June 



Grant: The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute received a grant of $250,000 from 

 the Andrew Mellon Foundation to support its research program in paleoecology. 



June 



Award: The National Science Resources Center's guide to hands-on science teaching 

 materials for elementary teachers, Science for Children: Resources for Teachers, 

 received the American Library Association's Outstanding Academic Book award. 



June 



Research: The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory received a $26.7 million contract 

 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to construct a high-resolution 

 camera for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, now planned for launch late in this 

 decade. 



June 



Publication: Viking/Penguin purchased paperback rights for two Smithsonian Institution 

 Press books, The Lawmen: United States Marshals and Their Deputies, 1 789-1989, by 

 Frederick S. Calhoun, and the highly acclaimed Women ofDeh Koh: Lives in an Iranian 

 Village, by Erika Friedl. 



June 1 



Appointment: W. Richard West, Jr., was appointed founding director of the National 

 Museum of the American Indian. 



June 1 



Exhibition: "Pre-Hispanic Foods of Mexico" opened in the International Center 

 Conference Suite. The exhibition was cosponsored by the Office of Quincentenary 

 Programs and the Mexican Cultural Institute, through the Embassy of Mexico. The 

 Smithsonian's Office of International Relations provided staff support. 



June 4-8 



Seminar: Staff of the Conservation Analytical Laboratory taught a specialty seminar to 

 six anthropology and archaeology students from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El 

 Salvador, and Argentina. The students were pursuing advanced degrees in the United 

 States supported by the Fulbright Program and the Latin American Scholarship Program 

 of American Universities. 



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