Iceland in attendance. The event was facilitated by the 

 Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. 



October 



■ Education Program As part of the Cooper- Hewitt, 

 National Museum of Design's innovative "designer-in- 

 residence" program, noted industrial designer Bruce 

 Hannah began four months at the museum teaching 

 school groups about design. 



October-May 



m Education Assistant Secretary for Education and 

 Public Service James Early and Ann Bay, director of the 

 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, repre- 

 sented Smithsonian interests in the Federal Coordinat- 

 ing Committee for Science Engineering and 

 Technology's Committee for Education and Human 

 Resources, which met several times during the year. 



October— September 



■ Grants Throughout the year, the Smithsonian 

 ethnic, women's, and advocacy committees received 

 support from the Educational Outreach Program to or- 

 ganize pan-Institutional events for federally designated 

 commemorations. The program is administered by the 

 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and 

 Public Service. 



October I 



■ Staff Appointment Paul Colinvaux, a well-known 

 ecologist and former professor at Ohio State University, 

 joined the scientific staff at the Smithsonian Tropical 

 Research Institute. 



October 1 



■ Internships The Office of Fellowships and Grants 

 selected seven minority interns for the fall term. 



October $ 



■ Award Assistant Secretary for External Affairs 

 Thomas E. Lovejoy and Office of Environmental Aware- 

 ness Director Judith Gradwohl accepted the second an- 

 nual Swim Environmental Awareness Award for the 

 office's oceans forum and exhibition. 



October 8 



■ Exhibition "Recent Acquisitions: 1989— 1991" opened 

 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 

 reflecting the strengthening of the museum's collection 

 with more than 80 paintings, sculptures, and works on 

 paper acquired as gifts or purchases. 



October 10 



■ Exhibition The Archives of American Art New York 

 Regional Center Gallery, with Leo Castelli Gallery, 

 presented the exhibition "Lichtenstein/Castelli," featur- 

 ing original works by Lichtenstein and a variety of 

 materials culled from the Archives' Lichtenstein collec- 

 tion. A preview benefit, "A Salute to Roy Lichtenstein," 

 opened the exhibition. 



October 16 



■ Lecture Series In conjunction with the Hirshhorn 

 Museum's exhibition program, "Focus: Saint Clair 

 Cemin" kicked off a series of free early-evening talks of- 

 fering perspective on a current exhibition. Among the 

 speakers were artists Saint Clair Cemin, Alfredo Jaar, 

 Tim Rollins and K.O.S., and Francesc Torres, as well as 

 organizing curators Neal Benezra, Frank Gettings, Phyl- 

 lis Rosenzweig, and Director James T. Demetrion. 



October 18 



m Speech W. Richard West, Jr., director of the National 

 Museum of the American Indian, addressed more than 

 2,000 people at the annual meeting of the Alaska 

 Federation of Natives in Anchorage. 



October 21 



■ Course The eight-week Resident Associate Program 

 course "France Today" opened with an address by the 

 ambassador of France and featured columnist Jim 

 Hoagland and architect I. M. Pei. 



October 21-}l 



■ Workshops "The Identification of Early Synthetic 

 Dyes on Historic Textiles: Analysis and Preparation" 

 and "Advanced Dye Analysis," two Conservation 

 Analytical Laboratory workshops, were organized by 

 Senior Textiles Conservator Mary Ballard and taught by 

 renowned dye chemist Dr. Helmut Schweppe. 



