Sullivan and Bruce McCandless for their contributions to the fields of aerospace 

 science and technology. Sen. John Glenn made the trophy presentation, sponsored 

 this year by the Federal Express Corporation and Delta Airlines. 



October 11 



Performance: Hanover Eand of London in a Resident Associate event re-created the 

 historic Beethoven concert of April 12, 1300, in Vienna's Burgtheater which 

 featured the world premiere of the Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15. 



October 12 



Exhibition: "Shark!," a permanent exhibition featuring the jaws of Carcharodon 

 megalcdon, the colossal ancestor of the modern great white shark, opened in the 

 fossil hall of the National Museum of Natural History. 



October 15 



Renovation: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries Central Reference and Loan 

 Services renovated facility opened in the east hall of the Natural History 

 Building. 



October 17 



Exhibition: "Selections from the Collection of Marion and Gustave Ring" opened 

 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with 50 paintings and sculptures by 

 Degas, Modigliani, Picasso, Vuillard and others, selected from the collection of 

 the late Marion and Gustave Ring. The exhibition later traveled to the Virginia 

 Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. 



October 18-19 



Symposium: "Liberty: As Idea, Icon and Engineering Feat," sponsored by the 

 Office of Smithsonian Symposia and Seminars, was held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum 

 in New York in anticipation of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. 



October 22 



Lecture: Award-winning physician, biologist and author Jonas Salk lectured on 

 "Patterns in Nature and their Possible Significance" for the Resident Associate 



Program. 



October 22 



Seminar: The Resident Associate Program and the National Museum of Natural 

 History co-sponsored a two-day seminar, "Men of Daring, Triumphs of Exploration," 

 featuring Geologist Stephen Jay Gould. 



October 22 



Loan: Two juvenile gorillas on loan from the Milwaukee Zoo arrived at the 

 National Zoological Park. After a three-month quarantine, the two appealing 

 youngsters were placed on exhibit. 



