Panamanian President Guillermo Endara, and members of the Smithsonian Board of 

 Regents attended the dedication ceremonies. STRI's first professionally designed 

 exhibition, "Parting the Green Curtain: The Evolution of Tropical Biology in Panama," 

 opened to the public at the Tupper Conference Center. On March 28, STRI officially 

 inaugurated its new living, dining, and conference facilities on Barro Colorado Island. 



March 28 



Exhibition: Photographer Irving Perm and his family and USAir Chairman and Mrs. 

 Edwin Colodny joined 300 guests at the opening reception for "Irving Penn: Master 

 Images" at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG). The exhibition and catalogue, joint 

 projects of the National Museum of American Art and NPG and sponsored by USAir, 

 made public a major gift from the photographer. 



March 31 



Symposium: The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in collaboration with 

 the National Museum of American History, held a day-long symposium for teachers. 

 "Word of Mouth: Storytelling and Multicultural Education" introduced teachers to four 

 ethnic oral traditions and showed them how to incorporate these traditions into their 

 classrooms. 



April 



Anniversary: Smitlisonian magazine commemorated its 20th anniversary with the 

 publication of a special issue on the environment. 



April 



Publication: In the culmination of a five-year project, The Papers of Robert Mills was 

 published by the National Museum of American History as a 15-reel microfilm set to 

 make the writings of the architect of the Washington Monument and other important 

 buildings available for scholarly research. The project involved collaboration with the 

 Universities of Iowa and South Carolina and support from the National Endowment for 

 the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and other 

 organizations. 



April 



Earth Day Events: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs coordinated 

 Earth Day events Institution-wide on the Mall and jointly sponsored the Earth Day lunch 

 in the Capitol. 



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