April 



April 4-8 



■ Research Michael Kucher of the University of 

 Delaware and Gregory Dreicer of Cornell University 

 began their fellowships as the first two scholars in the 

 Smithsonian Institution Libraries/Dibner Library Resi- 

 dent Scholar Program. The program was established to 

 foster the study of the history of science and technology 

 and is funded by the Dibner Fund. 



April 



■ Appointment Sudeep Anand, formerly with Citibank 

 as vice-president for corporate finance in India, was 

 appointed treasurer of the Smithsonian Institution. 



April 



■ Meeting The Smithsonian National Board held its 

 spring meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, featuring 

 the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in a free 

 public concert. 



April 



■ International Visitor K. Nojima, of Japan's Urban 

 Culture Foundation, and N. Ishizuka, of the Ministry of 

 Construction, visited the Smithsonian to discuss an ex- 

 change program that brought three Japanese researchers 

 to the Smithsonian in 1992 and sent the first of several 

 Smithsonian researchers to Japan. 



April 



■ New Equipment A new scanning electron microscope, 

 acquired with a grant to the Smithsonian Tropical Re- 

 search Institute from the Erna and Victor Hasselblad 

 Foundation of Sweden, was installed at the Tupper Cen- 

 ter, making possible high-resolution photographs of or- 

 ganisms under study. 



April 



■ Internships The Office of Fellowships and Grants 

 selected 26 minority interns for the summer term. 



April-August 



m New Equipment The 6.5-meter replacement mirror 

 for the joint University of Arizona-Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion Multiple Mirror Telescope was successfully cast. 



■ Program The Office of Exhibits Central presented a 

 workshop on exhibition production techniques for repre- 

 sentatives from American Indian institutions as part of 

 the Office of Museum Programs' "Training in Museum 

 Work for Native Communities." 



April 7 



■ Film Premiere The Smithsonian Resident Associate 

 Program presented the Washington premiere of 

 Howards End, with producer Ismail Merchant and 

 director James Ivory in attendance for the screening 

 and festive reception. 



April 7 



■ Lecture A Woodrow Wilson Center program spot- 

 lighted Raul Alfonsin, former president of Argentina, 

 who was a guest scholar at the center. Alfonsin spoke 

 about issues in the transition to a democratic society. 



April j-p 



■ Symposium The first Smithsonian Astrophysical 

 Observatory "Symposium on Star Formation and Re- 

 lated Topics" was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



April 7-9 



■ Seminar The Conservation Analytical Laboratory 

 course "Leather for Conservators," coordinated by Senior 

 Textiles Conservator Mary Ballard and Objects Conser- 

 vator Mary Lou Garbin, was attended by 12 participants 

 from around the United States and Canada. 



April p 



■ Death Carmen E. Turner, under secretary since mid- 

 December 1990, died after a long illness. 



April p 



m Death Martin Williams, teacher, author, critic, and 

 lifelong student of jazz and American popular culture, 

 died. His books ranged from histories, critiques, and 

 commentaries on American jazz to collections of 

 American comics. 



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