Contributing Membership fund-raising vehicle. The me- 

 dium continued to be profitable in three fiscal year 1991 

 special fund-raising appeals. 



October 



■ Endowment The Smithsonian National Associate Pro- 

 gram and the Office of Development confirmed the 

 Institution's first James Smithson Society Endowed Life 

 Members, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Gilbert of Alexan- 

 dria, Virginia. 



October 



■ Publication Sharing Innovation: Global Perspectives on 

 Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development, the proceedings 

 of the third world food and agriculture colloquium or- 

 ganized by the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies, was 

 published and distributed worldwide. 



October ippo-September ippi 



m Special Project The Office of the Assistant Secretary 

 for Public Service and the Office of Elementary and Sec- 

 ondary Education participated in meetings with the 

 Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, 

 and Technology Committee on Education and Human 

 Resources, which was established to coordinate the ef- 

 forts of 16 federal agencies to address President Bush's 

 goals for improving math and science education by the 

 year 2000. 



October ippo-September ippi 



■ Cultural Diversity The Smithsonian's various ethnic 

 committees and its Women's Council received grants 

 from the Smithsonian Educational Outreach Program to 

 organize pan-Institutional ethnic and women's events 

 for federally designated commemorations throughout 

 the year. 



October 1-2/ 



■ Workshop The Smithsonian Institution Man and the 

 Biosphere Biological Diversity Program conducted its 

 second annual regional training workshop in Ecuador 

 on biological diversity conservation and management of 

 protected areas. The workshop involved more than 20 

 participants and 15 national and international 

 instructors. 



October 2 



m Visitor Three officials of The Netherlands — minister 

 of welfare, health, and culture H. d'Ancona; director 

 general for cultural affairs J. Reizenkamp; and third sec- 

 retary of the royal embassy R. J. Sieben — visited the 

 Conservation Analytical Laboratory. 



October $ 



■ Appointment Secretary Adams announced his appoint- 

 ment of Carmen E. Turner, general manager of the 

 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, as 

 under secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, effective 

 mid-December. 



October 4 



■ Seminar The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies held 

 the first in a series of staff seminars devoted to sharing 

 information about Smithsonian research activities and 

 identifying new ways to link research with exhibits and 

 public programs. 



October $ 



■ Award The Office of Horticulture received two 

 American Orchid Society awards. 



October 5 



■ Exhibition "Childe Hassam: An Island Garden 

 Revisited" opened at the National Museum of American 

 Art, showing landscapes by America's foremost im- 

 pressionist painter. 



October y-6 



■ Conference "Environmental Reporting: A Conference 

 for Southern California Journalists" was held in Los An- 

 geles, cosponsored by the Los Angeles Times, Island Press, 

 and the Smithsonian through the Office of the Assistant 

 Secretary for External Affairs and the Office of Environ- 

 mental Awareness. 



October 7 



■ Research The Smithsonian Tropical Research Insti- 

 tute, in collaboration with staff from Harvard and 

 Princeton universities, established the Center for Tropi- 

 cal Forest Science to coordinate long-term research on 



