Create Positive Change in the Next Century." 

 Speakers at the event included Sir Colin Marshall, 

 chairman of British Airways, and Dr. Robert 

 Woodall, vice president for environmental policy of 

 The Southern Company. 



May 8-11 



■ Special Events Contributing Membership of the 

 Office of Membership and Development hosted a three- 

 day program of behind-the-scenes tours for Contribut- 

 ing Members as part of the "Treasures of the 

 Smithsonian" events. 



May p 



■ Lecture Apollo II astronaut, and former Museum 

 director, Michael Collins, presented the National Air 

 and Space Museum's Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial 

 Lecture "From the Moon to the Mall." 



May 10 



■ Special Event The Friends of the National Zoo 

 (FONZ) initiated the first annual ZooFari for Kids — 

 the children's version of FONZ's annual fund-raising 

 gala for adults. The Adult ZooFari and ZooFari for Kids 

 together brought in $250,000 for Zoo education, exhibi- 

 tion, research and conservation programs. In total, 

 FONZ supported the Zoo with more than Si. 5 million 

 and over 100,000 hours of volunteer service. In addi- 

 tion, the new ADOPT program is expected to become a 

 significant fund-raiser in 1997. 



May 10-15 



May 12 



■ Family Day In conjunction with the National 

 Museum of African Art's popular exhibition, "Crown- 

 ing Achievements," more than 300 people attended 

 "Family Fun Day," an all-day event that included hat- 

 making, storytelling, African games and demonstra- 

 tions of African head-wrapping. 



May 16 



■ Event A major milestone was reached for the Na- 

 tional Museum of the American Indian on May 16 when 

 the Commission of Fine Arts— chaired by former direc- 

 tor of the National Gallery of Art J. Carter Brown — 

 approved the concept design for the Mall museum. In 

 1993, the Smithsonian selected the architectural firm of 

 GBQC Architects, Philadelphia, in association with 

 Douglas Cardinal Architects Ltd. of Ottawa, Ontario, 

 Canada, to design the Mall museum. The museum is 

 scheduled to open to the public in 2002. 



May 1J 



■ Permanent Exhibit The Office of Contracting and 

 Property Management awarded a contract to D&M Con- 

 struction for the fabrication of the National Museum of 

 Natural History's Janet Annenberg Hooker Geology, 

 Gems, and Minerals Hall. 



May 22 



■ Tribute and Auction Benefit The Ford family of 

 Detroit was honored by the Archives of American Art 

 Detroit council at a reception at the Detroit Athletic 

 Club. 



■ Institute The National Science Resources Center and 

 the American Physical Society cosponsored the New 

 England Regional Leadership Institute in Falmouth, 

 Massachusetts. Thirteen school district teams from Mas- 

 sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine 

 developed strategic plans to improve the teaching of 

 science in their schools. 



May II 



■ Awards Program The National Science Resources 

 Center cohosted a program for teachers who received 

 the 1995 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science 

 and Marhematics Teaching. 



May 2$ 



■ Performance Storytelling and Actor Dylan Pritchett 

 performed African American characterization and folk- 

 tales at the Anacostia Museum including a dramatiza- 

 tion of Michael Shiner, an enslaved African American 

 man who worked at the Washington's Navy Yard in 

 1850's. 



May 29 



■ Lecture Series As part of SI 150th and STRI 50th an- 

 niversary, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

 initiated a series ot 12 monthly lectures for general 



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