January 17 



Awards: The Society for Technical Communication honored a number of Office of 

 Public Affairs products in its annual publications competition— Smithsonian News 

 Service stories won three second-place awards and one third-place award; the Torch won 

 second place; and Research Reports won third place for the newsletter as a whole and for 

 each of two articles. 



January 23 



Lecture: Alpha Konare, president of the International Council of Museums, addressed 

 the International Cultural Assistance Network, an organization of individuals interested 

 in international cultural exchange for which the Smithsonian's Office of International 

 Relations serves as secretariat. 



January 24 



Season Premiere: The fifth season of "Smithsonian World" was launched on PBS 

 stations nationwide, with the broadcast of "Zoo," which was solely devoted to the 

 National Zoological Park. 



January 29 



Announcement: Secretary Adams announced that the Smithsonian's Board of Regents 

 voted to reaffirm its preference for Washington Dulles International Airport as the site 

 for the proposed extension of the National Air and Space Museum. The announcement 

 was made at a press conference in the museum's Hall of Air Transportation. 



February 



Grant: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries branch at the Cooper-Hewitt National 

 Museum of Design received $4,000 from the Smithsonian Women's Committee to 

 purchase the third volume of Le Garde Meuble (1848-1852), completing the rare and 

 unusual set of French design plates. 



February 



Cultural Diversity: The Office of Public Affairs produced a paid radio advertising 

 campaign with ads on Washington, D.C., radio stations WHUR and WKYS, two stations 

 with high ratings in the African American community. The Smithsonian Information 

 Center responded to the resulting requests by mailing approximately 1,400 packets. 



February 



Appointment: Assistant Secretary for External Affairs Thomas Lovejoy was appointed 

 to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. 



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