Smithsonian National Board 



Finance and Administration 



Lloyd G. Schermer, Chair 



Smithsonian National Board members work for the advance- 

 ment of the Institution as advocates, as private sector advisers 

 to the secretary and under secretary, and through personal fi- 

 nancial support and fund-raising activities. 



Lloyd G. Schermer and Wilbur Ross served as chair and 

 vice-chair during 1994. Board members have elected Wilbur 

 Ross as chair and Jean B. Mahoney as vice-chair for 1995. 



With the leadership of the Smithsonian National Board, 

 the Smithsonian Fund for the Future endowment initiative is 

 helping to increase private contributions and provide a long- 

 term base of private support. 



Board members contributed nearly $700,000 to the 

 Smithsonian. These funds were earmarked for the Secretary's 

 Special Fund to underwrite research fellows in the sciences 

 and the Smithsonian Institution Marketing Study; the contri- 

 butions also supported special projects throughout the 

 Smithsonian. 



Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

 Finance and Administration 



Nancy Suttenfield, Assistant Secretary 



Operating behind the scenes at the Smithsonian, a netwotk of 

 central services serves the diverse programmatic needs of the 

 Institution and facilitates the effective management and use 

 of financial, human, and physical resources. Funding for finan- 

 cial and administrative services in 1994 amounted to nearly 

 $35 million, or approximately 8.5 percent of the Institution's 

 total operating expenses. Central services for physical plant, 

 security, and environmental safety account for an additional 

 $53 million on behalf of the entire Institution. 



Smithsonian Women's Committee 



Gloria Hamilton, Chair 



Since its founding in 1966, the Smithsonian Women's Com- 

 mittee has supported the Institution through volunteer fund 

 raising and public relations services. The funds the committee 

 raises support educational and research programs throughout 

 the Smithsonian. Jean Thompson served as the committee's 

 chair until June 1994. 



In December, the holiday dance held at the National Mu- 

 seum of Natural History netted more than $40,000. In April, 

 the uch annual Smithsonian Craft Show attracted more than 

 15,000 visitors and netted approximately $254,000. The 

 Fourth of July picnic held on the roof of the National Mu- 

 seum of American History showed a profit of $6,000. 



The committee provided $268,863 in support of 29 projects 

 in 19 museums and offices. These projects included develop- 

 ment of educational and outreach activities for the exhibition 

 "Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among 

 Black Immigrants in Washington, D.C." at the Anacostia Mu- 

 seum, development of an exhibition of quilt making by Na- 

 tive American women at the National Museum of the 

 American Indian, and conservation of garden designs by 

 French art deco designers Andre and Paul Vera at Cooper- 

 Hrwitt, National Design Museum, 



The committee gave $10,000 to support awards under the 

 Fellowships in Museum Practice Program, which it endowed 

 in 1992. 



Office of Architectural History and 

 Historic Preservation 



Cynthia R. Field, Director 



The Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation 

 organized a panel exhibition and published an informational 

 brochure on the history of the west end of the Smithsonian 

 Building known as the Commons. The office has registered 

 approximately 3,000 documents in the National Museum of 

 the American Indian architectural history, an innovative proj- 

 ect to assemble the primary documents relating to the future 

 buildings of the museum. 



Office of the Comptroller 



M. Leslie Casson, Comptroller 



The Office of the Comptrollet implemented the accounts pay- 

 able and purchase order modules of the Smithsonian Financial 

 System and began wotk on the next phases, which include a 

 new accounting classification code structure. The office also 

 created a decentralized process for procuring and paying fot 

 the Smithsonian's training needs. 



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