Smithsonian Year 1986 

 Chronology 



The following is a representative selection of Smithsonian events and milestones 

 during the fiscal year 1985-1986. 



October 



New Programs: The Office of Fellowships and Grants initiated two new 

 Institution-^wide research support pr o grams for short-term visits and workshops. 



October 



Expedition: James R. Buckler, Director, Office of Horticulture, traveled 

 extensively through China as part of a group of horticulturists invited to tour 

 botanic gardens and arboreta. 



October 



Award: "Security is Everybody's Business," a video written by the Office of 

 Protection Services and produced by the Office of Museum Programs, was awarded 

 first place in the government category of The American Society for Industrial 

 Security's 1985 video competition. 



October 



Publication: Sexual Selection and Animal Genitalia , a book by William Eberhard 

 of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, was published by Harvard 

 University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 



October 



Visit: A Japanese delegation to the Trinational Canal Alternatives Study visited 

 the facilities of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and followed up 

 with discussions in Washington with Assistant Secretary David Challinor and 

 selected staff. 



October 



Appointment: Robert S. Hoffmann, of the University of Kansas, a leading U.S. 

 authority on the systematics and evolution of mammals, was appointed director of 

 National Museum of Natural History/National Museum of Man. 



