SpacelSniithson- 

 ian magazines; Dennis Shaw was appointed chief technology 

 officer; Alice C. Maroni was appointed chief financial officer; 

 and William W. Brubaker was appointed director of facili- 

 ties engineering and operations. 



