President and Mrs. Clinton presented the award at a cer- 

 emony in the East Room of the White House. 



May 



■ Publication Landmarks in Digital Computing: A 

 Smithsonian Pictorial History, by Peggy Aid rich Kid well 

 and Paul E. Ceruzzi, was the first publication created, 

 edited, designed, and typeset within the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution Press totally in the form of electronic disk files. 



May 



■ Acquisition The National Museum of African Art ac- 

 quired an important ic)th-20th century female figure 

 from the Temne peoples of Sierra Leone. 



May 



■ Special Event The Smithsonian Environmental Re- 

 search Center hosted the annual convention of the Mary- 

 land and Delaware Wildlife Society, an all-day event 

 involving business meetings, lectures, and field trips. 



May 



■ Workshop The Smithsonian Institution Libraries or- 

 ganized a regional meeting of preservation professionals 

 that led to the formation of the Capitol Area Preserva- 

 tion Network (CAPNet). The group will explore mat- 

 ters of mutual concern and develop needed programs. 



May 



■ Education The National Science Resources Center 

 began nationally field-testing the preliminary edition of 

 Soils, a second-grade unit in the Science and Technology 

 for Children hands-on science curriculum program. 



May 



■ Acquisition The National Museum of African Art ac- 

 quired a documented collection of 25 decorated gourd 

 containers by the Sara Nar and Fulani peoples of Chad. 



May 



■ Gift Glenn O. Tupper donated $1 million to the 

 Earl S. Tupper Fund to support scientific research at the 

 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 



May 5 



■ Special Event The National Postal Museum hosted 

 the National Association of Letter Carriers' Heroes of 

 the Year award tour. 



May 3 



■ Film Premiere More than 500 guests attended the 

 Washington premiere of Where the Rivers Flow North. 

 cohosted by the National Museum of the American In- 

 dian National Campaign and Caledonia Pictures. Pro- 

 ceeds from the event benefited the museum's 

 Construction Fund. 



May 5 



■ Award The Washington Convention and Visitors As- 

 sociation presented the annual Capital Ambassador 

 Award to the Visitor Information and Associates' Recep- 

 tion Center's outreach coordinator, Katherine Neill 

 Ridgley, in recognition of efforts to facilitate travel in- 

 dustry access to previsit information about the 

 Smithsonian and its activities. 



May 5 



May 



■ Awards The Corporation for Public Broadcasting 

 honored the Office of Telecommunications' Folk Mas- 

 ters series with a Gold Award for Special Achievement 

 and a Silver Award for Performance Programming. 



■ Panel Discussion "Taking Hollywood by Storm: The 

 State of Asian/Pacific Americans in Film" focused on 

 the status of Asian/Pacific Americans in the film indus- 

 try. The program was organized by the Wider Audience 

 Development Program to commemorate Asian/Pacific 

 American Heritage Month. 



May 



■ Faculty Fellowships Faculty fellowship applications 

 doubled, and eight people were offered appointments by 

 the Office of Fellowships and Grants. 



May p 



■ Special Event The Smithsonian Corporate Member- 

 ship Program of the Office of Development hosted its 

 annual meeting in the Smithsonian Institution Build- 



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