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table of contents 

2 Secretary’s Letter 

4 2015 Milestones 

6 Art Now+Next 

14 Science Now+Next 

22 History&Culture Now+Next 

30 Education &Outreach Now+Next 

40 Donors to the Smithsonian 

Wynton Marsalis performs at the Installation ceremony 

for 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian David J. Skorton. 
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Few events in my life have been as uplifting 

and humbling as that of Oct. 19, 2015, the day I was 

honored to become the 13th Secretary of the 

Smithsonian Institution. The Installation ceremony 

began with a procession of the institution’s 

scholars, curators and scientists, representing not 

only the more than 6,000 staff who dedicate 

themselves to the Smithsonian’s mission today, 

but also the many thousands more who have 

advanced the fields of history, art and science 

since the institution’s founding in 1846. 

In 2015 alone we welcomed hundreds of thousands 

of people to the newly renovated Renwick Gallery 

(p. 6), our scientists peered to the edge of the black 

hole at the center of the Milky Way (p. 18) and 

our anthropologists helped identify the remains of 

leaders of the Jamestown colony (p. 28). 

The theme of this year’s annual report is 

“Now+Next” because the work we do today leads 

to the innovations of tomorrow. Thanks to the 

support of many generous private donations, 

Congress and the American people, we will 

continue to increase our understanding of the world, 

and to share that understanding with you. 

Thank you. 

Secretary David J. Skorton receives the symbolic key to the 

institution from Smithsonian Chancellor and Chief Justice of 

the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., during the Installation 

ceremony at the Arts and Industries Building, Oct. 19, 2015. 

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to more than 

200 websites 

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being collected 

by the global 

genome initiative 

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traveling exhibitions 

will visit, stopping 

at almost 

400 locations 

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which the 

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years into the past 

the giant magellan 

telescope will 

see when it 

debuts in 2021 

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of records the 

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american art will 

digitize this 

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View of artist Leo Villareal’s Volume (Renwick), installed above the In the pages ahead, see what’s happening Now and Next at the stairway in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery 

and part of the WONDER exhibition. Smithsonian, in Art, Science, History & Culture and Education & Outreach 

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The Renwick 

Inspires Wonder 

Thousands of strands of embroidery thread 

suspended like rays of colored light. Half a million 

cedar pieces linked in the shape of a hollow tree. 

Canyons winding between towers of stacked index cards. 

All around the nine installations that comprise WONDER, 

the debut exhibition of the Smithsonian American 

Art Museum’s renovated Renwick Gallery, people pause 

to marvel at the painstaking craftsmanship, and take 

selfies with the art as a backdrop—after all, the sign says 

“Photography encouraged.” 

“Visitors have a strong emotional response to WONDER. 

I’ve found people crying in the galleries, doing yoga, 

even getting engaged,” says exhibition curator Nicholas 

Bell. The exhibition, which opened in November, inspired 

more than 93,000 social media posts and attracted half 

a million visitors in its first five months, more than 

10 times the average annual attendance before the 

gallery’s renovation. 

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Designed in 1858, the Renwick was the first purpose-built 

art museum in the United States. The two-year renovation 

updated infrastructure and uncovered long-hidden features, 

including windows and vaulted ceilings. Half the funding for 

the $30 million renovation came from private philanthropy, 

including major gifts from David M. Rubenstein, Nancy 

Brown Negley, the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation, the 

Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston and Robert and 

Arlene Kogod. “Through the generosity of its donors 

and the talent of WONDER’s artists, the Renwick has 

reaffirmed the value of the museum as a locus of wonder 

and a site for public experience,” says Betsy Broun, 

The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum. 

Opposite: WONDER s nine installations transformed the Renwick 

Gallery into an immersive work of contemporary art, capturing 

visitors’ imaginations. Shown is Gabriel Dawe’s Plexus A1. 

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Curators Rescue 

Endangered Artifacts 

“Most conservators don’t think about their museums being 

bombed,” says Richard Kurin, acting provost and under 

secretary for museums and research. “But sometimes 

that’s your challenge.” 

Kurin and Cultural Heritage Preservation Officer Corine 

Wegener spearhead the Smithsonian’s Cultural Rescue 

Initiative, which they are working to expand into a global 

center for monitoring disasters, coordinating responses 

and training rescue workers. 

The initiative, which has support from the Andrew W. 

Mellon Foundation, had its inception in assisting Haiti 

after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It has assisted 

in Mali, Egypt and Nepal. In 2015, Smithsonian experts 

helped colleagues in Syria protect Roman and Byzantine 

mosaics at the Ma’arra Museum with glue, cloth and 

sandbags, which later saved the mosaics from a barrel 

bomb. Now they are training Syrians to protect the 

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria World Heritage Site. 

“The Smithsonian is uniquely positioned to activate 

partnerships around the world for this work,” says 

Wegener. “When communities are threatened by 

disasters, saving their cultural heritage makes them 

more resilient and gives them hope.” 

On May 9, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill 

establishing the Smithsonian as a member of the Coordinating 

Committee on International Cultural Property Protection. The law aims 

to protect and preserve international cultural property threatened by 

armed conflict, political instability or natural disasters. Opposite: Nepal 

Department of Archaeology staff and volunteers participate in training 

organized by the Smithsonian and partner organizations as part of the 

2015 Nepal Earthquake Disaster Response. 

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Celebrating the 

Creative Mind 

Medal honors Ellsworth Kelly 

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Honoring a career that spanned seven decades and his vibrant, 

dynamic influence on 21st-century contemporary art, the 

Smithsonian presented Ellsworth Kelly with the James Smithson 

Bicentennial Medal in April 2015. The medal honors those 

who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement 

of art, history, culture, science or education. “Kelly is one of 

our most important artists,” said Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden Director Melissa Chiu at the ceremony. 

“His abstract paintings, sculpture and prints are created with 

an independent aesthetic, diverging from any formal school 

or art movement.” Kelly’s work is defined by bright colors, 

hard lines and the interplay between shape, form and color. 

Kelly donated many pieces to the Smithsonian American Art 

Museum, and the Hirshhorn holds a large collection of his work. 

A member of the Smithsonian Campaign Honorary Committee, 

Kelly passed away Dec. 27, 2015. 

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“Cosmos” collection acquired 

archives of american art 

Andy Warhol, the Beat Poets’ reunion and celebrity-studded 

Halloween parties at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel were subjects 

of Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone’s camera lens in the 1970s. 

Best known simply as Cosmos, the prolific conceptual artist 

and photojournalist took more than 40,000 photographs of 

notable people and places in New York City’s avant-garde 

art scene. Now his remarkable work has joined the Archives’ 

permanent collection, a donation from his brother, Tom 

Sarchiapone. Including black-and-white prints, negatives, 

contact sheets and art world prints, Cosmos’ record of 

this moment in time captures the overlapping worlds of art, 

music and film with unmatched intimacy and candor. 

Cosmos’ photos also complement the Archives’ goal of 

collecting items related to artists of the 1960s and ‘70s, 

preserving and sharing through this collection an uncommonly 

thorough record of a key moment in America’s art history. 

Diverse programs, acquisitions mark 

40th anniversary 

hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden 

In her first full year at the museum, Director Melissa Chiu made 

the Hirshhorn’s 40th anniversary a year of broadening 

horizons and building collections. The exhibition Shirin Neshat: 

Facing History (above) explored the celebrated artist’s works 

in the context of modern Iran, and it signaled the beginning of 

a new international perspective Chiu brings to the museum. 

Acquisitions of works by Yoko Ono, Susan Philipsz, Park 

Seobo, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian 

and others strengthened the collection and promise broader 

and deeper narratives of modern and contemporary art in shows 

to come. The museum procured works by African American 

artists including Senga Nengudi and Charles Gaines as part of 

a focus on underrepresented American artists, and acquired 

works that will be shown in planned exhibitions on Cuban art 

and artists’ responses to the Vietnam War. 

Jan Stuart appointed first Chinese Art curator 

freer | sackler galleries 

Among the most distinguished scholars in the field of Chinese 

art, Jan Stuart recently was reunited with a collection with 

which she previously spent 18 years, thanks to a gift from an 

anonymous donor. Appointed the Freer | Sackler’s first Melvin 

R. Seiden Curator of Chinese Art, Stuart returns to the 

Smithsonian after a hiatus of nearly 10 years at the British 

Museum, heading that institution’s Asian Department 

and helping create new galleries. 

Stuart oversees the Freer | Sackler’s collection of Chinese 

decorative arts, one of the finest outside of China, and joins 

in reimagining the Freer’s galleries for Song to Qing dynasty 

(10th–20th centuries) arts. The re-installation will combine 

ceramics, textiles, lacquer, jade, painting and calligraphy, 

emphasizing the objects’ interrelationships to explore themes 

of imperial patronage and archaism. Stuart contributes deep 

knowledge of the collection and global experience in the display 

of Asian art. 

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Divine Comedy tours heaven, purgatory, hell 

national museum of african art 

What is your vision of heaven? Of hell? Or purgatory? In the first 

exhibition to occupy the entire museum, works by 40 of Africa’s 

best emerging and established artists delved into the themes of 

Dante Alighieri’s celebrated poetic work. Guest-curated by 

noted scholar Simon Njami, The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory, 

and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists followed the 

poem’s thematic sequence and presented works by artists 

from 18 African nations and the African diaspora. “This is 

about a collective afterlife — to show that heaven, purgatory 

and hell belong to everyone,” Njami said. The works 

explored politics, heritage, history, faith, form and identity. 

Exhibition highlights included Pélagie Gbaguidi’s 42-foot 

canvas Dansleventreduserpentdanhomê, a mixed-media collage 

by Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu and a series by Egyptian 

photographer Youssef Nabil. Support from The Coca-Cola 

Company and the Ford Foundation helped make the exhibition 

possible. Below, a piece from The 99 series by Aida Muluneh, 2013. 

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Renewed Freer will open 

in 2017 

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Closed January 2016 to undergo only 

its second major renovation in 90 years, 

the Freer Gallery of Art is receiving 

long needed updates and will reopen in 

the summer of 2017. Home to the largest 

collection of works by James McNeill 

Whistler and to Charles Lang Freer’s 

Asian art collection, the renovations will 

reinstate building elements to evoke 

the aesthetic vision of architect Charles 

A. Platt, including restoration of the 

original terrazzo floors. 

Storage and conservation areas 

will be upgraded to improve the 

preservation and scientific study of 

the museum’s art and artifacts. 

Wi Fi will be installed, and building 

infrastructure and climate control 

systems will be renewed. The renovation 

also provides an opportunity to 

reinterpret the collections galleries 

and improve the visitor experience 

throughout the museum. Funds 

for the work are provided by federal 

appropriations, gifts and the museum’s 

endowment, which was established with 

Freer’s original bequest to the museum. 

Gift builds photography 

collection 

national portrait gallery 

The discerning lenses of Mathew Brady, 

Alexander Gardner, Edward Steichen 

and Annie Leibovitz have captured some 

of the most recognizable and important 

Americans. Their evocative photographs 

tell the evolving story of our cultural 

identity, and their talents have changed 

the nature of portraiture itself. 

So important is photography to 

the Portrait Gallery’s mission that 

photographs make up over half of the 

portraits on view to the public, and, 

over the past decade, the majority of 

the new portraits it has acquired. A gift 

from the Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz 

Memorial Foundation launches an 

endowment dedicated to photography 

acquisition, marking the museum’s first 

acquisition endowment and one of the 

largest gifts in the museum’s history. 

The donor intends the gift as the first to 

a fund that, in perpetuity, ensures that 

the Portrait Gallery can expand and 

diversify a powerful and ever evolving 

storytelling medium. 

Donor funds 10 year program 

national portrait gallery, national 

museum of american history, 

smithsonian american art museum 

Three museums are hosting a 10 year, 

interactive program series, America Now. 

Supported by the Robert and Arlene 

Kogod Family Foundation, America Now 

uses public programs to create civic 

engagement and cultural connections 

in American art, history and culture. 

For its inaugural 2015 season, innovation 

was the theme, expressed through a 

modern dance workshop by dance 

company Pilobolus, at the National 

Portrait Gallery; musical performances 

and a summit examining American 

contributions to global innovation, 

at the National Museum of American 

History; and digital painting, virtual 

reality and a giant interactive game in 

the Kogod Courtyard, hosted by the 

Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

In the 2016 election year, the theme 

is participation. Through a partnership 

with Rock the Vote, new voters may 

register at events, which include jazz 

and folk music performances, lightning 

talks on democracy and a 20-foot 

mural visitors create that depicts what 

America means to them. Every year 

through 2025, America Now will present 

new and engaging public programming. 

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Bei Bei Captures 

the Hearts of Millions 

The newborn announced his arrival with a vigorous 

squeal, delighting giant panda lovers around the 

world who watched the birth on the Smithsonian’s 

National Zoological Park Panda Cam. One month later, 

in September, the first ladies of the United States and 

the People’s Republic of China paid a visit to name him 

Bei Bei (“precious” or “treasure”). He quickly became a 

social media celebrity, inspiring thousands of Instagram 

posts featuring the cub at peak cuteness. 

Bei Bei’s star turn reflects the leading role played by the 

Zoo and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute to 

save species from extinction. Smithsonian scientists are 

studying the biology and reproduction of coral polyps, 

amphibians, black footed ferrets, cheetahs, Przewalski’s 

horses and Asian elephants, among others. 

Bei Bei’s birth is an outcome of this research: four months 

earlier, a team of Smithsonian scientists, veterinarians 

and panda keepers performed a successful artificial 

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insemination of his mom, Mei Xiang—the same procedure 

that produced her first two cubs in 2005 and 2013. 

A generous gift from Smithsonian Regent and campaign 

Co-Chair David M. Rubenstein ensures that the Zoo will 

continue to conduct groundbreaking research on giant 

panda reproduction and restore their habitats in China. 

“Bei Bei’s birth has given joy to millions of people,” he says. 

“I congratulate the National Zoo for its extraordinary 

efforts in helping to make this birth possible.” 

Opposite: Bei Bei, born on Aug. 22, 2015, has become the most closely 

watched panda ever. By the end of the year, more than 6 million 

people visited Bei Bei via the Panda Cam, sponsored by the Ford Motor 

Company Fund. 

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Smithsonian Takes a 

Stand on Climate Change 

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In fiscal year 2015, the Smithsonian issued its statement on 

climate change, affirming that “the global climate is warming 

as a result of increasing levels of atmospheric greenhouse 

gases generated by human activities.” The Smithsonian 

Tropical Research Institute explored the impact of El Niño 

on coral reefs and forests in Panama, gathering data that 

will improve climate prediction models. The Smithsonian 

Environmental Research Center monitored greenhouse gas 

production in Chesapeake Bay wetlands. Other Smithsonian 

experts increased understanding of climate change impact 

through studies of marine biodiversity, ocean “dead zones,” 

the spread of invasive species and declines in pollinators. 

“No other institution brings together such a breadth of 

scholarship on environmental change,” observes John 

Kress, director, consortium for understanding and 

sustaining a biodiverse planet and curator of botany. 

The institution-wide Living in the Anthropocene initiative, 

which issued the climate change statement, connects 

Smithsonian thought-leaders in fields as diverse as art 

conservation and human evolution so that, institution-wide, 

different perspectives are brought to bear on the complex 

challenge of climate change. 

Coming years will see major exhibitions on the National 

Mall incorporating climate change themes, a global 

network of marine observatories and satellites monitoring 

atmospheric change continuing Smithsonian 

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ensure future generations inherit a sustainable world. 

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Opposite: Research Technician Luis Aguilar measures tree diameter 

on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, part of the Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute’s ForestGEO global forest monitoring project that 

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Investigating Our 

World and Beyond 

First look at our galaxy’s black hole 

smithsonian astrophysical observatory 

What we know about black holes is rapidly moving from 

the abstract to the concrete. Observatory astronomer Michael 

Johnson, together with an international team of collaborators, 

has directly detected the powerful magnetic fields around our 

galaxy’s central, supermassive black hole. Previously predicted 

but never directly observed, these magnetic fields are essential 

to letting a black hole “eat” nearby material and to making 

this infalling material glow brightly. 

The scientists accomplished the breakthrough using the 

Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global array of radio dishes 

linked to form an Earth-sized telescope. A larger telescope can 

see more detail, and the EHT is needed to reach across 

25,000 light years to see an object so compact the effect is 

like spotting a bagel sitting on the surface of the moon. The 

scientists expect a much more detailed picture in 2017, when all 

nine telescopes in the EHT will be actively contributing data. 

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Partners preserve worldwide plant diversity 

national museum of natural history 

Imagine a world without spring flowers, shady trees or grassy 

meadows. Yet with one in five of the world’s estimated 380,000 

plant species under threat, the importance of preserving 

nature’s diversity becomes clear. In July 2015, the Smithsonian’s 

Global Genome Initiative took its first steps toward capturing 

the genomic diversity of half the world’s living plant families 

in less than two years, and half of all plant genera in the next 

five years. The initiative began working with the U.S. Botanic 

Garden, U.S. National Arboretum and the USDA Germplasm 

Farm to sample and preserve their collections, adding to the 

more than 2,000 families and nearly 7,000 genera of all of life 

already represented in the Smithsonian biorepository. As 

the lead collaborator in a worldwide network of partnerships 

including the Barcode of Life and the Global Genome Biodiversity 

Network, the Smithsonian is contributing to a fast, 

searchable database of genetic resources that can be accessed 

by scientists anywhere. 

Kickstarter campaign is most successful yet 

by a museum 

national air and space museum 

1969: Richard Nixon was President, Led Zeppelin released its 

first album and Neil Armstrong took humanity’s first steps 

on the moon. Almost five decades later, his spacesuit (above) 

was the subject of the Smithsonian’s first-ever Kickstarter 

crowdfunding campaign. The campaign was a runaway success, 

the most successful to date by a museum. It reached its initial 

$500,000 goal in a mere four days and exceeded that goal by 

more than 40 percent. 

The funds provide for the suit’s conservation, a climatecontrolled display case and digitization of the suit for viewing 

by the public anywhere in the world, as well as enabling it to be 

put on temporary display in 2019 for the 50th anniversary of 

the moon landing. The suit will be permanently featured in the 

museum’s Destination Moon gallery, scheduled to open in 

2020. The additional funds the campaign raised will conserve 

Alan Shepard’s Mercury spacesuit. 

Scientist studies shrinking moon 

national air and space museum 

Long the subject of poetry, the dance between the Earth and 

its silvery moon is well understood to cause our planet’s 

tides to flow. But surprising new research by Tom Watters, 

a planetary geologist at the museum’s Center for Earth 

and Planetary Studies and a science team member of NASA’s 

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, reveals thousands 

of small, young fault scarps on the moon. 

Watters, who also studies the tectonics of Mercury, analyzed 

images of these small, cliff-like landforms across the moon’s 

surface —thought to be caused by contraction of the moon’s 

crust as its interior cools. 

Using computer models, Watters and his team found 

that the faults are highly aligned with tidal stresses. Just as the 

moon pulls on the Earth, our planet pushes back and the 

combination of tidal forces and contraction have created the 

young landforms, painting a new picture of the dynamic 

between Earth and its satellite. 

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Micro GPS tracks songbirds’ migration 

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Where does an ovenbird from Maryland spend its winters? 

It’s long been known that these little brown birds migrate 

to Cuba and Florida. But with super-miniature technology, 

Institute researchers Peter Marra and Michael Hallworth 

now pinpoint exactly where these birds go to escape the cold. 

The information allows much better-informed decisions 

about songbird conservation. Older GPS tracking tags weighed 

up to 12 grams and could be used only on larger birds. 

The new super-lightweight tags —which do not hurt 

the birds — weigh a gram and can be carried by much 

smaller migrating songbirds like the ovenbirds. The 

svelte satellite tags collect the birds’ locations with pinpoint 

precision, on the order of feet instead of miles; then 

the birds are relocated each year and the data collected. 

Though the ovenbird was the first, these tags can 

reveal the habits of many other species as well. 

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Gamboa Lab will broaden 

tropical studies 

smithsonian tropical research institute 

Continuing to evolve and expand upon 

more than 100 years of long term 

ecological studies in the region, the 

Institute will open the 41,710 square foot 

Gamboa Laboratory in September 2016 as 

the latest addition to its Panama research 

network. Made possible in part through 

gifts by the Hoch family, the laboratory is 

the centerpiece of the Institute’s growing 

scientific enterprise in the region and 

will house signature programs in animal 

behavior, neurobiology, forest ecology 

and climate change. 

Bordered by parklands protecting 

54,000 acres of intact lowland forest, the 

new campus also will host experiments 

in the Panama Canal watershed and 

provide opportunities for new research 

and innovative collaboration for a broad 

community of scientists and students 

representing Smithsonian staff and 

roughly half of the 1,500 visiting scholars 

who come to the Institute each year. 

Deep Time will find clues to 

future in fossil record 

national museum of natural history 

Fossils reveal the evidence from tiny 

mosses and mammals to giant fern like 

trees and the infamous T. rex of how 

life on Earth has evolved through 

4.6 billion years of relentless change. 

This story will unfold in Deep Time, a 

comprehensive exhibition set to open 

in the museum’s 31,000 square foot 

Fossil Hall in 2019. 

The exhibition will feature the latest 

findings about Earth and its distant past 

through spectacular fossil specimens, 

ecosystem re creations, a working 

fossil lab and vibrant multimedia that 

connect visitors with active scientific 

research. In an innovative new twist, 

Deep Time will extend the story into 

the age of humans, exploring the 

themes of global change in a modern 

context and inviting audiences to reflect 

on their opportunity to shape the 

planet’s future. 

Giant telescope to probe 

exoplanets for signs of life 

smithsonian astrophysical observatory 

When it sees first light early in 2021, one 

of the first tasks of the Giant Magellan 

Telescope (GMT) will be to detect 

worlds the size of Earth, located in the 

warm, habitable zones of distant stars, 

and compare their atmospheres to our 

own. With four of its seven mirrors 

each 27 feet across already complete, 

ground was broken and construction 

begun on the telescope facility in the 

Chilean Andes last November. The 

GMT is being built by an international 

consortium that includes the Observatory, 

universities and science organizations. 

The Observatory is developing one 

of the first tools to be used on the 

GMT: the G CLEF, or GMT Consortium 

Large Earth Finder. This instrument 

will find promising small, rocky worlds 

throughout our galaxy and analyze their 

atmospheres for the presence of gases 

like oxygen, methane and water vapor — 

indicators of possible life. 

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Innovation Wing 

Tells the Story of 

American Ingenuity 

What ideas and ideals make Americans a 

different kind of people? The first floor 

Innovation Wing at the National Museum 

of American History, which opened in July 2015, explores 

the distinctive history of business and invention in America. 

“The dynamic interaction between capitalism and 

democracy has given American enterprise a unique 

character,” says David Allison, associate director for 

curatorial affairs. The American Enterprise exhibition 

in the Mars Hall of American Business chronicles this 

interaction over three centuries. 

Nearby, visitors explore the American penchant for 

innovation. The hands-on Patrick F. Taylor Foundation 

Object Project features inventions that shaped everyday 

life, while Draper Spark!Lab encourages children to 

invent. Two exhibitions feature inventors and invention 

hotspots. The Innovation Wing also contains the 

Wallace H. Coulter Performance Plaza, the SC Johnson 

Conference Center and the Wegmans Wonderplace 

learning space for young children. 

Media coverage of the opening included the Wall 

Street Journal, CBS News and Buzzfeed.com, and the 

new wing received a record number of visitors in its 

first month. “It’s not like a regular museum. It’s a cool 

one,” said 7 year-old visitor Carra Brown. The $63 

million renovation was made possible by Congress, the 

American people and $45 million in private support, 

including 12 gifts of $1 million or more. 

The second and third floors of the wing, launching in 

2017 and 2018, will focus on other aspects of American 

distinctiveness: democracy and culture. “All three floors 

tell stories that resonate with each other,” says Allison. 

Opposite: The Wallace H. Coulter Exchange within American 

Enterprise uses hands-on activities to engage visitors and 

explain markets and business practices. Visitors can light the 

Tower of Power, take a farming challenge or start a business. 

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Sept. 24, 2016: After 13 years of planning and construction, 

the National Museum of African American History and 

Culture will open to visitors. Galleries are being readied. 

Collections, which started at zero, now brim with 

34,000 objects, like the marquee sign from legendary jazz 

nightclub Minton’s Playhouse, and artworks by the likes 

of Frederick C. Flemister and Romare Bearden donated by 

Robert L. Johnson from his personal collection. 

An astounding outpouring of private support has exceeded 

$270 million, with 100,000 members and donors. More 

than 90 Founding Donors — one-third of them first-time 

Smithsonian contributors have made gifts of $1 million 

or more. 

The 213 year-old Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, 

Va., epitomizes the deep commitment the museum 

inspires. The historic church made a Founding Donor gift 

of $1 million, and members of its congregation have 

made additional gifts, including three other Founding 

Donor gifts of $1 million or more. 

Says church pastor the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, 

“We are proud to help build a place where all Americans 

can learn about the richness and diversity of the 

African American experience, and how it has helped 

shape this nation.” 

African American 

Museum’s Historic 

Opening Nears 

Opposite: Video projections transformed the museum building’s 

façade into a spectacular 3-D canvas commemorating African 

American history at the museum’s first-ever event, held Nov. 16, 2015. 

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Championing the Voices
 

of Our Diverse Heritage
 

Obama rendered in 3-D 

national portrait gallery 

Continuing his string of firsts, President Barack Obama has 

another: He’s now the first sitting president to have his portrait 

rendered in 3-D. Experts from the Smithsonian’s digitization 

team, collaborating with colleagues from the University of 

California, mapped the details of Obama’s face from ear to 

ear in high resolution and used handheld scanners to create a 

highly accurate bust. Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s two life 

masks, which reflected drastic changes in his face during his 

presidency, Obama’s digital visage took just 90 seconds of 

sitting time, and seven minutes from start to finish. 

In the same way Lincoln’s masks speak to today’s audiences 

about his presence in the past, the printed nylon bust of 

Obama may speak to future generations with a similar power. 

The museum holds a complete set of presidential portraits in 

two dimensions. The official portrait of the President has not 

yet been commissioned for the museum. 

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Freedom Just Around the Corner 

national postal museum 

Letters carried by slaves, a mail bag with segregated pouches, 

abolitionist campaign flyers: These are the poignant touchstones 

that comprise the Postal Museum’s first exhibition devoted 

entirely to African American history. With nearly 100 items on 

display, and complemented by pieces on loan from other 

institutions and private collections, the exhibition further delves 

into its complex story using mailed records of slave-related 

business transactions, correspondence between leaders of the 

civil rights movement and a large selection of original artwork 

from the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage stamp series. 

The exhibition opened on Feb. 12, 2015, the 150th anniversary 

of the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 

America. Freedom Just Around the Corner documents struggle 

and progress in a surprising and original way. 

Exhibitions travel the nation and world 

smithsonian institution 

The Smithsonian has a worldwide reputation for engaging, 

high-quality content. What many might not know is that every 

year more than 40 Smithsonian exhibitions visit upwards 

of 4.5 million Americans beyond Washington, D.C., while 

others even travel internationally. Beyond U.S. borders, the 

Asian Pacific American Center and Smithsonian Institution 

Traveling Exhibition Service brought Beyond Bollywood (above) 

to audiences in New Delhi, Goa, Chennai and Kolkata in India, 

showcasing Indian American contributions to America. 

In New York, the National Museum of the American Indian 

and Smithsonian Latino Center opened Cerámica at the museum’s 

Gustav Heye Center, bringing their first major bilingual 

exhibition to new audiences. Cerámica debuted in Washington, 

D.C., and uses 155 pre-Columbian pieces to illuminate ancient 

Central America. The National Museum of Natural History’s 

Exploring Human Origins exhibition will have traveled to 18 states 

when its circuit concludes in 2017, featuring 3-D skull casts and 

a life-sized Neanderthal mother and child statue that illustrate 

the relationship of Homo sapiens with the natural world. 

Digitizing at blazing speed 

national museum of american history 

Technology is often lauded for its ability to make life easier or 

more efficient. This axiom is particularly true of the work done 

with the National Numismatic Collection, an assembly of the 

world’s coins, currency and paper money from throughout history. 

Part of the Smithsonian’s first-ever “rapid capture” digitization 

project, the museum’s numismatics team worked with the 

Digitization Program Office to scan a total of 274,340 

currency proof sheets, all produced from 1863 to the 

mid-20th century. Conveyed on an automatic belt and 

photographed with a super-high-resolution camera, the team 

processed nearly 3,500 sheets every day at a cost of less than 

a dollar per sheet—and in only four and a half months, 

a previously unimaginable feat. Revealing details imperceptible 

to the naked eye, the freely available digital versions of the 

proofs deliver on technology’s promise by making Smithsonian 

collections available to everyone, everywhere. 

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Owsley IDs Jamestown dead 

national museum of natural history 

Hidden for 400 years beneath the chancel of the church where 

Pocahontas was married, the badly decayed bones of four 

men presented a historical mystery. Buried in a location that 

implied high status, discovering their identities became the 

focus of a comprehensive, collaborative and interdisciplinary 

investigation. Led by Smithsonian forensic anthropologist 

Doug Owsley (below, far left), with archaeologist Bill Kelso of 

the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation, teams of scientists 

used skeletal analysis, chemical testing, 3-D scanning and 

genealogical research to determine that the men were 

prominent in founding the English colony. The Rev. Robert Hunt 

and Capt. Gabriel Archer arrived on the first ship to Virginia, 

while Sir Ferdinando Wainman and Capt. William West came 

three years later to help save the settlement. Directly 

connected with the European settlement of North America, 

Owsley’s work in identifying these personages adds insight 

to our understanding of Jamestown and our nation’s story. 

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Exhibition will remember 

WWII relocations 

national museum of american history 

As a teenager in 1942, following 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing 

of Executive Order 9066, the late 

Paul Terasaki and his family found 

themselves removed to Arizona’s Gila 

River War Relocation Center. His future 

wife, Hisako, her family and more than 

110,000 other Japanese Americans 

had similar experiences. 

In 2017, on the Executive Order’s 

75th anniversary, the museum will 

open an exhibition highlighting the 

action prompted by racial prejudice 

and fear following the bombing of Pearl 

Harbor. Made possible by a lead gift 

from the Terasaki Family Foundation, 

the exhibition will feature the original 

document signed by Roosevelt, and 

it will explore the impact this document 

had on many Japanese Americans 

using several other objects, images and 

personal narratives. The Terasaki 

family’s gift also creates an endowment 

to support future Japanese American 

collections, exhibitions and programs. 

Some languages thrive, 

others vanish 

center for folklife and cultural 

heritage 

A patchwork quilt of many tongues, Europe 

is home to more than 60 indigenous 

minority and regional languages, some of 

which have experienced a renaissance 

of interest and growth. Yet many remain 

imperiled, in danger of being lost 

forever as their aging speakers vanish. 

A gift from Ferring Pharmaceuticals 

enables the study of how to best renew 

and revive these languages as part 

of the center’s Sustaining Minority 

Languages in Europe project. Over 

five years, the project’s interdisciplinary 

teams will study six minority language 

communities to better understand the 

social, cultural, political and economic 

factors that enable certain language 

groups to thrive, with the ultimate 

goal of providing a framework for others 

to follow in their own language 

revitalization efforts. 

Museum of the future 

asian pacific american center 

Beneath the soaring Victorian roof of 

the Arts and Industries Building, one of 

the Smithsonian’s original exhibition 

halls, a new kind of museum temporarily 

took shape in the summer of 2016. 

CrossLines, one of the center’s first 

Culture Labs, featured exhibitions and 

presentations by more than 40 artists 

and scholars from around the country. 

The event was the first of several 

in person and digital pop up exhibitions 

to be presented in Washington, D.C., 

and communities around the country. It 

reflects curator Adriel Luis’s belief that 

effective storytelling sometimes means 

breaking the mold that a museum 

need not have walls to have an enduring 

impact on perceptions. Made possible 

by a Ford Foundation grant, the Culture 

Labs showcase the vitality of the Asian 

Pacific American experience in America 

and are an investment by the donor 

in the center’s vision of a more nimble, 

mobile, accessible and inclusive 

museum model for the 21st century. 

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¡Descubra! Sparks
 

Science Learning
 

Across the Nation
 

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atinos in the United States remain significantly 

underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, 

engineering and mathematics (STEM). In response, 

the Smithsonian Latino Center’s ¡Descubra! Meet the 

Science Expert program engages Latino families in STEM 

learning through one-on-one conversations with Latino 

scientists (in Spanish and English) and hands-on 

science activities. 

The center has organized ¡Descubra! programs in 

Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., since 2011. 

But in 2015, with funding from NBCUniversal Telemundo 

Enterprises, the program expanded to museums and 

science centers in Miami, Houston, Oakland and 

Alexandria, Va., reaching more than 100,000 participants. 

In each location, ¡Descubra! focused on a theme of 

interest to the host museum and local community. At the 

Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, 

for example, ¡Descubra! featured marine science activities 

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led by researchers from the Smithsonian Marine Center 

at Fort Pierce, Fla., and the chance to talk with National 

Science Foundation marine biologist Sonia Ortega. At 

Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, ¡Descubra! 

featured space flight and former NASA “Mars czar” 

Orlando Figueroa. These activities and speakers have 

succeeded in reaching out to families who don’t 

usually visit science museums. 

“The experts we bring are able to explain, ‘This is what I 

do every day and why I love being a scientist,’” says Emily 

Key, education program manager at the Smithsonian 

Latino Center. “They serve as role models and spark kids’ 

curiosity to learn more.” 

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technology and robotics at the KidMakers Expo at the Children’s
 

Museum of Houston, August 2015. The University of Houston
 

students attended along with Dr. Jose “Pepe” Contriras-Vidal,
 

university professor in electrical and computer engineering.
 

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Design in the Classroom 

Scales Up 

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Can a bag filled with straws, pipe cleaners and construction 

paper teach kids to solve real-life problems? Yes, when 

it’s part of a Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design 

Museum classroom workshop. These everyday materials 

help schoolchildren learn to think like designers, build 

prototypes and work in teams to solve design challenges 

such as, “In the developing world, how might we 

transport clean water from its source to our home?” 

Cooper Hewitt developed Design in the Classroom 

workshops in New York City and piloted a professional 

development program that has introduced design 

thinking to 540 teachers in New Orleans, San Antonio, 

Minneapolis, Cleveland and Washington, D.C. 

This summer, the museum is launching this professional 

development program nationally, beginning in Los 

Angeles. It will also prototype an online version of the 

training to extend Design in the Classroom’s reach 

to even more educators. Donors backing the museum’s 

national launch include Cooper Hewitt friends across 

the nation and celebrities Ellen DeGeneres and Tim Gunn. 

Says DeGeneres: “Design education has the power 

to teach children to become critical thinkers and change 

the world.” 

Opposite: Students work on their solution to a Design in the Classroom 

challenge. The program brings design directly into young peoples’ 

lives and teaches students in grades K 12 the importance of design 

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Inspiring Discovery in 

Museums and Communities 

Gift expands popular Explainers program 

national air and space museum 

Did you know that the Wright brothers first tested their wing 

warping theory with a kite? Did you ever wonder how toilets 

work on the International Space Station? These questions 

and more are among the topics covered by the museum’s 

corps of red-shirted high school- and college-age Explainers. 

Assisted by a remarkable assemblage of objects from the 

museum’s collection and the interactive website How Things 

Fly, they lead discussions to guide visitors of all ages to a 

better understanding of aeronautics and space exploration. 

A gift from GE Aviation increases Explainers program hours 

at the National Mall museum and expands the program 

to include the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in 

Chantilly, Va. It also creates a videoconferencing-based pilot 

program with elementary schools in Cincinnati. The high-tech 

distance-learning program allows the Explainers, for the 

first time, to take their object-based STEM teaching beyond 

museum walls to reach kids in their classrooms. 

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Citizen scientists wet their feet 

smithsonian environmental research center 

anacostia community museum 

Armed with sample bottles, clipboards, nets and, most 

importantly, waterproof boots, groups of middle and high 

school students sample their local streams. All attending 

school in the Anacostia River watershed of Washington, D.C., 

these young citizen scientists test the chemistry and biology 

of the waters and survey them for worms, snails and insect 

larvae. Their findings contribute to ongoing research and 

help determine the current and long-term health of their 

local streams. 

The students and teachers gain hands-on experience 

with the ecology of their neighborhood watershed, while the 

Smithsonian shares the citizen-science initiative with its 

national Affiliate organizations as a model of how to engage 

students in exploring their local environs. The initiative is 

made possible with support from partners State Farm and 

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

Endowment shares donor’s curiosity 

national museum of natural history 

What kid doesn’t enjoy the opportunity to get up close and 

personal with weird, cool things? Whether it’s bones, fossils, 

feathers or fronds, students of all ages can explore more 

than 6,000 natural and cultural history objects in Q?rius, the 

museum’s interactive learning center. Because of Coralyn Wright 

Whitney’s generosity, the center can expand its resources and 

programming and is available, in perpetuity, seven days a week 

to public, private and homeschooled students at every level. 

Through hands-on experiences with collection objects, 

collaborating with museum scientists or staff to solve a natural 

history mystery or working with research-grade scientific 

equipment, Q?rius engages students in inquiry-based, teamoriented approaches that encourage them to become curious 

scientists themselves. The gift, the largest the museum has 

received for education, reflects Whitney’s interest in passing on 

her abiding curiosity about the natural world, sparked by growing 

up in Florida and being fascinated by all that surrounded her. 

Students channel Dolores Huerta 

smithsonian center for learning and digital access 

national portrait gallery 

Known for her tireless work in defense of farm workers’ rights, 

Dolores Huerta has not only been a force of change in her 

community, but also sees her work as a family affair: “The whole 

family strikes together and pickets together,” she says. 

Photographic essays by local families, created to depict their 

own visions of themselves as forces of change for their 

communities, were displayed as part of the ¡Sí se puede! Dolores 

Huerta Family Day held in the Kogod Courtyard of the 

National Portrait Gallery. 

Latin American immigrant mothers and their middle 

school-aged children created the essays together during a 

three-day photojournalism workshop held at an area school 

to document their stories of leadership and family. Huerta was 

the subject of the recent Portrait Gallery One Life exhibition, 

which inspired educators to bring her story into the schools. 

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Youngest learners get education space 

national museum of american history 

From finding owls in a model of the Smithsonian Castle and 

vegetable shopping at a farm stand to cooking in a kid-sized 

version of Julia Child’s kitchen, tots at the museum’s Wegmans 

Wonderplace explore the world on their own level. The first 

education space on the National Mall for children under six, the 

1,700-square-foot interactive play area encourages these 

youngest learners to use all their senses to get excited about 

American history. The Wonderplace lets them explore more 

than 100 museum collection objects and pose in kid-size 

frames to make their own portraits of notable historic figures. 

A gift to the museum’s first-floor Innovation Wing from 

Wegmans Food Markets opened the learn-through-play area 

and supports the wing’s demonstration kitchen, part of the 

museum’s Cooking Up History program. Wegmans also made 

in-kind donations of the farm stand and Julia Child-inspired 

play kitchen. 

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Forgotten field books 

open their pages 

smithsonian libraries 

May 31, 1842: The red streak appears 

bright only after death it is visible 

slightly while living the dark streaks 

are not bright or bluer during life. 

So goes one entry in Joseph Drayton’s 

field book documenting his observations 

of a Redmouth sucker on the Columbia 

River during the U.S. Exploring 

Expedition (1838 42), just one example 

of the thousands of works like it that 

will be digitized for public access by 

the Libraries in a project now getting 

underway. Many of these unique 

primary sources have been tucked 

away in filing cabinets and drawers 

for generations. 

Field books often contain photos, 

specimens and drawings, as well as 

observers’ raw, original data, which 

exist nowhere else. The project is 

releasing the books to the world and 

making them accessible to all. 

Reinventing how teachers 

plug into the Smithsonian 

smithsonian center for learning 

and digital access 

For more than a decade, teachers have 

been downloading thousands of 

Smithsonian lesson plans, but research 

revealed that the educators want to be 

more involved. That feedback shapes the 

Smithsonian Learning Lab, a next 

generation website that puts teachers in 

the driver’s seat. The Lab makes it easy to 

discover more than a million Smithsonian 

digital resources lesson plans and 

images of the institution’s collections, 

videos, magazine articles and more 

then fashion them into materials that 

meet the needs of their classrooms. 

Grable Foundation funding helps 

train teachers to use the Lab, and 

Carnegie Corporation funding supports 

user monitoring and continual 

improvements to it. The center’s shift 

recalls Smithsonian Secretary Joseph 

Henry’s words, written in 1850: “The 

worth and importance of the institution 

are not to be estimated by what it 

accumulates within the walls of its 

building, but by what it sends forth 

to the world.” 

American Art takes to 

the cloud 

smithsonian american art museum 

Imagine if you could instantly summon 

detailed descriptions of every work by 

Edward Hopper held by America’s top 

museums. That’s the scholarly vision 

behind the American Art Collaborative, 

led by the Smithsonian American Art 

Museum. The vision is within reach 

because of rapidly emerging tools for 

linking information in the digital cloud. 

The 14 member museums of the 

collaborative are sharing and 

connecting their collections information 

using a common open format, so 

scholars and others may access them 

as one pooled holding. Work on an 

initial 100,000 records is underway. 

The initiative has the potential to 

revolutionize scholarship in the field 

of American art and enable member 

museums to uncover new and 

meaningful connections among their 

works. Leadership of the project comes 

naturally to the Smithsonian American 

Art Museum, which began publishing 

its collection in the cloud in 2014. 

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We Thank 

Those Who 

Make It 

Possible 

America’s Smithsonian 

A wonder of the world and a source of pride for our 

country, the Smithsonian is free and open to the public 

364 days a year. Congress and the American people 

provide its solid financial foundation, and generous donors, 

willing to invest in ideas, are transforming it to meet 

the needs of an increasingly diverse and interconnected 

world. In the pages that follow, we recognize those 

who make possible today’s Smithsonian. 

At the National Portrait Gallery, staff members ready Gilbert Stuart’s 

iconic “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington for its 18-month 

conservation, made possible by support from Bank of America. The 

painting is undergoing for the first time a complete analysis using 

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Leadership Gifts 

We thank 2015’s most generous donors for their gifts of more than $1 million 

Helping to Build 

a Museum 

bank of america 

In 2015 Bank of America made a 

second $1 million donation to help the 

Smithsonian complete the construction 

of the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture. In 

addition to a previous $1 million gift, 

Bank of America has been the sponsor 

of the Save our African American 

Treasures program and has donated 

a collection of 61 black-and-white 

photographs by Jeanne MoutassamyAshe to the museum. The collection 

features Daufuskie Island, a South 

Carolina community whose distinctive 

language and culture remain strongly 

influenced by its African heritage. Bank 

of America has also made a grant to 

conserve eight paintings that are part 

of the museum’s collection as part of 

the Bank of America Art Conservation 

Project. The company has supported 

a number of Smithsonian museums and 

research centers since 1992, including 

the Anacostia Community Museum, 

National Museum of the American 

Indian and National Portrait Gallery. 

Sparking Discovery 

draper 

The newly opened Draper Spark!Lab in 

the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson 

Hall of Invention and Innovation at the 

National Museum of American History 

is a place where children aged 6 to 12 

can try their hands at invention. Made 

possible by a generous grant from 

Draper, the renovated 2,000-square-foot 

space models an inventor’s workshop 

and invites young visitors to create, 

collaborate, explore, test and experiment 

through the invention process. The 

lab shares objects from the museum’s 

collection, presents inspiring stories 

of 24 inventors and displays some of 

the young visitors’ creations. Draper 

has supported the museum since 2009. 

Telling America’s 

Whole Story 

ge 

Illuminating the rich lives and notable 

achievements of Americans is a 

cornerstone of the Smithsonian’s mission. 

Scheduled to open in 2016, the 

institution’s newest museum, the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture, will tell America’s story as 

seen through an African American lens. 

The museum will preserve and display 

countless treasures and experiences 

from African American life for the 

benefit of future generations. Through 

its $5 million gift, General Electric fuels 

the momentum toward completing the 

museum’s new building, which will house 

11 inaugural exhibits and focus on themes 

of history, culture and community. With 

examinations of slavery and freedom, 

the power of place, military history and 

expressions of culture through art and 

music, the museum will celebrate and 

share the remarkable contributions of 

African Americans to the nation. Dr. 

James Cash, a GE director, is a member 

of the museum’s Council. With this 

gift, GE’s generous support extends over 

six Smithsonian museums and research 

centers and three decades. 

Inspiring Young Learners 

the hillside foundation 

allan and shelley holt 

Allan and Shelley Holt know how the 

artifacts and stories of the National 

Air and Space Museum can stimulate 

the imaginations of middle-school 

students, inspiring in them curiosity 

and the desire to learn. With a gift of 

$2.5 million to the museum through 

the Hillside Foundation, the couple 

has established the Holt Scholars 

Program, an endowed outreach effort 

that is building science, technology, 

engineering and mathematics (STEM) 

competency among underserved 

middle-school students by harnessing 

the unique resources of the museum. 

Every year, in perpetuity, this program 

brings hundreds of middle schoolers into 

the museum on field trips and reaches 

them in their classrooms via webcasts. It 

also provides involvement opportunities 

for their parents and professional 

development for their teachers. Allan 

Holt is a member of the National Air and 

Space Museum Board. The couple has 

previously contributed to the museum 

through the Hillside Foundation. 

Philanthropic Leadership 

helen and edward hintz 

Helen and Edward Hintz have made gifts 

totaling $5 million to the Smithsonian 

Campaign. Their gifts fund the first 

five Smithsonian Secretary’s Scholars, 

an initiative of Secretary Skorton’s 

to recruit and nurture emerging 

scholars of exceptional promise who 

will be catalysts for tomorrow’s great 

discoveries. Their gifts also support 

three initiatives at Cooper Hewitt, 

Smithsonian Design Museum. These 

are the exhibitions Provocations: The 

Architecture and Design of Heatherwick 

Studio and Beauty — Cooper Hewitt 

Design Triennial as well as education 

programs at the museum’s Design 

Center in Harlem. Helen Hintz is a 

member of Cooper Hewitt’s Exhibitions 

Committee. Edward Hintz is a member 

of the Smithsonian National Board and 

the Campaign Steering Committee. 

Together, Helen and Edward Hintz have 

generously supported the Smithsonian 

since 2009, including previous gifts to 

the National Air and Space Museum 

and the Office of the Under Secretary for 

History, Art and Culture. 

Donors’ Legacy Now
 

Includes Curatorship
 

the lunder foundation 

peter and paula lunder 

Peter and Paula Lunder are major 

collectors and dedicated friends of 

American art at the Smithsonian, with 

a long history of generous personal 

gifts and gifts made through the Lunder 

Foundation. Since 1991, they have 

supported staff positions, fellowships, 

acquisitions, exhibitions, a research 

consortium and conservation laboratories 

at Smithsonian museums. Their major 

challenge gift inspired and led to the 

creation of the Lunder Conservation 

Center at the Smithsonian American 

Art Museum and the National Portrait 

Gallery, the first facility to showcase 

art conservation for the public through 

glass walls. They established the Lunder 

Education Chair, Gurney Research 

Fellowship and Truettner Research 

Fellowship at the Smithsonian American 

Art Museum, where they also contributed 

to more than a dozen exhibitions and 

donated significant paintings and 

sculptures. At the Freer | Sackler, they 

created a consortium for scholarly study 

of James McNeill Whistler. This year, 

their gift through the Lunder Foundation 

endows the Lunder Curator of American 

Art at the Freer|Sackler; this gift will be 

matched with additional support from 

others. Peter Lunder is an emeritus 

Commissioner of the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum and alumnus 

of the Smithsonian National Board. 

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Leadership Gifts 

We thank 2015’s most generous donors for their gifts of more than $1 million 

Investing in Leadership 

john and adrienne mars 

Strong leadership is essential to 

direct an organization’s strategy and 

assure the organization’s impact. 

With this in mind, John and Adrienne 

Mars’ gift establishes two endowed 

directorships, one at the National Air 

and Space Museum and another at the 

National Zoological Park’s Smithsonian 

Conservation Biology Institute. The 

new chairs ensure that the museum 

and institute will, in perpetuity, attract 

and retain the most talented individuals 

to guide them in fulfillment of their 

missions. Each new position is named 

the John and Adrienne Mars Director 

in recognition of the donors’ generosity 

and foresight. The Mars’ gift continues 

their tradition of support and service 

that began in 1978. Adrienne Mars 

serves on the Regents’ Advancement 

Committee and is an alumna of the 

Smithsonian National Board and the 

National Air and Space Museum 

and National Zoological Park boards. 

Including this gift, the couple has 

supported eight Smithsonian museums, 

research centers and programs. 

Matters of Place 

the moore charitable 

foundation / louis bacon 

When the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture opens 

in 2016, its exhibition Power of Place will 

examine the influence of regionalism 

in American and African American 

culture. A $1.5 million gift from The 

Moore Charitable Foundation to the 

museum supports one of the exhibition’s 

place-studies —The Rice Fields of 

the Low Country. Rice production is 

of particular interest to The Moore 

Charitable Foundation Chairman 

Louis Bacon, the owner of an historic 

lowland rice plantation started by his 

ancestors, which he is restoring and 

preserving. Through rice cultivation, 

enslaved Africans and African 

Americans transformed many areas in 

the southeastern seaboard of the United 

States. Louis Bacon also donated from 

his collection the painting The Garden 

of Eden by African American artist 

Robert Duncanson (1821–1872) to the 

museum, a painting similar to one the 

artist presented to abolitionist the Rev. 

Charles Avery for his efforts on behalf of 

the enslaved. The foundation previously 

has supported the Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute. 

American Giving,
 

American Stories
 

david m. rubenstein 

With his $4 million gift, David M. 

Rubenstein endows a Curator of 

Philanthropy position at the National 

Museum of American History, the 

first such position at the museum. The 

scholar holding the position will study 

philanthropy and its impact on the 

country, build a related collection and 

create exhibitions that share with the 

public the story of America’s unique 

culture of charitable giving. Along 

with support from the Bill & Melinda 

Gates Foundation, this gift launches 

the Smithsonian Philanthropy Initiative. 

In addition, David Rubenstein has 

established the Great Americans interview 

series, a two-year program of live 

events that features individuals who 

have made significant contributions 

to American history. David Rubenstein 

is a Smithsonian Regent, co-chairs the 

Smithsonian Campaign and serves on 

the boards of the National Museum of 

American History and National Museum 

of Natural History. Individually and 

with his wife, Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, 

he previously has made gifts to this 

museum, the Smithsonian American Art 

Museum, National Zoological Park and 

National Museum of Natural History. 

Moving Pictures 

smithsonian networks 

In support of its mission to inspire awe 

and drive curiosity in people of all ages, 

Smithsonian Networks is producing 

and donating 132 videos to the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture. The videos, ranging in 

size from 50-foot installations to 

intimate 22-inch monitors, comprise 

nearly eight hours of programming that 

explores how the African American 

experience is integral to the history of 

our nation. In addition, Smithsonian 

Networks collaborated closely with 

the National Museum of American 

History to produce and donate We 

The People, the signature introduction 

film for the museum. The combined 

value of these gifts is more than 

$4.35 million. The donations express 

Smithsonian Networks’ strong support 

of both museums’ missions and their 

contributions to essential national 

conversations about American values. 

Smithsonian Networks has previously 

supported the National Air and Space 

Museum, Center for Folklife and Cultural 

Heritage and Smithsonian Center for 

Learning and Digital Access. 

Gift Reflects Foundation’s 

Civil Rights Support 

stavros niarchos 

foundation 

A gift of $2 million to the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture from the Stavros Niarchos 

Foundation supports construction 

of the new museum building and its 

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: Era 

of Segregation 1876–1968 exhibition. The 

exhibition explores the years following 

Reconstruction, the restrictive laws 

and practices that defined segregated 

society and the great cultural shifts of 

the mid-20th century. The generosity of 

the foundation will be recognized in the 

Reflections Area, a quiet space where 

visitors may pause and reflect as they 

exit the exhibition. It will showcase a 

number of civil rights activists, including 

Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos, 

who walked side by side with Dr. 

Martin Luther King, Jr., during the 1965 

Selma marches in Alabama. This is the 

Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s largest 

gift to date, and it has supported the 

Smithsonian since 2011, including gifts 

to the National Museum of American 

History and the Smithsonian Institution 

Traveling Exhibition Service. 

Suspension bridge, Q’eswachaka, Apurímac 

River, Canas Province, Cusco, Peru, featured 

in the National Museum of the American 

Indian exhibition The Great Inka Road: 

Engineering an Empire. 

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Leadership Gifts 

We thank 2015’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million 

alpha phi alpha fraternity, build the Smithsonian’s newest museum our national dialogue a rich, interwoven and Culture supports a key Smithsonian of its Bird House and the exhibition African American History and Culture. 

incorporated facility. The new museum building, when chronicle of the African American objective: to preserve and tell the it contains. A new paved plaza at the Located adjacent to the Washington 

it opens in 2016, will be a place where experience from the 15th century to the African American story for the benefit entrance of the facility will be named Monument, the new facility will be the A $1 million gift by Alpha people of all nations can learn about the present, deepening understanding of of present and future generations. The for the foundation in recognition of its only national museum devoted exclusively Phi Alpha Fraternity vital role African Americans have played this central chapter in the American three tiers of the new museum building generosity. The facility will showcase the to the documentation and exploration supports the last in our American nation since its inception story. Dr. Coles serves on the museum’s on the National Mall represent the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center’s of African American life, art, history and stages of the design and will continue to play into the future. Council. The gift is the couple’s first to faith, hope and resiliency of the African 25 years of research with walk-through culture. It is expected to open in 2016. and construction of the BlackRock has previously supported the Smithsonian and the museum. American spirit. When it opens in 2016, aviaries, interactions with live birds, This is MGM Resorts International’s first National Museum of the National Museum of the American the museum’s artifacts, exhibitions technology-rich education stations and gift to the Smithsonian. African American History and Culture. Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center in andreas c. dracopoulos and performances will share inspiring exchanges with Smithsonian scientists. When it opens in 2016, the museum New York City. and empowering stories of African The foundation’s long history of national basketball will feature exhibitions, educational A $1 million gift from Andreas C. Americans with millions of visitors from Smithsonian support includes a gift to the association programming and resources to explore Dracopoulos benefits the National diane and hal brierley across the nation and around the world. National Museum of African American the African American experience and Museum of African American History A $1 million gift from the History and Culture, and funds to help its impact on American life and the A $1 million gift and Culture. The facility, enclosed in its National Basketball Association connie and dennis keller bring giant pandas back to the Zoo in shaping of this nation. A donor to the from Diane and Hal distinctive, three-part bronze corona, will help the Smithsonian 2000 and to facilitate the expansion of Smithsonian since 2010, this is Alpha Phi 
 Brierley supports will be home to an ongoing conversation 
 Dedicated friends 
 complete construction of
 the Zoo’s Elephant Trails habitat in 2007. the Slate Hill about the significance of African of the Smithsonian the National Museum of 

Conservation Area Americans in the history of this nation 

Alpha’s largest gift to date. 

Connie and Dennis African American History and Culture. barry and wendy meyer judy hart angelo and in Front Royal, Va. and how we can all transcend the divisive Keller have made By detailing the stories of African foundation john m. angelo The 125-acre facility of the National boundaries of race and injustice. This a $1 million gift to Americans’ historic, cultural and 

Zoological Park and Smithsonian is the first gift by Andreas Dracopoulos the Smithsonian A $1 million gift communal experiences, the museum A $1 million gift by Conservation Biology Institute hosts to the Smithsonian and the museum. Campaign, part of which hires one of the from the Barry will be both a home for history and a Judy Hart Angelo research that is helping to improve first Smithsonian Secretary’s Scholars. and Wendy Meyer place that encourages discussion of and her late understanding of the biology, survival and fedex Secretary Skorton’s initiative is bringing Foundation to the current events in a scholarly, cultural husband, John M. recovery of animals that are endangered the most promising thought-leaders to National Museum and systemic context. This is the National Angelo, helps the or extinct in the wild. The Brierleys’ gift the institution to serve the nation and of American History Basketball Association’s second gift to Smithsonian further supports Slate Hill’s clouded leopard amplify the Smithsonian’s global impact fuels the transformation of the museum’s the Smithsonian and the museum. its branding and marketing efforts, and red panda facilities, its new Cheetah FedEx continues its long tradition of far into the future. Dennis Keller is a west wing with support toward a major which include creating new digital Ridge viewing area and the development support for the Smithsonian with a member of the Smithsonian National exhibition, educational programming new york life content intended to help engage broader of a master plan. In recognition of their $1 million gift to the National Museum Board and chairs its Advancement and changing exhibitions on the third audiences over social media platforms. A gift of $1 million by New generosity, the cheetah viewing area will of African American History and Committee. Since 2006, the Kellers floor. The exhibition On With the Show Judy Hart Angelo is a member of the York Life to the National be named for the couple. Hal Brierley Culture. The diverse and unique African have supported the National Museum will explore the history of American Smithsonian National Board. Over Museum of African serves on the Zoo’s board and Diane American experience has profoundly of African Art, Smithsonian Tropical culture and identity through music, almost a decade, philanthropic gifts American History and serves on the board of the Dallas Zoo. shaped the United States, and this Research Institute and National sports, entertainment and the arts when made by the Angelos have supported Culture advances the Smithsonian’s new museum will soon share stories Museum of African American History it opens in 2018. The wing’s other two Smithsonian branding and marketing efforts to complete the construction dr. n. anthony and of our past, the challenges we still face and Culture. They are Friends of the floors also explore themes in American efforts, initiatives of the Under Secretary and design of the museum on the mrs. robyn coles and the potential our future holds. Smithsonian and members of the history. The foundation has supported for Science, the National Museum National Mall. Bounded by Constitution FedEx has, prior to this gift, supported six National Museum of African American the museum since 2012. of Natural History’s Encyclopedia of With their leadership Avenue and Madison Drive near the Smithsonian museums for more than 15 History and Culture’s Director’s Circle. Life project and fellowships at the gift, Dr. and Washington Monument, the five-level, years, including the National Zoological mgm resorts international Smithsonian Tropical Research Center. Mrs. N. Anthony 400,000-square-foot building will be Park, National Museum of Natural History the j. willard and alice Coles help build the only national museum dedicated and National Air and Space Museum. s. marriott foundation blackrock momentum toward to exploring all dimensions of African 

the completion American life, art, history and culture. latanya, zoe and of the National This is the first gift by New York Life to samuel l. jackson MGM Resorts International’s $1 million Museum of African American History the Smithsonian and the museum. gift continues the momentum of and Culture’s new museum facility on the A $1 million gift from LaTanya, Zoe With its $1 million gift to the National A $1 million gift from The J. Willard and the design and construction of the National Mall. The building’s exhibitions and Samuel L. Jackson to the National Museum of African American History Alice S. Marriott Foundation supports Smithsonian’s final museum on the and programs soon will contribute to Museum of African American History and Culture, BlackRock helps design and the National Zoological Park’s renovation National Mall, the National Museum of 

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Leadership Gifts 

We thank 2015’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million 

omega psi phi fraternity, general funds that sc johnson bill and tish slattery toyota book carried by Harriet Tubman, objects 

incorporated he or she may use and the slattery family and stories highlighted in the museum 

to pursue strategic foundation will bring into focus the nation’s A $1 million gift from objectives and meet history as seen through the lens of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity emerging needs. In A $1 million gift A $1 million gift from Toyota to the African American experience. Wells helps the Smithsonian SC Johnson’s gift of $1 million to the recognition of the from Bill and Tish National Museum of African American Fargo has previously supported the share important African National Museum of American History donors’ generosity, the Welcome Desk Slattery and the History and Culture helps build its new Anacostia Community Museum and the American stories with the furthers the museum’s mission to tell at the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Slattery Family museum facility, located on the National Smithsonian American Art Museum. nation and the world by supporting the the story of American ingenuity and Center is named in honor of the Plueger Foundation supports Mall at the intersection of 14th Street design and construction of the National invention. In recognition of this generosity, family. John Plueger serves on the the historic project and Independence Avenue. The museum john and barbara wilkerson Museum of African American History the entrance to the museum’s first-floor museum’s board and formerly chaired to build the new facility for the National will be a place where visitors of all ages and Culture. The museum will bridge west wing is named the Johnson-Louis With their gift of $1 million through the it. He and his family have supported the Museum of African American History and origins can explore the richness of a major gap in our national memory Gateway to Innovation. The name Actus Foundation, John and Barbara museum since 2003. and Culture. The Smithsonian’s 19th African American history and learn how by focusing on a wide arc of previously recognizes the fifth-generation-led Wilkerson advance the institution’s first museum, scheduled to open on the the ties between the trailblazers of African untold history, while addressing family company, as well as its former national fundraising campaign. The j.b. and m.k. pritzker family National Mall in 2016, will allow visitors American history and ordinary Americans contemporary issues and celebrating advertising counsel Jack Louis. SC Wilkersons will determine the purpose for foundation from around the nation and the world to have been integral to change in America. African American creativity and cultural Johnson has been a corporate member their gift at a later date. John Wilkerson explore the rich heritage and culture of Toyota is a past corporate member, and expression. This gift is the donor’s With its $1 million gift to the National since 2010 and a Smithsonian donor serves on the Smithsonian National Board. African Americans in the United States the company, in addition to this museum, first to the museum and the Smithsonian. Museum of African American History since 1983. Its philanthropy made it The couple are past members of the through stories of slavery, reconstruction, has supported nine other Smithsonian and Culture, the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker possible for the museum to build its Friends of the Smithsonian and they have segregation, civil rights and the tension museums and programs since 1994. the david and lucile Family Foundation helps design and first-floor west wing conference center. supported the Smithsonian since 2009. between sadness and resiliency. This is packard foundation build the museum’s new building. The The company previously has given to the first gift to the Smithsonian by the verizon museum facility will soon be home to the National Museum of Natural History Slatterys and the foundation. the xerox foundation exhibitions and public programs that will and the National Air and Space Museum.
 

deepen scholarship and understanding 
 foster and coco stanback of the American experience, from the sigma pi phi fraternity/ Verizon has generously supported With its gift of $1 million to the National earliest days of settlement and slavery boulé foundation A $1 million gift made on behalf of Smithsonian museums and programs With its gift of $1 million toward the Museum of African American History on this continent, to the civil rights The Foster and Coco Stanback establishes Sigma Pi Phi since 2002. Its gift of $1 million this year completion of the National Museum of and Culture, the David and Lucile movement half a century ago, to today’s and endows a restoration internship Fraternity/Boulé to the National Museum of African African American History and Culture, Packard Foundation helps build the evolving stories and beyond. program at the National Air and Space Foundation have American History and Culture is The Xerox Foundation helps the Smithsonian’s 19th and newest museum Museum. The gift was made through made a gift of $1 million to the National dedicated to furthering the museum’s Smithsonian meet one of its foremost on the National Mall, a priority of the pucci family foundation the Foundation for the Carolinas, a Museum of African American History educational programming and learning priorities. With a mission to provide an institution. The facility will further the community fund. The museum conducts A gift of $1 million and Culture to support the design and initiatives. The gift will help visitors opportunity for all people to explore Smithsonian’s efforts to tell America’s these internships in partnership with from the Pucci construction of the new museum. This connect and engage in ways that and celebrate African American culture, story by preserving and sharing the Base 11, a California-based organization Family Foundation, leadership gift is reflective of the deep expand their perspectives of the African the new museum will be a place where experiences of African Americans with that connects promising junior college made possible by passion for education and excellence that American experience, spark curiosity visitors from around the world can gain people of all ages and nationalities. students of limited economic means J.R. and Dawn M. have been the hallmarks of the fraternity and increase knowledge. The newest perspective on the central place African The foundation’s gift is the most recent with science, technology, engineering Davis, furthers and the foundation since their founding. Smithsonian museum is scheduled to American history and culture hold in the in its long history of funding to the and mathematics (STEM) learning the Smithsonian Campaign and the The museum creates an opportunity open in 2016 on the National Mall. life of the nation. The Xerox Foundation Smithsonian, which began in 1985. With opportunities. The Stanback Base 11 Secretary’s priorities. The gift in to explore, learn and celebrate the rich and its parent, the Xerox Corporation, this gift, the Packard Foundation has Restoration Interns assist museum part hires one of the first Smithsonian African American history, culture and wells fargo are longtime donors to the Smithsonian supported 10 Smithsonian museums, restoration staff members in their Secretary’s Scholars, fueling this community. The Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/ whose gifts since 1986 have been to the research centers and programs. work preserving objects in the national With its $1 million gift, vital initiative that is bringing dozens of Boulé Foundation are proud to support National Museum of American History, collection and with archival materials, Wells Fargo helps support early-career scholars of exceptional the first national museum that will tell the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture the john l. plueger family helping conduct research and the National Museum promise to the Smithsonian. It also a more complete American story through Garden and many other Smithsonian assisting in the creation of treatment of African American A $1 million gift from the John L. Plueger supports plans for the first floor of the the lens of African American history museums and programs. plans. The Stanbacks are members History and Culture. From a sea- Family to the National Air and Space Arts and Industries Building. The and culture. They previously supported of the museum’s National Air and island slave cabin, to a Jim Crow-era Museum establishes an endowment that gift is the first made by the Foundation the National Portrait Gallery. This is their Space Society. segregated railcar, to an 1876 hymn provides for its director, in perpetuity, and the Davis family to the Smithsonian. largest gift to a Smithsonian museum. 

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Board of Regents Report 

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2015 

Orderly transition, strong leadership and 

active engagement characterized the 

Smithsonian’s governing Board in 2015. 

Following its unanimous election of Dr. David J. Skorton as 

13th Secretary, the Board this year oversaw the transition from 

the 12th Secretary to the 13th. Secretary G. Wayne Clough 

completed his six years of service on Dec. 31, 2014; Under 

Secretary for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial 

Officer Albert G. Horvath served with distinction as Acting 

Secretary for a six-month transition period; and Dr. Skorton 

commenced as the new Secretary on July 1, 2015. 

The Board strongly supports Secretary Skorton’s leadership 

and vision. In September, it hosted a reception to welcome 

him and his wife, Dr. Robin Davisson, to Washington, D.C. In 

October, it marked his official installation with a ceremony 

held in the Arts and Industries Building and presided over by 

Smithsonian Chancellor and Chief Justice of the United States 

John G. Roberts, Jr. 

The Board ensured its leadership continuity by re-electing 

Board and Executive Committee Chair John W. McCarter, Jr.; 

Vice Chair Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson; and Executive Committee 

Member David M. Rubenstein. 

A priority for the Regents is to ensure that the Smithsonian 

will have the resources it needs to remain strong, secure and 

relevant in a rapidly changing world. The Board welcomed new 

Congressional Regents Senators John Boozman of Arkansas 

and David Perdue of Georgia. The Congressional Regents 

advocate for the Smithsonian and provide counsel on efforts 

to secure scarce federal resources. The Regents also appointed 

former Smithsonian National Board Chair Sakurako D. Fisher 

as fourth Co-Chair of the Smithsonian Campaign. She joins 

Citizen Regents Barbara M. Barrett and David M. Rubenstein 

and Regent Emeritus Alan G. Spoon. 

The Regents advanced additional strategic priorities in 2015, 

including two major projects. The renovation of the Arts and 

Industries Building will enable it to host interim programming and 

events in 2016. The fundraising, construction and exhibition 

installation of the National Museum of African American History 

and Culture continue on track for a September 2016 grand opening. 

The Board, inspired by the possibilities of the institution’s 

mission, “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge,” 

continues to strengthen the Smithsonian’s reputation as 

a global leader in the arts, sciences and education. 

Oct. 19, 2015, meeting of the Board of Regents: left to right, top row, 

Senator John Boozman, Ambassador Barbara M. Barrett, Steve Case, 

Representative Xavier Becerra; middle row, Dr. Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey, 

John Fahey, Michael M. Lynton, Robert P. Kogod, Representative Tom Cole; 

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bottom row, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson 

(Vice Chair), The Chief Justice of the United States (Chancellor), 

John W. McCarter, Jr. (Chair), David M. Rubenstein, 

Representative Sam Johnson. 

Endowment Report 

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2015 

A decade ago, the Board of Regents established the Regents 

Investment Committee. The committee sets the institution’s 

investment policy and oversees the Endowment’s investment 

management. Since 2005, the committee and Office of 

Investments staff have prudently stewarded the Endowment and 

advanced its performance. 

The Smithsonian’s first endowment dates to 1846, which 

underscores the institution’s investment policy focus on the 

long term. The Smithsonian establishes an asset allocation 

mix that serves to generate attractive long-term returns with 

a higher allocation to equities, investments in marketable 

alternatives, real estate and natural resources to enhance 

returns, hedge against inflation and reduce risk. 

Since 2005, the Endowment’s 10-year annualized net 

investment return has averaged 6.0 percent, the Endowment 

has grown almost twofold from $779.3 million to $1,284.9 million 

and its annual payout has doubled to $65.7 million. Cumulatively, 

since the appointment of the Investment Committee (or Jan. 1, 

2005) , the Endowment has contributed $541.2 million in private 

support to institution-wide programs. Endowment performance 

consistently compares favorably against the Cambridge 

Associates peer group of foundations and universities, resulting 

in top-quartile ranking for the University fiscal years. 

For the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2015, the Endowment’s 

value was $1,284.9 million and its return was 1.3 percent 

against the median return of the Cambridge peer group of -4.3 

percent. Contributors to the Endowment’s performance were 

investments in venture capital, private equity and real estate, 

as well as selection of investment managers. In fiscal year 

2015, receipts from gifts and bequests added $53.8 million to 

the Endowment. 

The Regents Investment Committee and Office of Investments 

staff work toward ensuring that the Endowment generates 

increasing streams of returns to benefit the future of one of 

America’s most beloved institutions. 

Endowment Value Over Time 

Asset Allocation 

as of sept. 30, 2015 

■ Global Equity 

■ Marketable Alternatives 

■ Private Equity & Venture Capital 

■ Real Assets 

■ Emerging Markets 

■ Fixed Income & Cash 

Comparative Performance 

Albert G. Horvath served 

with distinction as Acting 

Secretary of the Smithsonian 

Jan. 1 to June 30, 2015, the 

six-month transition between 

12th Secretary G. Wayne 

Clough and 13th Secretary 

David J. Skorton. Horvath is 

Under Secretary for Finance 

and Administration and Chief 

Financial Officer. 

26%

27%

8%

18%

13%

8%

as of sept. 30, 2015 

Trailing 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years 

■ Smithsonian Endowment 

■ Policy Benchmark 

in millions of dollars 

$1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

fiscal years 

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Financial Report 

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2015 

The Smithsonian finished another year in sound financial position, 

benefiting from the continuing performance of its operations. 

Sustained strength in contributions and grants, offset to some 

extent by unrealized losses in the endowment portfolio, led to an 

overall increase of $51 million in net assets during the year. 

The Smithsonian receives funding from federal government 

appropriations, other governmental entities and private sources. 

Public dollars conserve national collections, sustain basic 

research, educate the public, provide for administrative and 

support services and operate, maintain and protect the large 

Smithsonian museum and research complexes. 

Revenues 

in percent, fy 2015 3% 1%

■ Federal Appropriations 

■ Contributions & Private Grants 

■ Government Grants & Contracts 

■ Other 

■ Business Activities 

■ Investment Earnings 

16%

10%

10%

60%

Expenses 

in percent, fy 2015 

23%

44%

33%

■ Salaries & Benefits 

■ Other Operating Expenses 

■ Capital Expenses 

Growth in Net Assets 

Private funds leverage federal dollars and provide the critical 

difference for endowing positions, carrying out innovative 

research, developing and building new facilities, opening 

groundbreaking exhibitions, reaching out to America’s 

diverse communities and expanding and strengthening 

national collections. 

The 2015 annual audit was conducted by KPMG LLP 

and is available at si.edu/About/Policies. 

Financial Activity 

in millions of dollars, fy 2015 and fy 2014 

2015 2014

Operating Revenue $1,274 $1,355

Operating Expenses 1,137 1,092

Increase in Operating Net Assets 137 263

(Decrease) Increase in Other Assets (86) 84

Total Increase in Net Assets 51 347

Financial Position 

in millions of dollars, fy 2015 and fy 2014 

total funds 

Trust Federal 2015 2014

Assets $2,709 $1,808 $4,517 $4,400

Liabilities 456 422 878 812

Net Assets 2,253 1,386 3,639 3,588

in millions of dollars, over five years 

2015 $3,639 

2014 $3,588 

2013 $3,241 

2012 $3,039 

2011 $2,776 

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Philanthropy Report 

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2015 

This report gratefully acknowledges the transformative generosity 

of our thousands of donors. Every gift to the campaign advances 

the Smithsonian’s ambitious vision to discover new knowledge 

Funds Raised by Source 

in millions of dollars, fy 2015 

4%

■ $125.3	 Individuals 

■ 47.2 Corporations 

■ 24.6	 Foundations 

■ 8.2	 Other 

$205.3 Total 

23%

12%

61%

and educate and inspire future generations. The charts 

below provide information on the sources and uses of private 

dollars contributed to the Smithsonian in 2015. 

Purpose of Funds Raised 

in millions of dollars, fy 2015 

4% 2%

■	 $73.9	 Exhibitions, Education 

& Public Programs 

■	 49.3 Museums & 

Research Centers, 

General Support 

■	 37 Smithsonian, 

General Support 

■	 32.8 Facilities & 

Public Spaces 

■ 8.2	 Research 

16%

18%

24%

■ 4.1	 Acquisitions & Collections 

$205.3 Total 

36%

smithsonian enterprises report 

Smithsonian Enterprises provides general funds to the 

institution through its museum stores, restaurants, theaters, 

the Smithsonian Catalog, Smithsonian and Air & Space 

magazines, Smithsonian Books, Smithsonian Channel, 

Smithsonian.com, education and consumer product licensing 

and travel programs for adults, families and students. 

In fiscal year 2015, Smithsonian Enterprises contributed 

$40.7 million in net gain on revenues of $156.1 million. This 

marked the ninth consecutive year of net gain growth and 

the fourth consecutive year of revenue growth. 

Smithsonian Magazine’s 2015 American Ingenuity Awards 

issue and event recognized Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alan Stern 

and others, while its third Future Is Here Festival examined 

cutting-edge science and technology topics that included 

Smithsonian research. Smithsonian was nominated for the 

National Magazine Award for excellence and won numerous 

design awards this year. Air & Space magazine created a 

special issue, Flyover of the National Mall, commemorating 

the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. 

Smithsonian Digital Media continued its rapid growth, 

increasing its audience 14 percent as nearly 56 million users 

visited its websites. The Digital Media team launched Journey to 

the Center of Earth Special Report with the National Museum 

of Natural History and expanded Living in the Anthropocene. 

Smithsonian Books enjoyed a diverse year with successful 

books from many units garnering great reviews. Time and 

Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting From Here to There won 

the American Library Association’s Outstanding Academic 

Title award. 

Smithsonian Retail had a record-setting year, with neverbefore-achieved results in its museum stores. The program 

to develop unique, collection-based products continues 

with strong museum support. 

Smithsonian Theaters saw strong growth after digital 

conversions of the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven 

F. Udvar-Hazy Center theater and the National Mall museum 

planetarium. Successful features included The Martian, 

Dark Universe, Journey to Space, D-Day: Normandy 1944 and 

Dinosaurs Alive. 

Consumer and Education Products managed more than 

70 licensees. Education Products launched a digital archive 

product based on the history of flight and released four Great 

Courses. Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour Through 

American History won a prestigious Silver Telly Award. 

Smithsonian Journeys continues its impressive string of 

revenue and net gain growth. A new college travel program 

was launched with partner World Strides. 

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Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

The Smithsonian gratefully acknowledges those donors who made gifts, pledges or pledge 

payments during the fiscal year 2015. 

$1,000,000 or more 

Anonymous 

3M 

Aetna Foundation, Inc. 

Alfred Street Baptist Church 

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated 

American Express 

Judy Hart Angelo and John M. Angelo ✚

Arcadia Fund 

Bank of America 

Ms. Ann H. Bissell ●

BlackRock 

Diane and Hal Brierley ●

Dr. Peter Buck 

Dr. N. Anthony and Mrs. Robyn Coles ●

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation 

Andreas C. Dracopoulos 

Draper 

Anne and Travis Engen 

FedEx ▲

Ferring Pharmaceuticals ●

Sakurako and William Fisher Family ♦ ✱ ✚

Ford Motor Company Fund 

GE 

Thomas W. Haas Foundation ●

The Hillside Foundation - Allan and Shelley Holt ●

Helen and Edward Hintz ✱ ✚

Ms. F. Lynn Holec 

LaTanya, Zoe and Samuel L. Jackson 

Herb Kelleher 

Connie and Dennis Keller ✚

David H. Koch ●

Mrs. Dorothy Lemelson, The Lemelson Foundation ✚

Lockheed Martin Corporation 

The Lunder Foundation, Peter and Paula Lunder ✚

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ✚ ●

Barbara and Morton Mandel ●

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation 

Mars, Incorporated ▲

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John and Adrienne Mars ♦ ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McMahan 

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 

Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation ●

MGM Resorts International 

The Moore Charitable Foundation

 Louis Bacon 

National Basketball Association 

Paul Neely ♦ ✱ ✚ ●

New York Life 

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated 

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation 

The John L. Plueger Family ●

Colin and Alma Powell ●

J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation 

Pucci Family Foundation 

Alice and David Rubenstein ■ ♦ ✱ ●

John and Ginger Sall ●

Vicki and Roger Sant ✱ ●

SC Johnson 

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/Boulé Foundation 

Bill and Tish Slattery and the Slattery Family 

Foundation 

Smithsonian Networks ▲

Foster and Coco Stanback 

Stavros Niarchos Foundation 

Target 

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation ✚

Suzanne and Michael E. Tennenbaum ✚

Terra Foundation for American Art 

TOYOTA 

Verizon 

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. ▲

Wells Fargo 

Coralyn Wright Whitney ●

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

The Xerox Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka 

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member 

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial) 

$500,000 or more 

Anonymous 

A+E Networks ▲

Basil H. Alkazzi 

Arcadia Trust 

Autodesk, Inc. ▲

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos 

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation 

Carnegie Corporation of New York 

Cherokee Nation Enterprises 

The Coca-Cola Company 

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 

Foundation ●

ConocoPhillips 

Douglas and Wendy Dayton 

Foundation ✚

Ford Foundation 

Friends of the National Zoo 

Ann and Richard Fudge ●

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Galloway ✚

General Mills Foundation 

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley 

Charitable Trust 

The William and Flora Hewlett 

Foundation 

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney ✱ ●

Sue and Al Landon ✚

Ms. May Liang and 

Mr. James Lintott ●

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Foundation 

Frank and Susan Mars ●

Jacqueline Badger Mars ▲

Minera Panamá 

LeRoy Neiman Foundation 

News Corp 

The PepsiCo Foundation 

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Smith 

and Family 

Smithsonian Women’s Committee 

State Farm Insurance Companies 

Ambassador and Mrs. Nicholas F. 

Taubman ✱ ●

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 

The Upton Trust 

Weiden+Kennedy ▲

$100,000 or more 

Anonymous 

1923 Fund 

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie ●

Marjie and Steve Alloy 

Altria Group 

American Council of Learned Societies 

American Veterinary Medical 

Association 

American Veterinary Medical 

Foundation 

Valerie and William Anders ✚ ✱ ●

Anela Kolohe Foundation ▲

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation 

Aramont Foundation 

The Argus Fund 

Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne 

Mr. Richard C. Ashley 

The Atlantic ▲

The Bajaj Family Foundation 

Rueben and Shivani Bajaj 

David James Barger 

Mr. Roger Barnes 

Barbara and Craig Barrett ■ ♦ ✱ ✚

Mr. Michael D. Baudhuin 

BBDO Worldwide ▲

Mrs. Alison Lohrfink Blood (Lohrfink 

Foundation) 

Booz Allen Hamilton 

Fleur Straus Bresler 

 The Bresler Foundation ●

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie ●

Mr. Reginald Brown and Ms. Tiffeny 

Sanchez-Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi 

The Burpee Foundation 

Burroughs Wellcome Fund 

Ms. Molly Byrne (TurningPoint 

Foundation) ●

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz 

Foundation 

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚ ●

Candeo Fund at International 

Community Foundation 

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee ●

Kenneth I. and Kathryn Chenault ●

Chesapeake Testing ▲

The Chickasaw Nation 

The Julia Child Foundation for 

Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts 

The Chubb Corporation 

Clark Charitable Foundation 

Clark Construction Group, LLC ▲

The Honorable William S. Cohen and 

Ms. Janet Langhart 

Comanche Nation ▲

Conservation International 

Dr. Camille O. Cosby and 

Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr. ●

Patrisha Creevy and Albert Del Negro 

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ✚ ▲

Maurice J. and Carolyn D. Cunniffe ●

The Daniels Fund 

The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations 

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos M. de la Cruz 

Deere & Company 

Michael and Susan Dell 

Dr. Marion Deshmukh and 

Dr. Ashok Deshmukh 

Design Within Reach 

Deutsche Bank 

Jim and Janet Dicke ✱ ✚

The Dow Chemical Company 

Foundation 

Education Collaboration Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, Jr. ●

Facebook, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Fahey ■ ●

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden 

Fight for Children 

Barbara G. Fleischman ●

Ms. Martha J. Fleischman ✱ ●

Mr. Cary J. Frieze 

Ms. Soichiro Fukutake 

Hope L. and John L. Furth 

Furthermore: a program of the 

J.M. Kaplan Fund 

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚ ●

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 

Mr. Michael Goldfarb and 

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly 

Goldman Sachs Gives 

Google ▲

Kenneth C. and Mary M. Gossett 

The Grable Foundation 

The Jerome L. Greene Foundation 

Mr. Geoffrey Gund (The Geoffrey 

Gund Foundation) 

The George Gund Foundation 

Ms. Dorrance Hill Hamilton 

(SVF Foundation) 

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton 

Gloria Shaw Hamilton 

The Keith Haring Foundation 

Heising-Simons Foundation 

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill ●

Laurence and Susan Hirsch 

The Hoch Family ✚

Ms. Michele J. Hooper and 

Mr. Lemuel Seabrook 

William Logan Hopkins 

The JoGayle Dillon Howard Trust by 

Stan Moore, Trustee 

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

Daniel K. Inouye Institute Fund of 

Hawaii Community Foundation 

Intel Corporation ▲

Interface Media Group ▲

Ms. Madeleine Rudin Johnson 

(The May and Samuel Rudin 

Foundation) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ●

Mrs. Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan and 

Dr. Louis D. Kaplan ●

Peter B. Kibbee 

Robert and Arlene Kogod ■

Mr. and Mrs Nicholas Lapham 

(BAND Foundation) 

Presented in Bylakuppe, India, the exhibition My Earth, My Responsibility 

highlighted collaborative perspectives of Buddhist and modern science 

on climate change. Part of the ongoing Science for Monks program, 

the exhibition was created in partnership with the monks, the 

Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, the Smithsonian 

Environmental Research Center and the Exploratorium. 

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Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

F.H. Levinson Fund ✚ ●

Leon Levy Foundation 

The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Inc. 

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation 

The Links Foundation, Incorporated 

The Henry Luce Foundation 

Meredith Siegfried Madden and 

Peter Madden ●

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci ✚ ●

Margery and Edgar Masinter ✚ ●

Mr. James H.T. McConnell, Jr. 

McDonald’s Corporation 

Michael and Mele Melton/Culturfied 

Foundation 

Leslie and Charlotte Moore Foundation 

Morgan Stanley 

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse ●

Stanley Motta 

Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation ▲

Museum Modern and Contemporary 

Art di Nusantara, Jakarta ●

NC Science Mathematics and 

Technology Center 

Nancy Brown Negley ✚

The New York Community Trust 

Nissan North America, Inc. 

Norfolk Southern Corporation 

Northrop Grumman Corporation 

NYSE Foundation 

Mary and John Pappajohn ●

Ms. Margaret A. Pemberton 

PEPCO 

Barbara R. Perry 

Philips Color Kinetics ▲

Prince Albert II of Monaco 

Foundation 

Ms. Penny Pritzker and Dr. Bryan 

Traubert (Pritzker Traubert Family 

Foundation) 

The Procter & Gamble Company 

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Proctor 

Dr. Jorge G. Puente and Dr. Patricia 

Matos-Puente ✚

Razoo Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Avi Reichental ●

James Renwick Alliance 

Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson ✚ ●

Ms. Susan Roberts 

Si and Betty Robin 

Mrs. Heidi Roddenberry, The 

Roddenberry Foundation 

Mr. Scott Roeth 

Rolls-Royce North America Inc. 

Rosenthal Jaguar/Land Rover 

Nancy and Clive Runnells ✚

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚

John and Anne Ryan ✚

Sahara Conservation Fund 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ▲

Deborah Sara Santana ✚

Ms. Pam Scott and Mr. Timothy Koogle 

Ted Slavin Family Foundation 

Robert H. and Clarice Smith 

Robert H. Smith Family Foundation ●

Sotheby’s, Inc. 

Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. Jerry I. Speyer 

Alan and Terri Spoon ♦ ✱

Stevenson Family Charitable Trust ✚ ●

Mike & Corky Hale Stoller Foundation 

Patty Stonesifer and Michael Kinsley ●

Subaru of America, Inc. 

Rich and Sue Sugden and Family 

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

John and Janet Swanson 

Mr. John Szabo and Ms. Theodora Fine 

John Templeton Foundation 

Terasaki Family Foundation 

United Technologies Corporation 

U.S. Coins, LP 

Union Pacific Corporation 

Esme Usdan and James Snyder ●

Van Cleef & Arpels 

Mr. Frederick S. Voss 

Craig and Diane Welburn and Family 

Anthony and Beatrice Welters and the 

Vincent Wilkinson Foundation ✚ ●

Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan ●

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Willard ✱ ●

Windgate Charitable Foundation 

Zegar Family Foundation 

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. 

National Museum of Natural History Recovering Voices program volunteers in Oaxaca, Mexico. The program 

documents, sustains and celebrates linguistic and cultural diversity across the globe. 

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$50,000 or more 

Anonymous 

3D Systems, Inc. 

AAR Corp 

Accenture 

AES Panamá, S.A. 

All Nippon Airways ▲

American Honda Motor Company 

Mr. Donald R. Anderson 

Arik Airlines ▲

Ms. Joan Reading Asboth 

Atman Foundation 

The Barker Welfare Foundation 

Susan Battley ●

The David Berg Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bernstein (Jill and 

Jay Bernstein Family Foundation) ●

Max N. Berry ✚

Steve and Elizabeth Berry ●

Mr. Thomas R. Block and 

Ms. Marilyn Friedman ●

The Honorable Richard Blumenthal 

and Mrs. Cynthia Blumenthal ●

Boeing 

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚ ●

John and Rebecca Budd 

Peggy and Ralph Burnet ✱ ✚ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz ✚ ●

Canadian Wildlife Federation 

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Carter ● ▲

CFM International, Inc. 

Merle C. Chambers and 

Hugh A. Grant 

Chapman Hanson Foundation 

Comcast NBCUniversal 

Ms. Elizabeth J. Comstock and 

Mr. Christopher Travers ●

Mr. Stephan Cretier and Ms. 

Stephany Maillery ●

Mr. and Mrs. Ian M. Cumming 

Ms. Lavinia M. Currier and Mr. Joel 

McCleary (Sacharuna Foundation) 

Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. DeSilva ●

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Mr. John R. Dismuke (Barker Family 

Foundation) 

Ms. Trinh Doan and Mr. Michael 

Jermyn ●

Helen and Ray DuBois 

Dupont Building Innovations ▲

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi ●

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 

Foundation 

Entertainment Software Association 

Foundation 

John L. and Margot P. Ernst ●

Giuseppe Esposito, M.D. and 

Ms. Linda Hothem 

Mr. Roger Evans and Ms. Aey 

Phanachet 

Dr. Linda S. Ferber ●

Mr. and Mrs. Steven B. Fink ●

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member 

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial) 

Michael and Berit Francis ✚ ● RadicalMedia ▲ Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn Mr. and Mrs. John H. Foster (John H. 

Mr. Stuart L. Fred ● Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ragland, Jr. ✚● Elizabeth Broun Foster Foundation) 

Shelby and Frederick Gans ✚ Rasmuson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Burke III Dr. Matthew Frank 

General Motors Foundation Mrs. Lucy S. Rhame (The C.K. Ms. Sheila P. Burke and Mr. David Mrs. Sevara Clemón Freeman 

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goings (Rick and Williams Foundation) Chew Embassy of the Gabonese Republic 

Susan Goings Foundation) ✚ The Nora Roberts Foundation Uschi and Bill Butler ● Galerie Perrotin 

Mr. Barton C. Hacker and Ms. Rose Community Foundation Mrs. William N. Cafritz Fundacion Ricardo Perez Garcia 

Margaret Simmons Vining Mrs. Eleanor T. Rosenfeld Donald A. Capoccia and Mr. Tommie Jeff and Mary Lynn Garrett ●

Hakuta Family The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld L. Pegues ● Ken and Madge Gazzola 

Mr. Christie G. Harris and Mrs. Rosenfeld ✚ ● Mr. William M. Carey ● GE Foundation 

Alexandra and Paul Herzan ● Valerie and Jack Rowe ● Carl Zeiss, Inc. Giant Food Foundation, Inc. 

HGST, Inc. ▲ Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sandor (Richard Carnegie Endowment for Giant Food, Inc. 

Edward J. and Ruth Hodge & Ellen Sandor Family Foundation) ● International Peace Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gidwitz ✚

Miss K.T. Hoffacker Santa Barbara Foundation The Cascade Foundation The Honorable Joseph and Alma 

Houston Zoo, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Sechrist Mrs. David Challinor Gildenhorn ✱ ● ▲

Human Frontier Science Program The Shared Earth Foundation Chaney Foundation Ms. Barbara Gladstone 

IBM Corporation The Shenandoah National Park Trust Children’s National Medical Center, Lorelei and David Gonzales 

Mr. Jon C. Iwata ● Jim and Marilyn Simons Children’s Hospital Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon Gould III 

Jack & Jill of America, Inc. Charles and Geneva Thornton Ms. Jolene Chow Government Employees Ins. Co. 

Jamestown Properties Gary and Marie Thunem The Cirlot Agency, Inc. ▲ (GEICO) 

Matthew and Roberta Jenkins Ann and Marshall Turner ● Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Cole Mr. Donald E. Graham and 

Carolyn Johnsen and Richard Nye ● ▲ Mr. Michael J. and Dr. Amy B. Tuteur ● The Commonwealth Fund Ms. Amanda Bennett 

Judson Baptist Church Mr. and Mrs. Robert Uhler ● The Community Foundation for Peter and Rhondda Grant 

The Julis-Rabinowitz Family ● Mr. Joseph P. Ujobai and Mr. Eduardo Northern Virginia, Inc. The Grantham Foundation for the 

William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust Ardiles ● Comscore Inc. Protection of the Environment 

Wendy and Jerry Labowitz Mr. and Mrs. Steven VanRoekel ● Continental Building Products Lisa Sharf Green and Eric A. Green ●

Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Dr. Ms. Leslie Wilkes and Ms. Marzanne Ms. Suzi Cordish (The Cordish Family Ms. Virginia Gregory 

Robert J. Lavizzo-Mourey ■ Claiborne Fund) ✚ Mr. Ken Grossinger (CrossCurrents 

Aimee and Robert Lehrman ● Ms. Kelly M. Williams and Mr. Roger Crandall ✚ Foundation) 

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Mr. Andrew J. Forsyth Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Craver, Jr. ● Agnes Gund 

Gina Lin Ms. Anita Winsor-Edwards Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation Umang and Ruth Gupta ●

Mr. David Lubars (BBDO Worldwide) ● Judy Francis Zankel ● Foundation Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer B. Haber 

Richard and Jane Manoogian Paul and Becky Dhyse Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Hamp ✱ ●

Foundation Valerie and Charles Diker ● Stan and Doris Harrison ▲ $25,000 or more Linda A. Mars Ms. Shawn M. Donnelley and Ms. Myra M. Hart and Dr. J. Kent 

Colin and Leslie Masson ● Dr. Christopher M. Kelly Hewitt ✚ ● Anonymous McAdoo Family ● Donald J. Douglass Harvard Law School Berkman Center 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Aaron Mr. and Mrs. John W. McCarter, Jr. ■ ♦ Michael V. Drake and for Internet & Society ▲ Ms. Carolyn Gautier Adams and Mr. The Honorable Bonnie McElveen and Brenda Jackson Drake Peter and Tammy Harvey Greg Pratt Mr. Bynum Merritt Hunter ● ▲ Robert L. Dwight Hauser & Wirth 

Aerojet Rocketdyne Constance Corcoran Miller ● Ms. Nancy L. Eaton ● Michael R. and Marlys G. Haverty Ms. Janis Agopian Gus and Deanne Miller Ms. Raquel Egusquiza (AARP) ● Family Foundation ✚ Ms. Kathleen B. Allaire and Family ✱ ✚ ● ▲ Eisai Inc. Mr. Thad Heartfield 

American Bar Association Jane Mitchell and Jeffrey Bland Mrs. Baty Eleta (Stratego Ralph Heath ✱ ● American Dental Association Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore Communications) ● ▲ Drue Heinz Trust 

Carol and David Appel ● Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Moorehead Mr. Steven A. Elmendorf ● Frederick D. Hill (Collisart, LLC) Association of Zoos & Aquariums Douglas and Susan Morrison Environmental Systems Research Steven and Jane Hoch ✚ ● Mr. Joedis Avila (Ford Motor Multiples, Inc./Marian Goodman Institute Inc. ▲ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogan ✚ Company Fund) ● Gallery ExxonMobil Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holland, Jr. AXA Art Insurance Corporation Mystic Stamp Company ● FBR The Home Depot, Inc. BAE Systems National Air Traffic Controllers Mr. and Mrs. Raul J. Fernandez ✚ The HSC Foundation 

Catherine Benkaim and Barbara Association Mr. Harve A. Ferrill and Ms. Karla Bannus and Cecily Hudson Timmer National Fish and Wildlife Scherer ● ICF International, Inc. Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation Mrs. George M. Ferris, Jr. (Ferris IDEO, Inc. Biological & Popular Culture, Inc. The Nature Conservancy Family Foundation) Intellectual Property Owners (BioPop) Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Newman ● Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Education Foundation 

Ms. Jean Carey Bond Setsuko Oka Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. The International Rhino Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boulos (Boulos Mr. Richard S. Paegelow Roger S. Firestone Foundation (Mr. John International Society for Heart and Family Foundation) ● Mr. C. Jason Payne ● D. Firestone, Ms. Gay F. Wray) ✚ ● Lung Transplantation Agnes C. Bourne ● Perlin Family Foundation Mr. L.R. Fischer and Ms. Anne Lavigne Invent Now, Inc. Mrs. Rose Williams Boyd Debbie Petersen and the James F. FLOW Group, LLC Jack & Jill of America, Inc., Potomac Mr. William Brandt (The Brandt Petersen Charitable Fund ● Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Flynn ✚ Valley Chapter Foundation) Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pigott ✚ Dr. and Mrs. Robert Clyde Forney Japan-United States Friendship The Brinson Foundation Quince Imaging, Inc. ▲ The Honourable Michael M. Fortier, PC Commission 

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Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member 

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial) 

Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston 

Johnson ✚

Mr. and Ms. Terry L. Jones 

JPMorgan Chase Foundation 

Ann Kaplan and Robert Fippinger 

The Katzenberger Foundation, Inc. 

Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer 

Mr. William R. Kelly (William R. Kelly 

Charitable Gift Trust) 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper 

(William T. Kemper Foundation) ✚

The Robert S. & Grayce B. Kerr 

Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kessler 

(Kessler Family Charitable Fund) 

Kiehl’s Since 1851, Inc. (L’Oreal SA) 

The Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman 

Family Foundation ● ▲

Vince and Becky King ●

F.M. Kirby Foundation 

Francine and Edward Kittredge ●

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kolitz (Kolitz 

Foundation, Inc.) 

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze 

Claudia B. Kotchka ●

Colleen and John Kotelly ●

Todd and Debbie Krasnow ✱ ●

Constance and Harvey Krueger ●

The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and 

Evelyn Lauder Fund 

Betsy and David Lawer ✚ ●

Dr. Egbert G. Leigh, Jr. 

Ms. Dominique Levy 

Ed and Carolyn Lewis 

Cheryl Winter Lewy and Glen Lewy ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lippman 

Lisson Gallery 

Reva and David Logan Foundation 

David E. Longnecker, MD ✱ ●

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love ✚

Mrs. Sylvia E. Lu 

Macy’s Foundation 

Nancy A. Marks ●

Mrs. Angie Marriott ✱ ●

Mr. John W. Marriott III 

Ms. Catherine Berger Mason 

Mr. Sandeep Mathrani and Ms. 

Ayesha Bulchandani-Mathrani 

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Mattox ●

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGovern ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McLarty 

(McLarty Companies) 

Ms. Elizabeth E. Meyer and 

Mr. Michael McCaffrey 

Marlene Nathan Meyerson 

Ms. Linda A. Mills and Mr. Will 

A. Butz ●

Ms. Mary V. Mochary 

The Ambrose Monell Foundation 

Ms. Denyse Montrose 

Morris Animal Foundation 

Mr. Henry R. Muñoz III ✚ ●

Sarah E. Nash and Michael S. 

Sylvester ✚

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National Marine Sanctuary 

Foundation 

Newmark Grubb Knight Frank 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nichols 

Nuclear Energy Institute 

Ogilvy & Mather 

Olam Group 

Ms. Christine Ortega (Southwest 

Airlines) ● ▲

Sheldon and Myrna Palley 

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer✚

Arthur and Linda Pelberg 

PepsiCo Design Center 

Patricia Price Peterson Foundation 

Mr. Carter Phillips (Sidley Austin 

Foundation) 

Pixel Acuity, LLC ▲

Pat and Bill Podlich 

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust ●

Pro Helvetia 

Embassy of the State of Qatar 

Dennis and Nancy King Quaintance 

Lola C. Reinsch (Reinsch Pierce 

Family Foundation) 

Relman, Dane and Colfax 

Dr. and Mrs. R. Perry Robinson 

(The Widgeon Point Charitable 

Foundation) ●

Sara Roby Foundation 

Mr. François Rochon/Giverny Capital Inc. 

Rockwell Group ●

Matt and Lisa Rose ●

Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters 

Robert and Marion Rosenthal 

Mr. Mark Rosman and Ms. 

Jacqueline Corcoran ●

Richard Rosman and Fran Morris 

Rosman 

Sana Sabbagh 

San Francisco Foundation 

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel ✚

School of Visual Arts 

Sean Kelly Gallery 

The Selz Foundation ●

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Serwer 

Share Fund 

Mrs. Norma Gudin Shaw 

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shealy 

Dr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Shiva (The 

Susan Isabel Foundation) 

The Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable 

Foundation 

Southwest Airlines ▲

Sperone Westwater Inc. 

Dr. Elisa Stephens ✚

Dr. Paul G. Stern ●

Ms. Mara Strock 

Taronga Conservation Society 

Australia 

Phyllis M. Taylor ✚

Juliana C. Terian 

Mr. and Mrs. Damon R. and 

Sherry Thompson 

Mr. John K. Tsui ✚

United Launch Alliance 

Antoine and Emily van Agtmael ●

H. van Ameringen Foundation 

Mr. Gordon VeneKlasen 

Ms. Valaree Wahler 

The Walton Family Foundation 

Eugene and Marie Washington Family 

Mr. Todd Waterbury (Target) ●

Dr. Cheryl R. Whitaker and 

Dr. Eric Whitaker 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Williams, Jr. 

Edgar Wilson Trust 

Paul R. Wood ●

Wyeth Foundation for American Art 

Dr. Soon-Young Yoon and Mr. 

Richard M. Smith (The Pinkerton 

Foundation) 

Dr. Yang-Ro Yoon and Professor 

Klaus Nehring ▲

$10,000 or more 

Anonymous 

5A Incentive Planners 

Ms. Eveline Accrombessi 

Ms. Simone L. Acha ●

Adobe Foundation 

The Aflac Foundation, Inc. 

AGL Resources 

Air Traffic Control Association 

(ATCA) 

Mr. and Mrs. Dadi Akhavan 

Alcalde & Fay 

Lucy and Gordon Ambach ✚

American Association of Oral & 

Maxillofacial Surgeons 

American Health Lawyers 

Association 

American Hotel and Lodging 

Association 

The American Institute of Architects 

The American Law Institute 

Amgen Inc. 

Amway Corporation 

Anchorage Museum Association 

Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. 

Ms. Dana Arnett (VSA Partners Inc.) 

Artists’ Legacy Foundation 

The Marjorie Sale Arundel Fund 

for the Earth 

Association of YMCA Professionals 

AT&T 

Atlas Air Worldwide 

Jacqueline Avant 

Mr. and Mrs. William Aylward 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Bailey 

The Honorable Vicky A. Bailey 

Banco General, S.A. 

Ms. Judith Batty 

John and Delores Beck 

Mr. Charles R. Beckley 

Kenneth E. Behring Family ✚

Scott Belsky ●

Tamra and Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. ●

Mr. John Berggruen (John Berggruen 

Gallery Inc.) 

Ann E. Berman and Daniel J. Feld ●

The Honorable Wayne L. Berman and 

Mrs. Janet Lea Berman 

Dr. Michael M. and Tricia Berns 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bernstein 

(Bernstein Family Foundation) ●

Jane and Raphael Bernstein ●

Robert and Dawn Birmingham 

Mrs. Alexandra O. Bjorkland 

(McCarthy-Bjorkland Foundation) 

Governor James J. Blanchard and 

Mrs. Janet Blanchard 

Mr. and Mrs. David Boies (Boies, 

Schiller & Flexner LLP) 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bonavia 

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Boochever 

Dan and Dara Brewster ●

The Honorable Margaret L. Brown 

and Mr. Allen Brown ●

Marilyn L. Brown and 

Douglas N. Morton 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown 

Ms. Angelique Brunner 

Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond 

Learsy 

Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden III 

Burger Collection 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell ●

Dr. Minerva Campos and 

The Honorable Roel Campos ●

Capital Concerts Inc. 

Carnival Corporation 

Mildred Square Carrethers 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Cashin 

Cassaday and Company, Inc. 

Castellini Foundation 

Caterpillar Foundation 

CCA Global Partners, Inc. 

Celebrity Cruises 

C.F. Foundation, Inc. ✚

Gautam and Varsha Chandra 

(Washington Gas Light Company) ●

Cheniere Energy 

Christian Dior New York, Inc. 

Christie’s ▲

Susan Chutka 

CityCenterDC 

Civil War Trust 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Claussen ✚

Terrence A. Coakley 

Abby Joseph Cohen ✚

Mr. Arthur Cohen (LaPlaca Cohen, Inc.) ●

Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole and 

Mr. James Staton 

Con Edison 

Conner • Rosenkranz, LLC 

Ms. Maureen Conners ●

Paula Cooper 

CoreNet Global, Inc. 

Covanta Energy Corporation 

Covington & Burling LLP 

Ruth Covo Family Foundation 

Mrs. Daniel Cowin 

Crane & Co., Inc. 

The Nathan Cummings Foundation 

Mr. George W. Cunningham and Ms. 

Jessie M. Harris 

Mr. Clifford D. Curry (Curry Stone 

Foundation) 

Monford D. & Lucy L. Custer 

Foundation 

Cvent Inc. ▲

Mr. Eric Daniels ●

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr. ✚

Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Dauer 

Dr. Chris Davidson and Sharon 

Christoph 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dawson III 

Jeffrey and Joan DeBoer ●

Deloitte Services, LP 

Mr. and Mrs. Dudley G. Diebold 

Direct Energy 

Disney Conservation Fund 

The William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Dotson, Jr. 

Doyon, Limited 

Elizabeth and Richard Dubin 

Elizabeth Duggal and Alain Taghipour 

Duke University 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Dyson 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Eames ●

EarthShare 

Mr. Barney A. Ebsworth 

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation 

Kim and Al Eiber ●

Mr. James Erbs and 

Ms. M. Shân Atkins ●

Etsy 

The Executive Leadership 

Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Farley, Jr. 

FBB Capital Partners 

Ms. Gabriela Febres-Cordero ●

Ms. Carol Feinberg and Mr. Kenneth 

Gilman ●

Winnie and Michael Feng 

Ms. Debra J. Force (Debra Force Fine 

Art, Inc.) ●

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ford 

Dr. Daniel W. Fort 

Dr. Ella M. Foshay and 

Mr. Michael B. Rothfeld ●

Sarajane Foster 

The Freedom Forum/Newseum ▲

Kenneth W. and Janice W. Freeman 

Family Foundation 

Helen Clay Frick Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Friedland 

Mr. Bart Friedman and 

Ms. Wendy A. Stein 

Mr. David Friend 

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Friendly 

Friends of the National Museum 

of the American Latino 

The earliest known photo of the Smithsonian Castle, taken in 1850, shows it still under construction. 

The rare halotype by Frederick and William Langenheim was a gift to the Smithsonian in 2015. 

The Funger Foundation, Norma Lee 

and Morton Funger ●

Mr. Mario J. Gabelli and 

Ms. Regina Pitaro 

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Garfield ●

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gaslow 

GCM Grosvenor 

The George Washington University 

Georgetown University 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Gewirz 

The Girl Friends Incorporated 

Ms. Kathryn Gleason and Mr. 

Timothy Ring ●

Global Environment Fund 

Mr. Robert Gober and 

Mr. Donald Moffett 

Mr. Robert B. Goergen (The Goergen 

Foundation) 

Ms. Joanne M. Gold and 

Mr. Andrew A. Stern 

GreenPoint Group 

Ms. Alma L. Greer 

Growth Energy 

Mr. Erwin M. Gudelsky 

Mr. Tim Gunn 

James M. and Anita K. Guyette 

Mr. Thomas Haas (The William Penn 

Foundation) ●

Ms. Bette Hagan 

Ms. Lindsey Hagan 

Sonny and Kathy Hagendorf ●

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hahn 

Marie M. Halff 

The Frederic C. Hamilton Family 

Foundation ✚

Mr. Jefferson Y. Han 

Hardwood Forestry Fund 

Harris Corporation 

Robert Harris and Susan Rothermund 

Jane Hope Hastings Philanthropic 

Trust UAD 

Dr. Carla H. Hay 

Mr. Pedro Heilbron ●

The Jane Henson Foundation 

Dr. Tomás Herrera 

Paul Hertelendy ✚

Mr. Daniel Higman 

Lyda Hill 

Shephard and Kathy Hill ●

Elizabeth Jackson Hodges and 

C. Howie Hodges 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horning, Jr. 

The Horowitz Family 

Mr. Eric R. Horowitz 

Virginia Hough ●

Mr. Rodolfo Eduardo Icaza Clare 

Embassy of Iceland 

IEEE History Center 

Incentive Technology Group, LLC 

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye ✚ ●

Ms. Nancy Shahin Itteilag and 

Mr. Jack Donnelly 

JillMr. and Mrs. Mustafa A. Jama ●

The Japan Foundation 

Embassy of Japan 

Ms. Wendy Jeffers and Mr. Anthony 

Orphanos ✱ ●

Ms. Christine Jenkins ●

JMA Solutions 

Johnson & Johnson 

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor 

Foundation 

Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson and Mr. 

Charles Rumph 

Judith G. and Steaven K. Jones ●

Leslie and Conway B. Jones, Jr. 

Mr. Paul Tudor Jones II 

Lou Josephs and Susan Koonin 

David and Pam Joyce ●

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Joynt, Sr. ● ▲

Mr. Jon Kamen 

Dr. Jane Kamensky and Mr. Dennis J. 

Scannell, Jr. ● ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan 

Mr. Alexander Kaplen (The Kaplen 

Brothers Fund) 

Sheldon and Audrey Katz 

Kean University Foundation 

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp ●

Henry B. & Jessie W. Keiser 

Foundation, Inc. 

Clinton and Missy Kelly 

Thomas S. Kenan, III 

Mrs. Frances H. Kennedy 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough 

Laura Khouri and Michael K. Hayde 

Ms. Yung Hee Kim 

Mr. Kevin Kimberlin 

KPMG LLP 

The Kreeger Museum ▲

The Kresge Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Vello Kuuskraa 

(Advanced Resources 

International) ●

L-3 Communications Corporation 

Mr. Jon Langhorst 

Shanaz and Jack Langson 

Mr. David Lauren and Ms. Lauren Bush ●

Ms. Sarah Lawer ●

Ms. Fatemeh Le Tellier 

Mr. Edward J. Lenkin and 

Ms. Roselin Atzwanger 

Emily Markgraf Leslie 

Mr. and Mrs. George Levert ●

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Levinas ●

Aaron and Barbara Levine 

Drs. Jerrold Levy and Maria Arias 

Ms. Dorothy Lichtenstein 

Mr. John M. Liebes 

The Link Foundation 

Martha G. Locke 

Long & Foster Real Estate 

Steve and Betsy Loranger 

Dr. Sandra J. Lovinguth and 

Mr. Edward A. Lovinguth, Jr. 

Mr. Nicholas Lowry ●

Ms. Kayrene Lunday 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald ✚

Mackenzie Financial Corporation 

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madigan ✚

Wayne and Susan Maggin 

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✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲

Mr. Matthew Marks (Matthew Marks Inc.) 

The Marstine Family Foundation 

Mary Martell and Paul Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. Robin B. Martin 

Terry and Susan McCallister ●

Nion McEvoy ●

Amy and Marc Meadows ●

Mr. James R. Mellor (Mellor Family 

Foundation) 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. 

Dr. and Mrs. John O. Meyerhoff 

Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda 

Becker 

Microsoft Corporation 

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of CoreNet 

Global, Inc. 

Arnold Miller 

Richard C. Mitchell 

Ronald and Deborah Monark 

Monumental Sports & Entertainment 

The Claude Moore Charitable 

Foundation 

Wendy Burden Morgan 

The Moriah Fund 

(Jane E. Fox-Johnson) 

Catherine Morrison Golden ●

Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz 

National Association of Counties 

National Association of Student 

Financial Aid Administrators 

National Conference of State 

Legislatures 

National Fluid Power Association 

National Geographic Society 

National Marine Manufacturers 

Association 

National Park Foundation 

The National Smart Set 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Natow 

Ms. Caroline Niemczyk 

NIKE, Inc. 

Novo Nordisk 

Mr. Martin E. O’Brien ●

Office of Hawaiian Affairs 

Mr. Ziad Ojakli ✱ ●

Phillip H. Omohundro, MD ●

Oracle Corporation 

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos 

Dennis and Trudy O’Toole ●

Pace University ●

Mr. Bradley C. Palmer 

Mrs. Giuseppe Panza di Biumo 

Walter C. Parkins 

Clarence and Connie Pearson 

Suzy and Bob Pence 

Peru Avocado Commission 

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Pitney Bowes Inc. 

Mrs. Vivian L. Pollock 

Ms. Marla Prather and 

Mr. Jonathan Schiller ●

Ms. Clara Lee Pratte 

Prudential Financial 

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Thomas Pumpelly 

Railroad History Collection of America 

Ms. Azita Raji and Mr. Gary Syman ●

Ratner Companies 

Ms. Abbe Raven and 

Mr. Martin Tackel ●

Razi Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Regenstein III 

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Reid 

Remains Lighting 

Revit Technology Conference (RTC) 

Mr. Christopher L. Reynolds ●

Ms. R. Lucia Riddle ●

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 

Toni A. Ritzenberg 

Rockwell Collins 

Ms. Gloria Rodriguez ●

Joseph Romito 

Mr. Adam R. Rose and 

Mr. Peter R. McQuillan 

Mr. Lloyd Ross 

Toni Ross 

Mr. Robert J. Rothman and 

Ms. Alyssa J. Taubman ● ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Larry Rouvelas ●

RTI International Metals, Inc. 

Ruckstuhl ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. Ruffin 

Saab 

Safran 

Ms. Laura D. Sanchez 

Dr. Janice E. Sanders 

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer ✚

Mr. Mark S. Schwartz ●

Mr. and Mrs. John Schwieters ●

Barbara L. Scott 

Douglas and Tracy Seaton 

Securities Industries Financial 

Markets Association (SIFMA) 

Ms. Ruth Selig and Mr. Mark 

Matthews 

Richard C. Sennett Family Estate ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Kambiz Shahbazi 

Mr. Asif M. Shaikh ✱ ●

Mr. Frederic A. Sharf (Jean S. & 

Frederic A. Sharf Fund) 

Mr. Randall C. Shepard 

The Shepherd Color Company 

V. Heather Sibbison, Dentons US LLP 

Ms. Ann E. Silverman ●

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder 

Society of American Indian Dentists 

Ms. Elizabeth H. Solomon 

Deena R. Sosson 

Mr. Jack L. Stahl (Jack and Stephanie 

Stahl Foundation) 

Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Stemer ●

H. Peter Stern and Helen W. Drutt 

English ●

Dmitri Stockton and 

Renee Allain-Stockton 

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Storch ●

Hattie M. Strong Foundation 

H. Patrick Swygert, Esq. ●

Ms. Afsaneh Tabrizian 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Tanner 

The Tewaaraton Foundation 

Thales 

Ms. Julia Thieriot (Cedar Hill 

Foundation) 

Dr. F. Christian Thompson 

Mr. B. Holt Thrasher 

Mary Ann Tighe (CBRE, Inc.) 

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B. Tobin 

(The Tobin Foundation) 

Embassy of Togo 

Trans Union, LLC 

Mr. Scott Trepel 

The Trull Foundation 

Tudor Farms, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mossi K. Tull ●

Turkish Airlines ▲

Ms. Kathryn C. Turner ●

UAS Asset Management 

UB Foundation Activities, Inc. 

U.S. China Business Council 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ♦

Mr. Scott Ulm and Ms. Pamela 

Wilton 

The United States Pharmacopeial 

Convention, Inc. 

VAE 

Dr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Valles 

Ms. Sue Van ●

The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc. 

Reginald Van Lee 

Dr. Frederick and Dr. Claudette 

Varricchio 

Mr. James G. Vella ●

The Volgenau Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Adalbert Von 

Gontard III ●

Ms. Jacqueline Vossler ▲

Tina A. Walls 

The Walt Disney Company 

The Washington Post 

Washington Post Digital 

Ms. Tamara Y. Washington 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Watson, Jr. 

Ruth Lawson Webb 

The Webster Group 

Ms. Madeline Weinrib (Wooster House) 

Nadine and Bill Westcott 

Mr. Wayne W. Whalen and 

Ms. Paula Wolff ●

Ms. Leslie A. Wheelock ●

Jason Sean White 

Whole Foods Market 

Randall and Teresa Willis ✱ ●

Kevin and Diane Wilshere 

Ms. Christine Windheuser 

Wrinkle in Time Foundation 

Mr. Minoru Yasuda 

Young President’s Organization 

Mr. Fred Young 

The Zug Family: George, Pat, Jon 

and Erin 

$5,000 or more 

Anonymous 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 

Sciences 

Ms. Yvette Adams 

Mr. Paul Addison 

Mr. Augustine O. Adenaike 

Alexis Albion 

Mr. James Alefantis 

Claudia R. Allen and Willis M. Allen, Jr. ✚

Mr. Michael N. Alper and Ms. Helyn 

D. Goldenburg 

Dr. Tina Alster and Ambassador Paul 

Frazer 

American Educational Research 

Association, Inc. 

American Forest and Paper 

Association 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Chris Andersen (C. 

George Van Kampen Foundation) 

Anthem Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark G. Aron (Aron 

Family Foundation) 

Milton and Sally Avery Arts 

Foundation 

Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell 

& Berkowitz, PC 

Mrs. Jamie Baldinger 

C.R. Bard Foundation 

Ms. Norma Barfield 

Ms. Rita Barnett 

Ms. Carrie Rebora Barratt ●

Leroy T. Baseman 

The Honorable Frank Baxter and 

Mrs. Kathy Baxter 

Ms. Virginia Bayer and Mr. Robert 

Hirt 

Gabrielle de Kuyper Bekink ●

Mr. and Mrs. David Bell 

Mr. and Mrs. Morton A. Bender 

(Dorothy G. Bender Foundation) 

Mr. Maynard H. Benjamin (Envelope 

Manufacturers Association) ●

The Honorable Stuart A. Bernstein 

and Mrs. Bernstein 

Ms. Maritha Blalock 

The Arthur M. Blank Family 

Foundation 

Bloomingdale’s 

Bonhams Auctioneers 

Betty and Alex Boyle 

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Bracey, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ✚

Patricia A. Bradley 

The Honorable Stephen F. Brauer 

and Mrs. Brauer ✚

Ms. Elaine Broadhead (Benjamin J. 

Rosenthal Foundation) 

Dr. and Mrs. Ellsworth H. Brown ●

Stephen and Kathryn Brown ●

Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bryan, Jr. 

Mr. Bunyan Bryant 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan 

Mr. Eric Buehrens 

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Burka 

Mr. Jason and Ms. Melissa Burnett 

(Burnett Family Fund) 

Mr. Edward Ogden Cabot ●

Dr. Cesar A. Caceres 

Ms. Peggy Cooper Cafritz 

Ms. Alma R. Candelaria ●

Capital Hill Publishing Corporation 

Mr. Laurence Carter 

Mr. Mickey Cartin 

Mr. David W. Cartwright 

Casey Family Programs 

Mrs. Mary Ann Casey 

Ms. Sheryll D. Cashin and 

Mr. Marque Chambliss ●

Mr. Vincent R. Castro (The CDM 

Group, Inc.) 

Mr. and Mrs. James Cerruti ●

Chamber Music America 

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Chenery 

Mr. David Chenkin 

Mr. Richard T. Choi and Ms. Claudia 

M. Perry ●

Dr. Johnny and Carol Clark 

Dr. and Mrs. Delman L. Coates 

Suzanne and Norman Cohn 

George and Nina Cois 

Dr. Bruce B. Collette 

Columbus Zoological Park 

Association 

The Community Foundation for the 

National Capital Region 

Consulate General of Switzerland in 

New York 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crawford 

Jeffrey P. Cunard ✱ ●

Cushman Realty Corp. 

Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Daly 

Danaher Corporation 

Dr. and Mrs. Worth B. Daniels 

Dart Group Foundation 

Dartmouth College 

The Davidson Institute for Talent 

Development 

Julia and Jim Davidson 

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis 

Ms. Jane DeBevoise 

The Dedalus Foundation 

Raymond J. Delille, Sr. 

The Charles Delmar Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Denton ✱ ●

Dr. Vishakha Desai and Dr. Robert 

Oxnam ●

Ms. Amina Dickerson (Lloyd A. Fry 

Foundation) 

Mr. Derrick Diggs and Ms. Rashida 

La Lande 

DMC International, Inc. & Seawind 

Tours & Travel Inc. 

The Donnelley Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Dale F. Dorn 

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Downs 

DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar 

Duke Farms Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. William Ebert (The 

Hyde Foundation) 

Eisterhold Associates Inc. 

Ms. Shirley Elghanian 

Mr. George W. Elliott 

Loyd E. Ellis 

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ellsworth 

Emirates NBD 

Energy Dialogues LLC 

EQT Foundation 

Mr. Timothy Evanson 

Events DC 

Exelon Corporation 

Mr. Lawrence Eyink and Ms. Susan 

Schulman 

Ms. Pamela Farkas 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Huda Farouki 

Ms. Wendy Farrow and Ms. Sarah 

Raines 

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein and 

Mr. Richard Blum 

Mrs. Zora Martin Felton 

Fender Musical Instruments Corp. 

Mr. Nial Ferguson ▲

Alan and Lois Fern 

Mr. Joseph Fidanque III and Mrs. 

Vicky Lynn Cohen de Fidanque 

First Potomac Realty Trust 

Mr. Carlton L. Fisher 

Doris and Donald Fisher 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Fisher 

Mrs. Shirley M. Fisher 

Mr. Rob Flaherty 

Diane and Blaine Fogg ●

Mrs. Nancy M. Folger 

Cynthia and Edsel Ford 

Mr. Michael Forman and Ms. Jennifer 

Rice (Forman Family Foundation) 

Fort Lincoln Realty Corporation 

Jacqueline Fowler 

Sidney E. Frank Foundation 

James Larry Frazier, Esq. ●

Mr. and Mrs. David Frear 

Ms. Christine M. Freidel and 

Mr. Douglas Varley 

Bob and Jill Fri 

Mr. Alfredo Frohlich ●

Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson Fry 

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fuentes ●

Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Fuljenz 

Elizabeth Pang Fullerton Foundation 

Dr. George D. Fulton, Jr. 

Mr. Thomas P. Gage 

Ms. Jennie Turner Garlington ●

Dr. Christraud M. Geary and 

Dr. John C. Geary 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty (Ann & 

Gordon Getty Foundation) 

John A. and Lile R. Gibbons 

Ms. Carole Furst Gigliotti 

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Glimcher 

(The Pace Gallery, New York) 

Mr. David A. Goldberg 

Mrs. Dorothy Tapper Goldman ●

Ms. Ronnyjane Goldsmith 

Ms. Dawn K. Good Elk and 

Mr. Reuben Auspitz 

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman 

Ronald and Rosabel Goodman 

Elizabeth Firestone Graham 

Foundation 

Drs. Mark Graham and Laneta 

Dorflinger, and their family 

Grand Hyatt Washington 

Dr. David Granite and 

Dr. M.L. Oster-Granite 

Gail Milissa Grant 

Mr. Jonathan Gray 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Gregory 

Groom Law Group, Chartered 

Dr. Christiaan Grootaert 

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole 

Ms. Sharon Brown Hamilton 

Hardwood Forestry Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Harrison 

Roger D. Hathaway 

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. ●

Heart of Neiman Marcus 

Foundation Fund 

Hecktman Family Foundation 

The Deena Jo Heide-Diesslin 

Foundation 

Heitz Wine Cellars ▲

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hemmerdinger 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hermanos 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins ✚

Hilton Hotels Corporation 

Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP 

Dr. Alma Cobb Hobbs 

Hogan Lovells 

Mr. Joseph Holtzman 

Home Front Communications 

Hong Kong Economic and 

Trade Office 

Dr. Nina Horowitz and 

Dr. Richard Sussman 

Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Houtzager 

Howard University 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Howard 

Mr. Chris Howell 

Ms. Laura Denise Howell-Smith 

Giselle and Benjamin Huberman 

Mr. Christopher Hughes and 

Mrs. Susan Chapman-Hughes 

Marshall and Lee Ann Hunt 

The IanThom Foundation ●

IFBTA 

International Council of Museums 

International Elephant Foundation 

Irwin Weinberg Rarities Inc. 

Istituto Italiano di Cultura 

Jack & Jill of America, Inc., 

Montgomery County MD Chapter 

Jackson Lewis P.C. 

James Cohan Gallery ▲

Robert L. and Anne K. James ✚

Mr. Guillermo E. Jasson ●

in-kind gift (full or partial) 

Michael and Diane Jones 

Thomas and Elizabeth Jones 

J. Lisa Jorgenson and David Doniger 

Mr. Alan Robert Kabat 

Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation 

Ms. Patricia Karp and Ms. Judith Powers 

Dr. and Mrs. Ashok Kaveeshwar 

Joseph and Paula Kerger ●

John and Susan Klein 

Mr. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. 

Mr. Stephen C. Koval ●

Marilyn Elliott Kozak 

Ms. Robyn S. Kravit 

Mr. Steven Krichbaum 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurin 

Ms. Jennifer P. Ladd 

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lally 

Landivar & Associates, LLC 

Mr. Robert Lent 

Lettuce Entertain You Restaurant 

Mr. Richard H. Levi and Ms. Susan 

Perry (The Hecht-Levi Foundation) 

Dr. Aida Tomas Levitan 

(ArtesMiami, Inc.) ●

Mr. Wesley D. Lin 

Mr. Lance E. Lindblom (Rauch 

Foundation, Inc.) ●

Ms. Jan W. Lipkin 

Bruce M. Lisman and Kyla Lisman ●

Mr. William B. Little 

Ms. Gwendolyn Lohse and 

Mr. James Assey 

Mr. Peter Looker 

Ms. Ann Serrano López ●

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lore ●

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Lucier ●

Luhring Augustine Gallery 

Mr. Manuel Machado ●

Mr. and Mrs. David Machuga 

Mr. and Mrs. Creighton R. Magid 

The Honorable and Mrs. Frederic V. 

Malek 

The 1856 British Guiana 

One-Cent Magenta, the 

world’s most famous and 

valuable stamp. It is on 

display at the National 

Postal Museum through 

November 2017, the longest 

and most publicly accessible 

showing ever. (Reverse 

of stamp shown above.) 

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Donors to the Smithsonian 

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■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member 

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial) 

Mrs. Jennifer Manly 

Mr. Dennis Manning ●

Ms. Gloria Manning 

Mr. and Mrs. David B.H. Martin, Jr. 

Mass Mutual Insurance Company 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Massie 

(Mountain Laurel Foundation) 

Dr. Enrique Matabar 

James and Marsha Mateyka 

Linda L. Mayer 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCoy 

McGuireWoods LLP 

MCJ Amelior Foundation 

Ms. Barbara A. McKinzie 

Mr. Richard P. McNeil 

Ms. Denise Medd 

The Honorable John J. Medveckis 

and Ms. Marina Kats, Esq. 

Mr. Mark V. Mertel 

Mrs. Pamela Meyer 

Jo and Peter Michalski 

The Michelson Foundation 

Ms. Caroline Milbank (The J.M. 

Foundation) 

Lawrence and Iris Miller 

Milliman Intelliscript 

Melissa and Robert Mittman 

MKM Foundation 

MMIS|MEDISPEND 

Molluscan Science Foundation, Inc. 

Motivation Brazil LLC 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Murrell 

(The Murrell Foundation) 

Mr. Ralph Nader 

Mrs. Lori Nalley (Tiger Natural Gas) 

Ms. Susan M. Napier 

National Association of Student 

Personnel Administrators 

National Geographic Society 

Education Foundation 

National Japanese American 

Memorial Foundation 

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 

Navajo Nation 

Mrs. Sheila Nemazee 

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt 

Katherine Neville ●

Dr. Sandra Nichols and 

Mr. Ronnie A. Nichols 

The Honorable and 

Mrs. William A. Nitze ●

Ms. Jessica Norte 

Mr. Ali Noshirvani 

Mr. Vahid Noshirvani 

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Obering 

Mr. Steven Ochsman (The Ochsman 

Foundation) 

Ms. Lisa C. O’Hara 

Janice Carlson Oresman 

Bernard and Barbro Osher 

Ambassador Mary and Mr. Mandell J. 

Ourisman ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pappas 

Ms. Dorothy Park 

Dr. Paul D. and Mrs. Elmerina L. 

Parkman 

Partnership for Quality Care 

Nancy and Theron Patrick 

Wesley Patterson and Linda Pritchard 

Patterson 

Mr. Stephen E. Peat 

Peck Family Charitable Foundation 

Peco Foundation 

Dr. Eva J. Pell and Mr. Ira J. Pell ●

Dr. Antonio Perez, Borough of Manhattan 

Community College/CUNY ●

Peters Family Art Foundation 

Pfizer Inc. 

Ms. Stephanie Phillipps and 

Mr. George E. Murray 

Ms. Bathsheba Philpott 

Mr. and Ms. Wilson Pipestem ●

Ms. Jayne H. Plank 

PNC Foundation 

Poarch Creek Indians 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Podell ●

Leonard and Denese Powell 

Mrs. Peter G. Powers 

Provisions, Ltd. ▲

Public Welfare Foundation, Inc. 

The Thomas L. and Eileen K.S. Pulling 

Fund 

Ms. Betsy Quilligan and 

Mr. Kirk Freeman 

Tim and Karen Ramsey 

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Reaves 

Recreational Vehicle Industry 

Association 

Ms. Robin Reed 

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Rehfuss 

Dr. Sonya Ricketts and Mr. Thomas 

Ricketts 

Ms. Caroline Robbins 

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins 

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Ms. Helene B. Roberson 

Mr. Charles J. Robertson 

Jane Washburn Robinson 

Leila and Lowell Robinson ●

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robinson 

Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan A. Rodgers 

Mr. Robert W. Roessel, P.E. 

(Salt River Project) 

Room & Board, Inc. 

Ms. Trude S. Roselle 

Mr. Randal Rosman 

Edie Ross 

Mr. Mark Rothman ●

Ms. Roberta Ong Roumel 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rudd 

Ms. Katherine Rudin 

The Honorable and 

Mrs. Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. ●

The Safer-Fearer Fund in The New 

York Community Trust ●

Ms. Kim Sajet and Dr. Anthony 

Meadows 

Mrs. Jacqueline Sales 

Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund 

Savers 

Ms. Dorothy Saxe 

Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Schaaf 

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider 

Carol Schwartz 

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones ●

Seattle Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Segal 

Dr. Bettina Setrakian and 

Mr. Scott Setrakian 

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton ●

Mr. and Mrs. George Sherman 

(Sherman Family Foundation) 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sherman 

Ms. Clara J. Shin ●

Mr. Charles F. Shreve ●

Susan Simmons 

Ms. Margaret A. Skar 

Mr. Carl Skoggard 

Janet H. Sledge 

David Bruce Smith 

Family Foundation ●

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Smith 

Dr. and Mrs. Lindley T. Smith ●

Dr. Mildred B. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Dean Smith ●

Mr. John Snider (NOVA Corporation) 

William B. Snyder 

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon 

Dr. Sanya Springfield 

Mr. John C. Stamato ●

Steelcase Inc. 

Jean and Robert Steele ●

Margaret and Terry Stent 

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust 

Joan and Marx Sterne 

Chairman Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., 

National Indian Gaming Association 

Mr. David Stoler ▲

Mrs. William C. Storey 

Major Willard H. Strandberg, Jr. 

and Mrs. Ann Strandberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Strommer 

Strong Built Structures 

Swagelok Company 

Mr. Leland Swaner 

Patricia S. Swaney 

Christopher J. Swift 

Patricia P. Tang ●

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery 

May Day Taylor ●

Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation, 

MT ✚

Tetrad Digital Integrity (TDI) 

Donna J. Thal 

Dr. Wesley Delaine Thomas 

William E. Thomas, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Samme L. Thompson 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Touchton 

Ms. Tishmall Turner 

(Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians) 

TV One 

Two Marines Moving 

UnitedHealth Group 

U.S. Space and Rocket Center 

Mr. Jan van der Lande (Kikkerland 

Design, Inc.) 

Socorro and Ernesto Vasquez 

Mr. Samuel Victor 

Virginia Diodes, Inc. 

Mr. Luke Visconti 

Ruth and Jerry Vurek 

Waddell Trading Company 

Mr. Kirk Wagar and 

Mrs. Crystal Wagar 

Mr. Chris Wailoo 

Dr. Richard Waldhorn and 

Ms. Jamie Gorelick 

Mr. Clifford J. Walker 

The Wall Group 

The Walt Disney Company Foundation 

Washington Art Library Resources 

Committee 

Mr. David Webber and 

Ms. Joelle Faucher 

The Honorable and Mrs. Frank Weil 

(Hickrill Foundation) ✚

Mr. and Mrs. James Weinberg 

Wells Fargo Advisors 

Mrs. Franc Wertheimer 

The Widgeon Point Charitable 

Foundation ●

Sue and John Wieland 

Ms. Janice Wilkins 

Williams & Connolly 

The Honorable Deborah Wince-Smith 

and Ambassador Michael B. Smith ✚

Wounded Warrior Project, Inc. 

Gail Yano 

Yardi Systems, Inc. 

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and Susan 

MacKeen 

Ms. Katie M. Ziglar and Mr. 

Dickinson Jenkins Miller 

$2,500 or more 

Anonymous 

2U, Inc. 

Lucian Abernathy 

Abt Associates Inc. 

Academy of Art University ▲

ACDI/VOCA 

Mr. Christopher Addison and 

Mrs. Sylvia McNeill Ripley Addison 

Ms. Danielle Aguiar 

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen Blackburn 

Alfred E. Knopf, Inc. ▲

Ms. Susan Marie Allen 

Ms. Clara Allison 

Alltech International, Inc. 

Alpha Natural Resources/Political 

Action Committee (ANR/PAC) 

Ms. Aida Alvarez and Dr. Raymond 

J. Baxter ●

Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Alvarez 

American Association of 

Neurological Surgeons 

American Benefits Institute 

American Legacy Foundation 

American Physical Therapy 

Association 

Amtrak 

Mr. Wolfram Anders and 

Ms. Michele Manatt 

Mr. and Mrs. Kim C. Anderson 

APCO Worldwide 

Ms. S. Haunani Apoliona ●

Argos Panama Com 

Wade Austin, Jr. 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 

Mr. Daniel M. Babcock 

Capt. Mrs. Sverre O. Bach 

Ms. Marsha J. Bacote-Alleyne and 

Mr. Esmond A. Alleyne 

Charles and Diana Bain 

Dr. James A. Banks 

Ms. Elizabeth Barber 

Mr. and Mrs. David F. Barbour 

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry 

Dr. Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and 

Mr. Adam Bartos 

BASF Corporation 

Dr. and Mrs. Archer L. Baskerville 

Anne H. Bass 

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight J. Baum 

Mr. Jeffrey Bauman (The Beech 

Street Foundation) 

Ms. Joan L. Baxter 

Susan and Thomas Baxter 

Dr. Janice M. Beaverson and 

Mr. Michael C. Buckler 

Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Beck, Jr. 

Ms. Karen Haskins Beckles 

Mr. and Mrs. David Beddow ●

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Beers 

The Benevity Community Impact Fund 

Mr. Philip D. Berlin and Ms. Olivia Adler 

Mr. and Mrs. Nader Biglari 

Biotechnology Industry Organization 

Marilyn F. Black 

Ms. Barbara Bluestone and 

Mr. Alan J. Heller 

Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Bobins 

(Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation) ●

William M. Bomar 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Borgmann 

Boston Foundation, Inc. 

Henry and Cassandra Bowers 

Mr. Sean Brandt and 

Ms. Dorothy Herman 

Ms. Carolyn L. Brehm and Amb. 

Richard Boucher 

Mr. Christopher Brigham 

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brodsky ●

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Bronczek 

Ms. Dorian Brooks and 

Mr. Malcolm Kottler 

Mr. and Mrs. Travis Brown, Jr. 

Ms. Fiona Bruder 

Dr. Everett V. Bryant, MD 

BuckleySandler LLP 

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burke III 

Mr. Michael R. Burke 

Mr. Bowman K. Burton, Jr. 

Peg and Blain Butner 

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Byrnes 

CA Technologies 

Calista Corporation 

Capital One 

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield 

The Honorable John W. Carter 

Ken and Gwen Carter 

Ms. Barbara Bertozzi Castelli 

Ms. Wendi Cherry and 

Ms. Sydni Barra 

Chevron 

Chilewich Sultan LLC 

Ms. Cecilia H. Chin 

Roger Chorba 

Ms. Morgan Christen and 

Mr. Jim Torgerson 

Chubb & Son, Inc. 

Cia. Importadora y Exportadora 

De Colon, S.A. 

Marilyn M. Cinal 

City First Bank of DC 

Clarabridge 

Mr. Frank Clay, Jr. 

Mr. Leonard Clay 

Close Up Foundation 

Coaction Public Relations ▲

Fern and Hersh Cohen 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Cohen 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Steven Cole 

Drs. Bobbi and Barry Coller 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Collins 

Ms. Antoinette Corcillo 

Melissa Courtney 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cowan 

Ms. Winfield P. Crigler and 

Mr. Timothy A. Harr 

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■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member 

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial) 

Dr. Alan F. Frigy 

Dr. Shayne Gad 

Galison Publishing 

Ms. Donna J. Gambrell ●

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Garnett 

Ms. Linda George 

Embassy of Georgia 

Sumner Gerard Foundation 

Jerome and Dolores Zuckerman 

Gewirtz Charitable Trust 

Drs. James Lowell Gibbs, Jr. and 

Jewelle Taylor Gibbs 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Gibson 

Cathe Giffuni 

Ms. Carmeyia Gillis 

Mr. William H. Goines 

Henry H. Goldberg and Carol Brown 

Goldberg 

Ms. Gaylynn Golden and 

Mr. James Basara 

Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Gooden 

Ms. Dorothy Gray 

Joanne T. Greenspun 

Stuart Grossman 

Mr. and Mrs. Bernardo J. Guiliano 

Elizabeth W. Gwinn 

Ms. Andrea Hailey 

Mr. Elijah N. Hall 

Mr. William Hanson and 

Ms. Gail A. Lieberman 

Mr. Max Harari 

Ms. Verna Harrison 

Felicie and Paul Hartloff 

Ms. Ann M. Hatch 

Mr. James S. Heckman 

Dr. and Mrs. Royal Heins 

Heller, Inc. 

Catherine and Richard W. Herbst ✚

Mr. Charles Hess 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Heye 

Gloria Hidalgo 

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Hoover 

Theresa Hopkins-Staten, Esq. 

Ms. Maurita Elaine Horn 

Ms. Nettie A. Horne and Ms. 

Suzanne Haynes 

Ms. Summerly Horning 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stephen Huebner ●

Mr. Robert O. Hunter 

Jean Collier Hurley 

Ms. Cessaly D. Hutchinson 

Elizabeth Ann Hylton 

IBM Employees 

Illy Caffe North America, Inc. ▲

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia 

International Partnership for 

Microbicides 

Internet Society 

Mr. Larry Irving 

Mr. Hasani Isom 

J. Cain & Company 

Ms. Myrtle G. Jackson 

Ms. Merit Janow and Mr. Peter Young 

The JBG Companies 

Tim and Pamela Jock 

John Boos & Co. ▲

Mr. Charles Joedward Johnson 

Kirk Johnson, Ph.D. and 

Ms. Chase DeForest 

Ms. Nadine Johnson 

William H. Johnson, Sr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Jones ●

Ms. Melissa Jones 

Nancy M. Jones 

Dr. Jennifer Joyner-Hall and 

Mr. David A. Hall III 

Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler 

Ms. Davina K. Kaile 

Mr. Omar A. Karim 

Theodore and Ruth Kassinger 

Kearney & Company 

Angela McCord Keiser 

Robert E. Keith, Jr. ✚

Mark and Liz Kestner 

KETCHUM 

Ms. Gie Kim and Mr. Rich Chang 

(Potomac Immigration Group, LLC) 

L. Denise Phillips Kimbrough 

Susan and Elena Kingsland 

Erica and Gregory L. Kinzelman 

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kirby 

Dr. Daniel M. Knowles 

Ms. Christine N. Kohl 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Komarinetz ▲

Korean Cultural Center 

Joseph and Nancy Kovalik 

Mr. George R. Kravis II 

Amy and Kenneth Krupsky ●

Mr. Edward Kuhlmann 

Landscape Forms ▲

Ms. Heidi Lange 

Mr. Christopher Latham 

Ms. Rosetta N. Lattimore 

Mr. Albert G. Lauber, Jr. and 

Mr. Craig W. Hoffman 

Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder 

Dr. Yvonne T. Le Melle 

Mr. Kilbai Lee and Ms. Kyeongah Jung 

Mr. and Mrs. Rensselaer W. Lee III 

Ms. Ann B. Lesk 

Mr. Richard H. Levi and Ms. Susan Perry 

(The Hecht-Levi Foundation, Inc.) 

John and Kecia Lewis 

Dr. Karl H. Lewis 

Ms. Frances Li and Mr. Carl Schaefer 

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lieberthal 

Lindsey Adelman Studio 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Linke 

Ms. Lucy R. Lippard 

Mr. Michael Littleford 

Local Projects, LLC 

Shirley Loo 

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe 

Ms. Elizabeth Lowrey 

Ms. Eugenie A. Lucas 

Mr. and Mrs. John Lucking 

Mr. John Rick Ludtke 

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle B. Lukins ●

Mr. Philip R. Currie 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis 

Karen L. Daigle, MD 

Ms. Jane T. Dana and 

Mr. David Aufhauser 

Mrs. Joan Danziger 

Ms. Lisa Davis 

Dr. Shawn M. Davis 

Ms. Shelia Davis 

The Jay DeFeo Trust 

Arthur and Isadora Dellheim 

Foundation 

Jim and Barbara Demetrion 

Ms. Joyce H. Deroy 

Dinyar and Aashish Devitre 

Mr. Eduardo Díaz 

Ms. Elizabeth Diller 

Mr. James M. Dinan 

(The Dinan Family Foundation) 

Mr. James C. Dinegar ●

Dixon Hughes Goodman 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Dixon 

Ms. Walta Sue Dodd 

Ms. Kathleen M. Doyle 

(Doyle New York) 

DPR Construction 

Dr. Henry John Drewal ●

Ms. Mary N. Dryden 

Ms. Lois Sherr Dubin ●

Diane Dudley 

Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

Ms. Anita Dunn 

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dyer 

EBC Carpet Services Corporation 

Ms. Lucille A. Echohawk ●

Edward M. Kennedy Institute 

for the United States Senate 

Ms. Jean Efron 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Eli Lilly and Company Foundation 

EMSolutions 

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Enders 

Ennead Architects 

Ms. Brenda Erickson 

Dr. Julio Escobar 

Mr. Marcello Estevao and 

Ms. Beth Wilson 

Express Distributors, Inc. 

Dr. Peter C. Farrell 

Mr. Curtis Fentress 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew U. Ferrari 

Mr. Thomas F. Fine 

Paul Fitzgerald 

John and Zenobia Flood 

Ms. Meg Fofonoff 

Mr. Brian Michael Foy 

The Honorable Barbara H. Franklin 

Howard and Shirlee Friedenberg 

Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo 

Friends of the Dickerson Park Zoo 

Ms. Ellen Lupton 

Ms. Linda K. Lyle 

Ms. Sophia Lynn and 

Mr. David C. Frederick 

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam 

Architects, Inc. 

Roderick and Barbara MacNeal 

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Maeda ●

Nancy and John Mannes 

Arlene C. Manning 

Manzanillo International Terminal - 

Panama, S.A. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Marcus 

Mr. and Mrs. David Sheets Marriott 

Ms. Juliana Marriott 

Virginia Cretella Mars 

Ms. Jessica A. Marshall 

Michelle M. Martin 

Mary’s Center 

Mr. and Mrs. Toshi Masuoka 

Mayer Brown 

Michael and Hannah Mazer 

Peter O. Mazur 

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McAdaragh 

Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCabe 

Shirley McCarty 

Ms. Mary McFadden 

Ms. Aedhmar McGovern 

Mrs. Oriana McKinnon 

Dr. Dennis Edward Means 

Mr. and Mrs. David Menotti ●

Ms. Marilyn Meyerhoff 

Mr. Kenneth W. Miles 

Dr. Barbara Millen 

Dennis and Patricia Miller 

Ms. Rebecca A. Miller and 

Mr. Christopher J. Vizas II 

Debbie Millman/Sterling Brands 

Dr. Charles Mitchell, Jr. 

Mrs. Betty M. Montgomery 

Ms. Bridget Moore (DC Moore 

Gallery) ●

Colonel and Mrs. John E. Moore, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Moore 

Verba A. Moore, M.D. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moss 

(PRM Consulting, Inc.) 

Marlene Moss 

Mrs. Barbara R. Munves 

Museum of Outdoor Arts 

NAFSA Association of International 

Educators 

Mr. Marvin J. Nakashima 

National Capital Society of Plastic 

Surgeons 

National Committee for Quality 

Assurance 

National Endowment for Democracy 

Dr. Larry D. Nelson 

Mr. Nicholas J. Nerangis, Sr. 

The New York Community Trust - 

Wallace Special Projects Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Newbill 

Nike Foundation ▲

Robert and Nancy Nooter 

Randy A. Noranbrock 

Mr. and Mrs. James Theron Norman 

Northern Piedmont Community 

Foundation 

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ▲

Andrew Oliver and Melanie Du Bois 

Dr. Peter Orenski 

Mr. Keenan Orfalea 

Ornament Magazine 

Lee and Carol Orr 

Mr. John B. Osborn 

Ozarks Chapter of the American 

Association of Zoo Keepers 

Ms. Shirley Page 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Parry 

Mr. Alan Parsons 

Ms. Nell Payne 

Paul Peck ✚

Mrs. Betty J. Penn 

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Penniman 

IV (Penniman Family Foundation) ●

Mr. Ricardo Perez 

Mrs. Mechthild “Mitzi” E. Peterson 

Petroleum Equipment & Services, Inc. 

Ms. Nicole Petrosky 

Dr. and Mrs. J. Peter Pham ●

Mr. Timothy Phillips ●

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 

Pittsburgh Flute Club, Inc. 

Mrs. Anna Lisa Porras 

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Potter 

Mr. Michael Powell 

Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Prather ●

ProShare Advisors 

Mrs. Anne Proudfoot 

Ms. Ada Powell Quattrocchi 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Quirk 

Dr. Anne-Imelda Marino Radice 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Raike 

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling 

Dr. and Mrs. M. Keith Rawlings 

Vicki and Walter Ray 

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves 

Mr. Ian Reisner 

Mr. and Mrs. Gil Riboni 

Donald B. and Susan F. Rice 

Grace Jones Richardson Trust 

Mr. John F. Ring 

The Ritz-Carlton 

Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D. 

Ms. Lyell Rodieck 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Rolandi, III 

Frances & David Rose Foundation 

Mr. Nathan Owen Rosenberg 

Ms. Ritta Rosenberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew V. Roswell 

Robert P. Rotella Foundation 

The Honorable Stanley O. Roth 

Running Strong for American Indian 

Youth® 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salzberg 

G. G. Sampson 

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sands 

Sanford L. Smith & Associates, Inc. 

Patricia J. Sawvel 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Scheumann ✚

Nancy Schlemmer 

Domiciana J. Schutz 

Seamon Corporation 

Security Moving and Storage 

Company 

Ms. Martha Seeligson 

Mary Sexton 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray Seymour, Jr. 

Ms. Allison N. Simin 

Ramon R. Singley, Sr. 

SkyePoint Decisions, Inc. 

Dr. Mary Slusser 

Albert and Shirley Small 

Mr. Jeff Smith 

Mr. Jeffrey Smith 

Ms. Pamela H. Smith 

Mr. Pete Smith and 

Ms. Marcia W. Marsh 

SNV USA 

Sociedad Textil Lonia Corp d/b/a 

CH Carolina Herrera 

Sodexo, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. L. Bradley Stanford 

Ms. Deirdre Stanley 

Diane Steed 

Ms. Jane Stewart 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stoecker 

The Straetz Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stratton 

Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund 

Strypemonde Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Sullivan, Jr. 

Ms. Jone Justina Sun and 

Mr. Clayton Tompkins 

Sur La Table ▲

Dr. Yui Suzuki and Mr. Akio Tagawa 

Marsha E. Swiss and Ronald M. 

Costell, M.D. 

Mr. Hollis C. Taggart 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman ✚

Team One 

Text100 

Ms. Gretchen Theobald 

Mr. John Thomann and 

Mr. Stanton Schnepp 

Dave and Catherine Thompson 

ThunderCat Technology 

Ms. Mirium J. Todd 

Annie Simonian Totah 

Ms. Elizabeth Jane Townsend 

Ms. Lucinda Kinau Treat 

Truist 

Uber Technologies 

Mr. John Underkoffler 

Susan A. Vallon and Andrew Beyer ●

Mrs. Richard C. Van Dusen 

Mr. Neil C. Van Rossum and 

Ms. Stephanie A. Becker 

Vanguard Charitable Endowment 

Program 

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Velazquez ●

Veteran Corps of America 

Allen Vital 

Cheryl and Charles Ward 

Mrs. Patricia H. Waschka 

Washington Area Marine 

Aquarist Society 

Mr. Houston B. Washington 

Lawrence & Sherian Washington 

Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Watson 

Ms. Jeanne Watson 

Mr. Dan W. Webb 

Mrs. John L. Weinberg 

Ms. Candace King Weir (David and 

Candace Weir King Foundation) 

Ms. Anne Weismann and Mr. 

Benjamin D. Gorton 

Linden H. and Judith A. Welch 

Laura M. Welsh 

Dr. Jon Mark Wesley 

The Honorable and 

Mrs. Togo D. West, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Whitney 

Sheldon and Edith Wiggins 

Robert Willasch 

Mr. Bennie Williams 

Ms. JoAnn V. Willis 

Ms. Anne Wright Wilson 

Ms. Jeanne Wilson 

Ms. Jean S. Windrow 

Susan R. Wirths 

Mr. Kenneth Wood 

Mrs. Ann Soh Woods 

World Wildlife Fund 

Irene and Alan Wurtzel 

Brien Wygle 

Mr. Sam Yoon (Korean Heritage 

Foundation) 

YourCause, LLC 

William J. Zeile and Maria M. Yang 

Mr. Victor A. Zollo, Jr. 

In Donors to the Smithsonian (above), 

we gratefully recognize donors’ gifts, 

pledges and pledge payments received 

by the Smithsonian in fiscal year 2015. 

This began Oct. 1, 2014 and ended Sept. 

30, 2015. Gifts paid in full are recognized 

at their total amount in the fiscal 

year they are recorded. Gifts made as 

pledges are recognized at the total 

amount pledged in the fiscal year they 

are recorded and at the pledge payment 

amount recorded in subsequent fiscal 

years, until the pledge is completed. 

If more than one gift, pledge and/or 

pledge payment by a donor is recorded 

in a fiscal year, these are added together 

and the donor is listed in the highest 

appropriate category. The Office of 

Advancement makes every effort to 

recognize donors accurately. 

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Youthful participant at the National Museum of American History’s 

annual Naturalization Ceremony, held on Flag Day. 

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Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

smithsonian 

corporate members 

Corporate memberships forge 

dynamic ties with businesses 

nationwide and provide important 

unrestricted support to Smithsonian 

education, research and exhibition 

initiatives. 

Anonymous 

3M 

AbbVie 

ACE Mentor Program 

Altria Group 

American Civil Liberties Union 

Bloomberg 

Booz Allen Hamilton 

BP America 

Clark Construction Group, LLC 

The Coca-Cola Company 

The Cultivist 

Design Within Reach 

DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar 

Elkus Manfredi Architects 

Express Scripts, Inc. 

ExxonMobil 

Fidessa Corporation 

The Financial Services Roundtable 

Good Shepherd Services 

Honeywell 

The Howard Hughes Corporation 

India Abroad Publications, Inc. 

Johnson & Johnson 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 

KPMG LLP 

Maharam 

Mars, Incorporated 

Motorola Solutions 

Muxta, LLC 

Napean, LLC 

Network of Schools of Public Policy, 

Affairs & Administration 

Nissan North America, Inc. 

Nyack College 

PEPCO 

Margot R. Heckman 

Chang-Su Cho Houchins 

Adair Konrad 

Emanuel and Davetta Landau 

Myron Lecar 

David P. Leising 

Leslie Leonelli 

W. Curtis Livingston 

Ellen Cole Miller 

Lois M. Naylor 

Rita O’Hara 

Joan Bradley Prewitt 

Carol Cosden Price 

Rene S. Rabinowitz 

Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff 

Marguerite V. Schneeberger 

George Schnitzer 

Barbara W. Shaw 

William Robert Sieben 

Merrill and Hedy Thruston 

Roberta Joan Warren 

Virginia C.B. Webster 

Donald W. White 

Suzanne Zappasodi 

memorial and 

commemorative gifts 

The following were honored by their 

families, friends and other donors to 

the Smithsonian. 

Eve Bernstein and Alex Gersznowicz 

Andrea Cochran and Jonathon Gray 

Johnnetta B. Cole and James Staton 

Elizabeth J. Comstock and 

Christopher Travers 

Edgar and Ellie Cullman 

Michelle Delaney 

Tania and Thomas Evans 

Martha J. Fleischman 

Robert Howard 

Carolyn Johnsen and Richard Nye 

Todd and Debbie Krasnow 

Karl H. Pribram 

Catherine B. Reynolds 

Pfizer Inc. 

Pratt Institute 

Rockwell Group 

SC Johnson 

School of Visual Arts 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 

Sony Corporation of America 

Southern Company 

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity 

Texas Instruments 

Time Warner 

UBS 

The Walt Disney Company 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

Wolf-Gordon 

Xerox Corporation 

bequests 

We remember with appreciation the 

following generous donors whose 

gifts through bequests from their 

estates were received this year. 

Anonymous 

Richard B. Anderson 

Sandra Carroll Berger 

James Bond 

Kenneth Boss 

Evelyn F. Boyer 

Beatrice Branning 

Curtis and Patricia Brown 

Carol B. Castagnos 

Maryette Charlton 

Nicholas A. D’Angelo 

Eleanor H. deChadenedes 

Louis J. DeSalvo 

Ralph L. and Patricia R. Dixon 

Robert L. Dwight 

Dorothy E. Ebersbach 

James E. Ericksen 

Mary F. Florsheim 

Rose Frieze 

Ghislaine D. Godenne 

Herbert H. Hamilton 

Rita N. Hansen 

National Museum of Natural History scientists, collaborators in Healthy Reefs for Healthy People, organized 

a message of hope on Sergeant’s Caye, Belize. The caye now is almost fully submerged at high tide. 

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society 

The Society honors those who carry 

on James Smithson’s tradition by 

making legacy gifts, such as bequests, 

charitable gift annuities, charitable 

trusts, gifts of retirement plans or 

donations through other planned gifts. 

Anonymous 

Lucian Abernathy 

Ms. Simone L. Acha 

Mr. Michael C. Adams, Jr. 

Doctors Joseph and Seena Aisner 

Mrs. Roberta M. Alden 

Stephen T. Alexieff 

Claudia R. Allen and Willis M. Allen, Jr. 

Ms. Aurora R. Almendral 

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Alward 

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya 

Mr. Richard C. Andersen 

William S. and Janice R. Anderson 

Ms. Rae R. Anderson-Marsh 

Dr. and Mrs. C. Araoz 

Ms. Beryl E. Arbit 

Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Ardis 

Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Arnaud, Jr. 

Ms. Ruth Arnold 

Ms. Joan Reading Asboth 

Rudolph E. and Frances B. Atmus 

Mr. Robert J. Atwater 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery 

Rose Marie Baab 

Mrs. Christine Bach 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baecht 

Dr. Sheryl R. Bair 

William and Nellie Baker 

Lorraine Idriss Ball 

Ms. Kimberly C. Barden 

Mr. Roger Barnes 

Mr. Dale S. Barnett, Jr. 

Captain Celia Barteau 

LeRoy T. Baseman 

Betty Passmore Bass 

Mrs. Florence Baston 

Susan and Edwin Battley 

Mr. Michael D. Baudhuin 

Susan and Thomas Baxter 

Mr. Gary F. Beanblossom 

Cristina McGee Beard 

Leslie Ellen Beller 

Ms. Joan Benson 

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Beresford 

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold 

Thomas T. Bishop and 

Clifford L. Gregory 

Ms. Ann H. Bissell 

Mrs. Carolyn Boday 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Boggs 

George Bogumill 

Margaret W. and William J.D. Bond 

Mark and Eileen Boone 

Colonel Charles Botula III, USAF 

(Ret.) and Mrs. Susan K. Botula 

Mark C. Bowers 

Ms. Jean Brackman 

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Bradley 

Mr. Robert G. Bragg 

Ms. Annelise Brand 

Mrs. Linda Ann Brass-Terry II 

Mr. James Brendel 

Ms. Brenda Bridges 

Penelope J. Brook 

Colonel Arthur L. Brooke (Ret) 

Randall Brooks 

Ms. Virginia Lou Brooks 

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown 

Harris and Diane Bruch 

Ms. Mary M. Brunot 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bruns 

Dr. Nancy D. Bryant 

Rogene A. Buchholz 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi 

Nomie Budelier 

Mr. Donald S. Budowsky 

Robert F. Bulens 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka 

Mr. Scott C. Bushnell 

Mr. Warren F. Buxton, Ph.D., CDP 

Café Nicholson Fund 

Ms. Margaret Capuder, RN 

Mrs. Ruth Ogden Carroll 

Ms. Beth Carter 

Ms. Joyce L. Carter 

Michael W. Cassidy 

Mr. and Mrs. James Catalano 

Mr. James K. Cavanaugh 

Kathleen A. and William J. Cavanaugh 

Mrs. Fenner A. Chace, Jr. 

Mr. Eric Chandler 

Patricia and Samuel Charache 

Ms. Mary Claire Christensen 

Mr. Roland H. Cipolla II 

Ms. Linda C. Clark 

Ms. Tanya Marie Clark 

Mr. Thomas L. Clark 

Dorothy H. V. Clarke 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Claussen 

Earl F. Clayton 

Colleen Cleary 

Mr. Jason Clock 

Robert and Betsey Clopine 

Dr. Karen Weaver Coleman 

Ann and John Collins 

Ms. Ethel A. Collins 

Mr. Donald Combs 

Mr. Douglas Comerdinger 

James M. Compton 

Mrs. Mary Gendernalik Cooper 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton 

Mr. Arthur Covello 

Mrs. Utta Covello 

Patrisha Creevy and Albert Del Negro 

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Creitz 

Mr. Curtis E. Croom 

Unearthing Arabia: The Archaeological Adventures of Wendell Phillips at the Freer | Sackler highlighted the 

expeditions of Phillips and his team, who in 1950 and 1951 were among the first to investigate Southern 

Arabia’s ancient past. 

Ms. Joanne Crovets 

Phillip and Betty Crum 

Linda B. Cullen 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culley 

Mr. Hal J. Cunningham 

Mr. James Curry 

Miss Pauline R. Cushing 

Ms. Candi Cutrell 

Mrs. Phyllis Daderio 

General and Mrs. J.R. Dailey 

Mr. Carmen J. D’Angelo 

Doris M. Darmopray 

Mrs. Lucile Daubner 

James and Dorothy Davis 

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis 

Mrs. Aila G. Dawe 

Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave 

Baroness Yvonne de Vilar 

Mr. Walter Deans 

Mr. Alan R. Dellinger 

Ms. Sue A. Delorme 

Ms. Patrice Kathleen Denman 

Ms. Elaine A. Dependahl 

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. DeSilva 

Jeff DeTroye and 

Dr. Mary Ann Gorman 

Paul and Becky Dhyse 

Kenneth G. and Sherry L. Dietz 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Dix, Jr. 

Dennis O. Dixon 

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dixon 

Alycia and Bruce Doctor 

Alan and Elizabeth Duckett 

Dr. Harold A. Dundee 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eacker 

Eleanor O. Earle 

Jason and Marci Eaton 

Ms. Nancy L. Eaton 

Mr. Gabriel H. Ebersole 

Frances A. Edmonds (Mohr) and 

Michael D. Mohr 

Dr. Kay Edwards 

Mrs. Ruth F. Effron 

Valerie A. Emerson 

Mrs. Joan Engberg 

Ronald W. and Sophie M. Enger 

Mr. Carl B. Fausey 

Dr. Linda S. Ferber 

Alan and Lois Fern 

Ken Ferrara 

Miss Grace C. Ferrill 

Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Fincke 

Ms. Gloria Fine 

Ms. Rosemarie Fiorilli and 

Mr. Thomas A. Berglund 

Mrs. Helen Flanagan 

Ms. Emma Flitsch 

Mr. Fred R. Fonck 

Ms. Norma L. Forbes 

Dr. Brandon Brame Fortune 

Mr. Terence J. Fortune 

Mr. Ronald J. Foulis 

Mrs. Marilyn C. Frantsov 

Howard and Shirlee Friedenberg 

Albert and Marion Friedlander 

Ms. Wendy Frieman & Colonel David 

E. Johnson, PhD USA (Ret.) 

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Friendly 

Ms. Patricia K. Frontz 

Gudrun Fruehling 

Ms. Susan B. Fulton 

Ann Reed Gaines 

Mr. Tim Gaines 

Mrs. H. Clay Gardenhire 

Mr. Tim Garner 

David E. Garrett 

Ms. Lois Gartlir 

Ms. Suzanne M. Gartz 

Jane W. Gaston 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Gazzola 

Dr. Albert Gelderman and 

Dr. Martha Gelderman 

Mrs. Jill Dix Ghnassia 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Gilbert 

Mr. and Mrs. William Gjodesen 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Godfrey 

Ms. Gaylynn Golden and 

Mr. James Basara 

Mr. Michael Goldfarb and 

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly 

Mr. Charles Goldsberry 

Ms. Margaret K. Goldsmith 

Ms. Ronnyjane Goldsmith 

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Dennis and Patricia Miller 

E. Eugene Miller 

Jerry Miller 

Mr. George Mitchell 

Ms. Jo Ann Mitchell 

Richard C. Mitchell 

Mr. Sidney F. Mobell 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montanye 

Dr. Judith A. Monte 

Susan and Guy Moody 

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan 

Charles H. and Helen S. Moriyama 

Marie L. Morrisroe 

Jill Morrow-Gorton and 

Christopher Gorton 

Robert E. Mortensen 

Mr. David M. Moskowitz 

Ms. Carol M. Mulcox 

Dr. Joel Mulhauser 

Joan C. Muzzillo and Paul R. Popick 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Myers 

Mr. Marvin J. Nakashima 

Lt. Col. Frank D. Neill, Jr. (Ret.) 

David A. Neiss 

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson 

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson 

Ms. Myrtle S. Nord 

Jane Strauss Northern 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Novak 

Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Ogles 

Setsuko Oka 

Daniel and Rebecca Okrent 

Nancy L. O’Neal 

Ms. P. Gail Osburn 

Tim and Debra Osburne 

Don and Lynn Owen 

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow 

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer 

Stephen Parks 

Mr. Robert Pastorino 

Wesley Patterson and Linda Pritchard 

Patterson 

Robert C. Patton, M.D. 

Mary Ann and Carl Pearson 

David and Diane Pearson 

Paul Peck 

Laura H. Peebles 

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Pehta 

Mrs. Carmalita J. Pendlebury 

Elaine and Patrick Perkins 

Ms. Barbara Rescher Perry 

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward 

Ms. Nicole Petrosky 

Ms. Nancy Phillips 

Ms. Barbara Ann Pike 

Mr. Don Polan 

Mrs. Ann M. Potter 

Bob and Janice Pound 

Mrs. Lakhbir Purewal 

Ms. Martha Puricelli 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanley Purvinis 

Frank and Betty Quirk 

Mrs. William Rader 

Mrs. Mildred F. Rafaj 

Ms. Beverly Ramsay 

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling 

Francis H. Rasmus, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Reaves 

Mr. Michael F. Reed 

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves 

Mr. Jerrold H. Rehmar 

Carol A. Reich 

Mr. Donald Reinking 

Helen M. Reinsch 

Larry D. Reser and Kathleen L. Toyoda 

Dr. Suzanne Resnick 

Jon and Emilee Reynolds 

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice 

Mrs. Robert A. Rice 

Ms. Susan Roberts 

Janice Stultz Roddenbery and 

Thomas Peale Roddenbery 

Ms. Betty Rodgers 

Mr. Scott Roeth 

Ms. Laurel Rohrer 

Dr. Ruth A. Roland 

Mr. Norman Roscilo 

The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld 

and Mrs. Rosenfeld 

Dr. Harry Rosenthal 

Ms. Shari Rothstein 

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz 

Mr. and Mrs. John Ruby 

Owen F. Ruggles 

Ralph and Dorothea Hoffman 

Rushworth 

Ms. Karen Russell 

Louise Russell, Ph.D. 

Mr. Richard T. Russell, Jr. 

Ms. Sally D. Ryan 

Mr. C. J. Ryburn 

Edward H. Sachtleben 

Mr. Charles Salter 

Dr. Janice E. Sanders 

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. Santa 

Barbara 

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer 

Donald and Marilyn Schlief 

Norma Schmid 

Miss Lois K. Schmidt 

Ms. Deborah Schneide 

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider 

Ms. Jane Scholz and 

Mr. Douglas C. Balz 

Mr. Russell L. Schoudt 

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz 

Dr. Deanna Schupbach 

Mrs. Ida Maxey Scott 

Ms. Sharon Scott 

Elinor Scotte-Virgona 

Ms. Sheryl Scull 

Mr. and Mrs. William Seely 

Edwin N. Seiler 

Madge Warden Selinsky 

Mrs. Hope Sellers 

Janice L. Settle 

Robert A. and Deanne H. Seward 

Ms. Diane Shaw 

Mrs. Norma Gudin Shaw 

Winslow T. Shearman 

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton 

Ms. Louise Sherman 

Dr. Gerry Shigekawa 

Mrs. William H. Shopp 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Shumate 

Mary Hudson Siciliano 

June and Harold Siebert 

Mrs. Joan S. Siedenburg 

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silberstein 

Mr. James C. Small and Mr. John A. Fry 

Sandra and Lawrence Small 

Dr. Barbara J. Smith 

Denny G. Snyder 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Soldoff 

Siewchin Yong Sommer 

Deena R. Sosson 

Dr. Alex M. Spencer 

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Sproesser 

Ms. Marcia L. Sprules 

Ms. Tellina J. Stafford 

Paul and Janet Stahlhuth 

Mrs. Ginger Winters Stallings 

Elizabeth E. Stanford 

Mr. James Starkey 

Ms. Eugenia L. Staszewski 

Ms. Sandra Sterling 

Ms. Judith Stoeri 

Kevin B. Stone 

Miss Irma Story 

Ms. Amanda J. Stott 

Miss Iris M. Strauss 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Streckewald 

Robert and Gail Strong 

Joseph and Elizabeth Suarez 

Mr. Lewis Suber 

Mrs. Katherine Sullivan 

John A. and Janet Swanson 

Marsha E. Swiss and Ronald 

M. Costell, M.D. 

Mr. John Szabo and 

Ms. Theodora Fine 

Ralph Edward Tamper 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Tanner 

John Thomann and Mr. Stanton 

Schnepp 

George D. and 

Mary Augusta Thomas 

Dr. F. Christian Thompson 

Ms. Johanna W. Thompson 

John and Ellen Thompson 

Gary and Marie Thunem 

Mrs. Diane D. Tobin 

Mr. David E. Todd 

Jim and Sharon Todd 

Mr. Robert Bruce Torgny 

Anna Mary Tossey 

David and Linda Tozer 

Dr. and Mrs. Jack W. Trigg, Jr. 

Kay Tuttle 

Ms. Selena M. Updegraff 

Fred G. and Lelia R. Valdivia 

Susan A. Vallon and Andrew Beyer 

Caroline E. Van Mason, Col (Ret) 

Wouter K. Vanderwal 

Dr. Lorna VanderZanden 

Ms. Carol Vangelos 

Dr. Frederick and 

Dr. Claudette Varricchio 

Trust of Dan and Marty Vega 

John Vernet 

Jean and Davis H. von Wittenburg 

Mr. Frederick S. Voss 

Mr. Randall Wadsworth 

Ms. Jannene Wagner 

Patty Wagstaff 

Raymond Waite 

Ms. Jeanette M. Walke 

Bettye S. Walker 

Ms. Esperanza R. Walker 

Mrs. Peggy Wall 

Mrs. Elizabeth Walther 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ward 

Dr. Winfred O’Neil Ward 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Watson, Jr. 

Susan G. Waxter 

Richard Weber 

Virginia C.B. Webster 

Mrs. Mary E. Weinmann 

Mr. Les J. Weinstein 

Angela Caveness Weisskopf 

DarEll T. Weist and Diane Kenney 

Mr. Walt Wells 

Dale (Billie) L. Welton 

Dr. Jacqueline H. Werner 

Larry J. West 

Mrs. Harriet K. Westcott 

Craig and Catherine Weston 

Jason Sean White 

Mr. Richard Whitekettle 

Mr. Dale A. Whiteside 

Ms. Duncan Whittome 

Ms. Vivian Wilder 

Ms. Jeanne Wilson 

Ms. Shirley Winkler 

Dr. Michael C. Wolf 

Sue Ann Wolff 

Gerald L. Wood 

ADCS Scott B. Wood, USN, Retired 

Mr. Phillip S. Woodruff 

David F. Wright 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wynbrandt 

Sally Wyte 

Mrs. Lillian Yamori 

Gail Yano 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Yohannes 

Judy Yoss 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka 

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen 

John and Sherry Ziegler 

Margot and Paul Zimmerman 

Mrs. Nancy Behrend Zirkle 

Ms. Flavia P. Zorgniotti 

The Zug Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Zygielbaum 

Ms. Mary Anne Goley 

Mrs. Ruth H. Gooding 

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman 

Mrs. Renee Goodstein 

Cheryl Gorelick 

Kenneth C. and Mary M. Gossett 

Gerald and Sheila Gould 

Mrs. Lisa Grabowski-Combs 

Peter and Rhondda Grant 

Ms. Margaret J. Grasston 

Nancy Barclay Graves 

Ralph Greenhouse 

Joanne T. Greenspun 

Ms. Virginia Gregory 

Mrs. Ruth Gresham 

Alice L. Grindstaff 

Marilyn Grossman 

Mr. Donald J. Guiles 

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Milton R. Gunther, 

USAF (Ret.) 

Mr. Robert S. Guthrie 

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole 

Valerie J. and D. Wilson Gyton 

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton 

Gloria Shaw Hamilton 

The Tom and Char Hand Foundation 

Mr. Ralph Hansen 

Mrs. Nancy M. Harlan 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Harmon 

Mr. Christie G. Harris 

Ms. Margery F. Harris 

Ms. Carrie R. Harrison 

Myra Maloney Hart 

Miss Jeannine Hartley 

Al Hartwick 

Ms. D. L. Hasse 

Roger D. Hathaway 

Patricia and Michael Hausknost 

Ms. Jennifer E. Hawley 

Dr. Carla H. Hay 

Mr. Geoffrey F. Hayes 

Wilbert A. Heinz 

Mrs. Joan E. Hekimian 

Ms. Judith A. Henderson 

Mr. Richard D. Henderson 

Mr. Carl D. Herold 

Martha Hertelendy 

Paul Hertelendy 

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herzog 

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess 

Dr. Robert J. Hickey 

Mr. Daniel Higman 

Mr. Jeff Hill 

Mr. Charles W. Hirst 

Edward J. and Ruth Hodge 

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hodgekinson-Price 

Miss K.T. Hoffacker 

Sallie Holder 

Ms. F. Lynn Holec 

Debra Hollander 

Ruth S. Holmberg 

Mrs. Jane N. Holt 

Ms. Hanna Lore Hombordy 

Ms. Edna M. Hoover 

Mary W. Hopkins 

William L. Hopkins 

Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. 

Ms. Brenda Howard 

John and Anne Howat 

John Hoyda 

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel 

Mrs. Jean Humburg 

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hunt 

Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Hyatt 

Keith Jackson 

Karel & Virginia Jacobs Living Trust 

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Jenkins 

Dennis R. Jenkins 

Donald R. and Judy Jensen 

David S. and Pat Jernigan 

Dr. Karen Jespersen 

Ms. Janice M. Johnson 

W. Johnson 

Diane B. Jones 

Ms. Heather Jones 

Mr. Leonard H. Jones 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Jue 

Mr. Nelson Kading 

Stephen and Linda Kamen 

Ms. Carol Kapheim 

Ms. Judy Kaselow 

Steven Kazan and 

Judy Heymann Kazan 

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp 

Miss Rajinder K. Keith 

Mrs. W. J. Kelnhofer 

Robert F. and Nancy L. Kempf 

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kendrick 

Ms. Kelly A. Kendrick-Bailey 

Ms. Marjorie C. Kennedy 

Peter B. Kibbee 

Mary Jane Kilhefner 

Diana A. King 

Mr. James W. Kinnear 

Drs. Susan and Perry Klein 

Mrs. Elise H. Knight 

Dr. C. Wilson Kniseley 

Mary Ann Knyff 

John and Mary Lu Koenig 

Richard and Marilyn Kolesar 

Lt. Col. William K. and 

Mrs. Alice S. Konze 

Ms. Amy Kotkin 

Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kownacki 

Dr. Ellen Kreighbaum 

Donors to the Smithsonian 

Recognizing our benefactors 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Kuehl 

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurin 

Margo Kurtz 

Ms. Lee L. Kush 

Dr. Geraldine E. La Rocque 

Mrs. James Spencer Lacock 

Mr. Travis S. Lamberton 

Mrs. Robert H. Lando 

Jane Lanham 

Mrs. Mary E. Lanham 

Cynthia Muss Lawrence 

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lawrence 

M/SGT. Lionel L. Leblanc 

Ms. Maryann D.B. Lee 

Mr. Bruce Leighty 

Emily Markgraf Leslie 

Ms. Rosealie Lesser 

Theodore W. and Barbara Ann Libbey 

Jeanie Linders 

Daniel M. Linguiti and Teri A. Smurl 

Ms. Eleanor L. Linkous 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Liss 

Ms. Anne R. Litchfield 

Ms. Nina Liu 

William and Katherine Livengood 

Dr. and Mrs. Pichon P. Y. Loh 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Long 

Shirley Loo 

Kurt M. Loos 

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe 

Frank J. Lukowski 

Glen and Sally Lunde 

Mr. Bradley Lutz 

Marion Maia da Cruz 

Kim and Mark Mailloux 

Commander and 

Mrs. Charles Maluzzi 

Nancy and John Mannes 

Christian L. and Edna M. March 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci 

Margery and Edgar Masinter 

David Mason 

Mr. John L. Mason 

Mr. Paul Maxim 

Ms. Kathleen Maxwell 

Mr. Ronald W. McCain 

Robert and Cynthia McCallum 

Ms. June W. McCarron 

Mr. and Mrs. Brandon McCrary 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary 

Mr. Stephen McCrary 

Ms. Iris McDonald 

Ms. Lowen McKay 

Colonel Billy McLeod 

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. McMahan 

Mr. Andrew McMahon 

Alison McNally and Bobby German 

Scott and Hella McVay 

Miss Nora L. Melville 

Ms. Mae Mercereau 

Hans and Mary Miesler 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mikuletzky 

Mrs. Elaine Milestone 

Gus and Deanne Miller and Family 

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▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus 

James Smithson Society 

And Friends of the Smithsonian 

Members of the Smithsonian’s sole 

institution-wide giving circle are dedicated 

philanthropists committed to strengthening 

the institution’s mission to discover, inspire 

and educate. The general funds they provide 

through their generous annual support advance 

collections, research and programs of every 

Smithsonian museum, program and research 

center and further the Smithsonian Campaign. 

Members pursued their passion for lifelong learning through 

a range of exclusive opportunities. They attended the Food for 

Thought luncheon and lecture series, now in its 15th year, and 

private events including an after-hours reception with Melissa 

Chiu, new director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 

Garden. Nationwide, members were invited to exclusive events in 

Austin, Tex.; Portland, Ore.; and St. Petersburg and Vero Beach, Fl. 

In May, 485 members and guests from 28 states attended 

the Annual Smithsonian Weekend, joined again this year by 

Smithsonian Legacy Society members and members of other 

giving circles. The weekend featured two days of private tours 

and a black-tie dinner at the National Air and Space Museum’s 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Board of Regents Chair John W. 

McCarter, Jr.; Acting Secretary Albert G. Horvath and museum 

Director John R. Dailey gave remarks, and museum leaders and 

curators were table hosts. 

The Smithson Society’s 540 member households reside in 

43 states, the District of Columbia and overseas. In 2015, they 

provided $2.1 million in total giving. In addition, many members 

participated in other Smithsonian giving circles and made gifts 

to philanthropic initiatives. This additional support contributed 

$4.9 million to the Smithsonian. 

friends of the smithsonian 

Friends of the Smithsonian is a national community of members 

who have generously supported the Smithsonian for five 

decades. In 2015, 89,224 Friends households contributed more 

than $13 million in general funds through dues and gifts. Friends 

experience the whole Smithsonian through books and publications, 

and they enjoy exclusive access to Smithsonian expertise and 

collections through gatherings that enlighten and inspire. Friends 

events included a National Zoological Park lecture on The State 

of the Birds 2014 and a National Museum of the American Indian 

reception and exhibition viewing of Nation to Nation: Treaties 

Between the United States and American Indian Nations. 

The 2015 Annual 

Smithsonian 

Weekend included 

dinner at the 

National Air and 

Space Museum’s 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy 

Center. Shown are 

Smithson Society 

members, left, 

Michael Tanner and 

Eileen Tanner, and, 

right, Smithsonian 

Legacy Society 

members Fanchon 

Silberstein and 

Manuel Silberstein. 

james smithson society 

Members share a deep commitment 

to the advancement of the 

Smithsonian through their dues 

and special gifts. This list shows 

members as of Sept. 30, 2015. 

john quincy adams

circle 

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

Valerie and William Anders ✚

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi ▼

Ms. Suzi Cordish (The Cordish 

Family Fund) ✚

Mr. Roger Crandall ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ✚

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr. ✚

Douglas and Wendy Dayton 

Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Jim and Janet Dicke ✚

Sakurako and William Fisher Family ✚

Mr. Cary J. Frieze ▼ = Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Flynn ✚

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚

Shelby and Frederick Gans ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Gidwitz ✚

Alfred C. Glassell, III ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goings (Rick and 

Susan Goings Foundation) ✚

Gloria Shaw Hamilton ▼

Drs. J. Michael Hamilton and 

Myung H. Nam ▼

Ms. Myra M. Hart and 

Dr. J. Kent Hewitt ✚

Helen and Edward Hintz ✚

The Hoch Family ✚

Steven and Jane Hoch ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hogan ✚

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston 

Johnson ✚

Connie and Dennis Keller ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper 

(William T. Kemper Foundation) ✚

Sue and Al Landon ✚

Cheryl Winter Lewy and Glen Lewy ✚

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love ✚

John and Adrienne Mars ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin McGovern ✚

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse ▼

Sarah E. Nash and 

Michael S. Sylvester ✚

Paul Neely ✚

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer ✚

Nancy and Theron Patrick ▼

Everett P. and Andrea Paup ▼

Dr. Jorge G. Puente and 

Dr. Patricia Matos-Puente ✚

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ragland, Jr. ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson ✚

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel ✚

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon ▼

Dr. Elisa Stephens ✚

Stevenson Family Charitable Trust ✚

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

Mary and Steven Swig ▼

Phyllis M. Taylor ✚

Mr. John K. Tsui ✚

Mr. Clifford J. Walker ▼

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

joseph henry circle 

The Arctica and Abbey Foundation 

Dr. Tyson E. Becker and 

Katie Sutcliffe Becker ▼

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold ▼

Robert and Dawn Birmingham ▼

Christopher Cope and Jamie Shaw 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton ▼

Dr. Paul T. Davis ▼

Richard Ditton ▼

Mr. Douglas D. Durst 

(Durst Organization L.P.) 

Christopher Feldmann and 

Laura Beauchamp ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Raul J. Fernandez ✚

The Frederic C. Hamilton Family 

Foundation ✚

Michael R. and Marlys G. Haverty 

Family Foundation ✚

Ms. Wilhelmina Holladay ▼

Mary W. Hopkins ▼

David and Pat Jernigan ▼

Mary Jane Kilhefner ▼

Michael and Gretchen Kriss ▼

Mr. Wayne E. Kurcz ▼

Betsy and David Lawer ✚

Drs. Jerrold Levy and Maria Arias ▼

Ms. May Liang and Mr. James Lintott ▼

Jeanie C. Linders ▼

Robert R. Little ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald ✚

Mr. and Mrs. David Machuga ▼

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ✚

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madigan ✚

Forrest E. Mars, Jr. ▼

Jacqueline Badger Mars ▼

Ms. Barbara J. McDonald 

Mr. James D. Parker ▼

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Lola C. Reinsch (Reinsch Pierce 

Family Foundation) 

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock 

The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld 

and Mrs. Rosenfeld ✚

Madge Warden Selinsky ▼

Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas Watkins ▼

samuel pierpont

langley circle 

Ross Anderson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery ▼

Susan and Thomas Baxter ▼

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beggs ▼

Besson/Cooper Fund ▼

William M. Bomar ▼

James E. Borleis ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ✚

The Honorable Stephen F. Brauer

 and Mrs. Brauer ✚ ▼

Mark and Janice Buffler ▼

Robert F. Bulens ▼

Judith L. Cherwinka ▼

Ms. Cathrine Coberly ▼

Karen L. Daigle, MD ▼

Mr. S.S. Dana ▼

Julia and Jim Davidson 

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis ▼

Jeffrey and Cindy Dill 

Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam 

Cheryl Dronzek ▼

Charlotte K. Ehrenhaft ▼

Robert J. Ekman ▼

Loyd E. Ellis ▼

Mr. Robert S. Evans 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Forster 

Jacqueline Fowler ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Frechette ▼

Dr. and Mrs. William A. Geffen 

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Goerke 

Gwen and Howard Goodkin 

Cheryl Gorelick ▼

Joanne T. Greenspun ▼

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton ▼

Felicie and Paul Hartloff ▼

Dean and Penny Hatten ▼

Mrs. David Heebner ▼

Paul Hertelendy ✚

Galen and Patricia Ho 

Ms. F. Lynn Holec ▼

Dave and Jayne Horner 

John A. Hoyda ▼

The IanThom Foundation ▼

Diane and John Ippolito ▼

Mr. Edward Kashian 

Ms. Marilyn Katzman 

Mrs. Dorothy Lemelson, 

The Lemelson Foundation ✚

Mr. Jeffrey M. Lewis-Oakes and 

Mrs. Nicole Lewis-Oakes ▼

Susan Lindemuth ▼

Madison Charitable Foundation, Inc. 

Mary Martell and Paul Johnson ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Mattox 

Dr. Leda McIntyre-Hall 

Mr. Joseph K. McLaughlin and 

Ms. Jeanne Rosenthal ▼

Richard T. McMurray ▼
 

John A. McQuown and 


Leslie McQuown ▼
 

Dennis and Patricia Miller ▼

= endowed life member 

Gus and Deanne Miller and Family ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran ▼

Mrs. Marjorie B. Morris ▼

Marie L. Morrisroe ▼

Robert E. Mortensen ▼

Richard and Cheryl Moxley ▼

Drs. James and Pamela Mulshine ▼

John and Susann Norton ▼

Robert Oaks ▼

Gilman Ordway 

The Orfalea Family Foundation 

Marianne and David Pastor ▼

Marra E. Peché, LtCol USANC, Ret 

Alan L. Perkins and 

Barbara L. Bonessa ▼

Mr. and Mrs. James Pignatelli 

Toby Pippin 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pigett ✚

Tim and Karen Ramsey ▼

Mr. Alfred H. Richter 

Toni A. Ritzenberg ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Andrew Rothkopf ▼

Nancy and Clive Runnells ✚

Edward H. Sachtleben ▼

Ms. Susan Scanlan 

Bob and Welmoed Sisson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stratton ▼

Patricia S. Swaney ▼

Elaine and Dennis Swartz 

Dr. Ronald Takvorian and Dr. 

Katherine S. Upchurch 

Eileen and Michael Tanner 

William E. Thomas, Jr. ▼

Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking ▼

Mary Jo Veverka ▼

A. Duane Webber ▼

Craig and Catherine Weston ▼

Jim and Richie Wright ▼

Ellen and Bernard Young ▼

Doctors Rodney and Deborah Zeitler ▼

Kenneth M. Zemrowski 

and Susan MacKeen ▼

Nancy Zverina ▼

s. dillon ripley circle 

Lucian Abernathy ▼

David and Beryl Adcock ▼

Mr. Terry L. Albertson 

and Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn ▼

Mr. Terry G. Aldridge and 


Ms. Patricia Thomas
 

Mr. Wolfram Anders and 


Ms. Michele Manatt 

Mr. Joseph F. Azara, Jr. ▼

Mr. Malcolm G. Balfour ▼

Ms. Penny Bank 

Ms. Eleanor Baria 

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry ▼

Sally and John Beals 

Thomas F. and Kathleen M. Beddow 

Michael and Tootie Beeman ▼

Candice Bennett and William Hewitt 

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Michael and Diane Jones 

Dr. Walter F. Jones and 

Ms. Cheryl L. Rash Jones 

Wells Jones and Donna Ceravolo ▼

Dr. Kenneth L. Jordan ▼

Mr. Nelson Kading ▼

Sheldon and Audrey Katz ▼

Stephen C. Keeble and Karen Depew = Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer 

Mrs. Nancy B. Kelly ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kendrick 

Dr. Rebecca Kenyon ▼

Peter B. Kibbee ▼

Mr. Christopher M. Kinsey ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Kitchen ▼

Ms. Lauren S. Kogod 

Ms. Leslie S. Kogod 

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze = Richard S. Kraus and Leona B. Kraus ▼

Mr. Fred Kuenstler ▼

Mr. Jeremy Kuester 

Dr. Rachel Lange 

Mr. John K. Lapiana 

Mr. James Larkin 

Dr. Jorn Larsen-Basse ▼

Mr. Albert G. Lauber, Jr. and 

Mr. Craig W. Hoffman 

Cynthia Muss Lawrence 

L.L. Lawson ▼

James and Beverly Leach ▼

Les and Janice Lederer 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Lehr ▼

Ms. Ann E. Leininger ▼

Donald J. and Marcy Leverenz 

Canice Kelly Levin ▼

William and Katherine Livengood 

David Lloyd 

Mr. Walter Lohmann 

Kirill Lokshin 

Dr. Dan Longo ▼

Shirley Loo ▼

Mr. Francis S. Luecke ▼

Mrs. Marilyn Lummis ▼

Glen and Sally Lunde ▼

Captain Kathleen M. Lyman, USN 

(Ret.) ▼

Mr. Carl Lynch, III 

Matt and Laura Maasdam 

Commander Rex A. Maddox, USN, 

Retired ▼

Dr. Hugh Mainzer and 

Mrs. Jill Jarecki Mainzer = Patricia A. Maloney 

Merriel F. Mandell, Ph.D. 

Mr. Joseph V. Mani 

Mr. and Mrs. Karol Marcin 

Drs. Susan and Daniel Mareck ▼

Mr. Reed Michael Marquand 

Virginia Cretella Mars ▼

David Mason ▼

Colonel Billie G. Matheson, USAF, 

Retired = Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Mathews ▼

Mr. Robert Mattox ▼

Gary and Lynette Matz 

Terence and Laura McAuliffe ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary ▼

Mary F. McFadden ▼

Ms. Carole McFee 

Mrs. Elizabeth McGoldrick ▼

John R. McIntyre 

Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime 

Gerald and Paula McNichols Family 

Foundation ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Melvin ▼

Mr. Alan S. Miller ▼

Ms. Eleanor Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Miller 

Ms. Nell Minow 

Mr. Thomas Miree ▼

Zareen Taj Mirza ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell 

Mrs. Betty M. Montgomery 

Dr. Gary L. and Dr. Carolyn R. Mueller ▼

Dr. Joel Mulhauser 

Dr. Lynda Mulhauser 

Rajesh and Radhika Murari ▼

Dr. and Mrs. William A. Murphy ▼

Linda and J.N. Musto 

Joan C. Muzzillo and Paul R. Popick 

Charles B. Nam ▼

Rear Admiral David J. Nash, CEC/ 

USN/Ret. and Carolyn K. Nash 

Mr. James A. Neal 

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Needham 

Dr. John Nelligan and 

Mrs. John D. Nelligan ▼

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson 

Werner E. and Judith Neuman ▼

Randy A. Noranbrock 

Ms. Deborah A. Norton ▼

Melanie and Larry Nussdorf ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Merlin G. Nygren ▼

Mike O’Dell and Judy Grass ▼

Tim and Debra Osburne 

Ambassador Mary and 

Mr. Mandell J. Ourisman ✚

Frances M. Owens ▼

Mr. Richard C. Paddock 

Ms. Patricia A. Papas and 

Dr. Ray E. Tully ▼

Michael and Barbara Pate 

Mr. Roy Peck ▼

Laura Peebles and Ellen Fingerman 

Barbara R. Perry 

Susan Peters and Richard Lee ▼

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward 

Dr. Bob Pettapiece 

Mr. James Pigott (Moccasin Lake 

Foundation) ▼

Carol Pochardt = Sydney M. Polakoff and 

Carolyn Goldman 

Mr. James C. Powell 

Jack and Pat Pruitt 

Dr. William James Raduchel ▼

Mr. Jason Ray 

Dr. Matthew J. Raymond and 

Mrs. Sonya Raymond ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. Reckase ▼

Carol A. Reich 

Mr. Paul A. Renard ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice ▼

Carlyn Ring ▼

Ms. Cynthia Rizzo 

Ms. Nancy J. Robertson and 

Mr. Mark N. Cookingham ▼

Mr. David Roemer 

Mary Ellen and David Rogers ▼

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Romenius ▼

Mr. David J. Rosenthal and 

Ms. Jennie Scholick = Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister ▼ = Howard and Janice Rosser ▼

Maryà Rowan ▼

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz ▼

Jon and Judy Runstad ▼

Louise Russell, Ph.D. 

Noel Salinger and LeAnne Sawyers 

Alan and Florence Salisbury ▼

John and Ginger Sall ▼

Patricia J. Sawvel 

Charles Schaefer ▼

Mr. Frederic W. Schaen 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Scheumann ✚

Catherine F. Scott = Donna L. Scott, Esq., Col., USA (Ret.) 

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones 

Mr. Leroy Segundo ▼

Mr. Shelby Shapiro = Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shealy 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Sheffield = Mr. John W. Shepard, Sr. 

Mr. Thomas A. Sherard, Jr. ▼

Barbara L. Shortridge ▼

Frank Shrontz ▼

Ms. Carey C. Shuart 

Mr. David K. Shumway, Jr. 

Mary Hudson Siciliano ▼

William and Sally Siegel Foundation 

Sylvia and David Silver 

Dr. Robert Sing 

Ms. Margaret Runge Singleton 

Tricia and Thom Smelter 

Ms. Joan Lovat Smith 

Dr. Karl A. Smith 

Michael and Meg Smith 

Robert D. Smith ▼

Dr. Stephen D. Smith ▼

Tanya K. Smith 

Ms. Betty Smykal 

William B. Snyder ▼

Mr. Robert Sokolowski ▼

Marianne and V. James Solfronk ▼

Siewchin Yong Sommer 

Ms. Lisa L. Soto 

Lucinda T. Spaney 

Mrs. Jennifer P. Speers ▼

Mr. Jonathan Spencer 

Jack B. St. Clair ▼

Gustav E. Staahl 

Mr. Carl W. Stephens 

William and Mary B. Sterling ▼

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust 

Mr. James K. Stewart 

Mr. and Mrs. David D. Stirrett ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stoecker ▼

Shepard and Marlene Stone ▼

Dr. Larry Tabatchnick 

Peter and Ann Tanous ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Teerlink ▼

Ms. Margaret Louise Tevis ▼

Tom and Catherine Tinsley 

LTC Charles E. and Mrs. Lois 

J. Toomer ▼

Jack and Claire Tozier 

Mrs. Helen Brice Trenckmann ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John Trent 

Harvey S. Trop ▼

James T. and Patricia R. Turner ▼

Amy and Horacio Valeiras 

David and Karen Van Buren 

Captain and Mrs. Dennis Van Buskirk, 

USN Ret 

Ms. Linda Vandeloop ▼

M.A. Verso, MD ▼

Colonel Harold W. Vorhies ▼ = Ms. Jacqueline Vossler 

Ms. Gretchen Wagner 

Ms. Jannene Wagner 

Mr. Edmund J. Warren ▼

Susan G. Waxter ▼

Ms. Sylvia Weaver 

Ruth Lawson Webb ▼

Eric and Kathleen Weisblatt ▼

Angela Caveness Weisskopf ▼

Linden H. and Judith A. Welch ▼

Gregory Werden ▼

Mr. Gregory Wernert 

W. A. Wheeler 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Williams 

Janice Wilson ▼

Harry and Patricia Wimbrough 

Ms. Sinclair Winton 

Mr. Neal L. Wood ▼

Dianne and David Worley 

Mr. Walter R. Wright ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Wu ▼

Mr. Raul F. Yanes 

Dolores Yankauskas ▼

Linda J. Young ▼

Colonel James Youngson, Jr. 

Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Michael 

J. Youngson 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka 

Ms. Kathleen M. Ziffer 

Mr. Thomas Zoufaly 

The Donald and Barbara Zucker 

Family Foundation 

▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus = endowed life member 

James Smithson Society 

And Friends of the Smithsonian 

Brian and Betty Benson ▼

Pegi and Kent Bernard ▼

Jerry and Karen Birchmore ▼

Mrs. Susan Holden Blaha ▼

Mr. Robert and Dr. Jan Blancato 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blanchard 

Mr. John H. Blazek ▼

Margaret W. and William J.D. Bond = Mrs. Elisabeth T. Bottler ▼

Mr. Stephen S. Bowen ▼

Mark S. Box, M.D. ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Bradley 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brady 

Thomas and Patricia Dix Brewer ▼

Eric Briggs 

Mr. Andrew Brill ▼

Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn ▼

Penelope J. Brook ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Otis M. Brooks ▼

Ms. Laura Brouse-Long and 

Dr. William F. Long ▼

Agnes M. Brown 

David and Lois Brown 

Mr. William H. Browning, Jr. 

Harris and Diane Bruch 

Patricia Budka and Kristofer Lafko 

Buford R. Burchfield ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka = Buffy and William Cafritz Family 

Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Cahill, Jr. ▼

Kathryn Campbell ▼

Mr. Rod Case 

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Chang ▼

Dr. William A. Chantry, Jr. 

Ms. Li Chu ▼

Ms. Susan T. Clark ▼

Virginia Clark and Lane Taylor 

Kay L. Clausen ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Cline ▼

Bruce E. Cobern ▼

Ms. Rebecca Cody 

Joan and Harvey Cohen ▼

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family 

Foundation ▼

Gene and Elizabeth Colice ▼

Mr. Philip H. Collector 

Ms. Ruth Boyer Compton = Ms. Mary Ann Condon 

Robert C. Cook 

Lori Cooke-Marra ▼

Elsie Moreland Corro ▼

Ms. Laurie Cowan 

Mr. Curtis W. Cox ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Crawford 

Patrisha Creevy and 

Albert Del Negro ▼

Mr. William K. Cromwell IV 

Mr. Curtis E. Croom 

Kitty and David Crosby 

Mr. Thomas Cushing ▼

Mr. and Mrs. C. Randall Davis ▼

Kamer Davis ▼

Philip de Picciotto ▼

Gloria Foller Dehart ▼

Arthur and Isadora Dellheim 

Foundation ▼

Bernard G. and Susan Dennis, Jr. ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry DePoyster 

Geert M. DePrest and 

Laura Travis-DePrest ▼

Lee and Mary Alice Dickerson 

Dennis O. Dixon ▼

Ms. Winny Dong and 

Ms. Cynthia Peng 

Dr. Brian E. Dougherty ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Downs 

Drs. Joseph and Carolyn Drage ▼

Diane Dudley ▼

Claudia and Dennis Dulmage 

Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation ▼

Jason and Marci Eaton 

Mr. Jonathan W. Ebbeler 

The Eberly Family Charitable Trust = Adrienne M. Edens 

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation ▼ = Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Edmonds ▼

Miss Babs Eisman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Paul D. Ekman 

Mark A. and Jean M. Elste Family 

Foundation 

Jean M. Esswein ▼

Ms. Heather Ewing 

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Farrall ▼

Christine R. Faser ▼

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ferguson, Jr. 

Michael Finan and Pamela Frazier 

Mr. L.R. Fischer and 

Ms. Anne Lavigne ▼

Mrs. Walter J. Fogarty ▼

Sarajane Foster ▼

Bonnie S. Franklin 

Mr. Jason E. Free 

Ms. Wendy Frieman & Colonel David 

E. Johnson, PhD USA (Ret.) ▼

Mr. and Mrs. David Morgan Frost ▼

Eric M. Gable and 

Margaret Carson-Gable 

Ms. Kerry Galvin 

Ms. Claire Geller-Kolchetski 

Mr. Fred O. Gibson, Jr. ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson ▼

Mr. Daniel Gilbert = Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gilgan 

Karyn C. Gill and 

George McC. Gill, M.D. = Mr. Charles Goldsberry ▼

Mr. Jim Goldschmidt 

Ms. Mary Goodreau 

Dr. David Granite and 

Dr. M.L. Oster-Granite ▼

Mrs. Mary J. Graves ▼

James J. and Jane Griffin ▼

Mrs. Alton B. Grimes ▼ = Stuart Grossman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael John Gunther 

Mr. Robert G. Gutenstein 

Carl E. Gysler ▼

Jean and Henry Hall ▼

Ms. Virginia Hamister ▼

Ms. Claire L. Hampton ▼

Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Hancock ▼

Hansan Family Foundation 

Mr. Shawn Hansen 

Mrs. Dale S. Hanson 

Mr. Christie G. Harris ▼

Mr. Daniel W. Harris ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Hartman, Jr. 

Ms. Jill Hartman 

Mr. Wayne Hathaway ▼

Mrs. John Hechinger, Sr. ▼

John E. Hennessey 

Catherine and Richard W. Herbst ✚

Robert and Ann Herman 

Sally M. and Stephen A. Herman 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas G. Hiatt 

Captain Deborah Hinkley, USN ▼

Carol and Mike Hoepner 

David and Eileen Holm 

Ms. Elizabeth Homan 

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Hoover 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hopkins ▼

William Logan Hopkins = Katherine and Joseph Householder ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard 

Ms. Vicki Howard ▼

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel ▼

Mr. Douglas H. Hughes ▼

Mr. Larry A. Hultberg ▼

Ms. Beverly J. Hunter 

Drs. Jay A. and Mary Anne Jackson ▼

Ms. Susan C. Jackson 

Susan L. Jenkins 

Margaret E. Jones ▼

As Asian elephant habitat shrinks, human-elephant conflict threatens elephants, people and livelihoods. 

Together with Myanmar partners, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists are satellite-tracking 

elephants in the Bago Yoma mountains to ensure survival of people and elephants in this high-conflict area. 
 

Smithsonian National Board 

Leadership, advice and philanthropy 

Through its 47 members and 184 alumni, the Smithsonian’s 

institution-wide advisory board advises the Secretary and 

other Smithsonian leaders, acts as an ambassador for the 

Smithsonian in communities across the country, spreads the 

news of the Smithsonian Campaign and sets an example of 

philanthropic leadership that inspires giving in others. 

Sakurako D. Fisher, Chair Cathey McClain Finlon^ David M. Love Honorary Members 

Edgar M. Cullman, Jr., Vice Chair Julie Applebaum Flynn Kevin M. McGovern Robert McC. Adams 

Brenda J. Gaines, Vice Chair William J. Galloway Sarah E. Nash William S. Anderson 

Robert D. MacDonald, Vice Chair, Shelby M. Gans Russell E. Palmer, Jr. Max N. Berry 

2016 Chair-elect Ronald Gidwitz Jorge G. Puente L. Hardwick Caldwell III 

Members Rick Goings William M. Ragland, Jr. G. Wayne Clough 

Rodney C. Adkins Bonnie W. Gwin^ G. Jeffrey Records, Jr. Frank A. Daniels, Jr. 

Gordon M. Ambach Myra M. Hart Kristin M. Richardson Patricia Frost 

Valerie Anders Edward R. Hintz John Cutler Ryan James M. Kemper, Jr. 

Judy Hart Angelo Nancy Hogan Philip K. Ryan, Vice Chair-elect Jean B. Mahoney 

William H. Bohnett Emily Z. Huebner (ex-officio) Deborah Sara Santana Paul Neely 

Peggy P. Burnet Judy S. Huret Marna Schnabel Sandra Day O’Connor 

Jane Lipton Cafritz Jennifer Walston Johnson Elisa Stephens Francis C. Rooney, Jr. 

Suzi Cordish Dennis J. Keller Fredericka Stevenson Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. 

Roger W. Crandall Jonathan M. Kemper Phyllis M. Taylor Lloyd G. Schermer 

Wendy W. Dayton Paul G. Koontz Michael E. Tennenbaum Frank A. Weil 

Vin Di Bona Allan R. Landon, Vice Chair-elect John K. Tsui Gay F. Wray 

Raul J. Fernandez Betsy Lawer L. John Wilkerson 

Trevor Fetter ^ Cheryl Winter Lewy Deborah L. Wince-Smith ^ Leave of absence in 2016 

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Secretary Skorton addresses board members 

and guests at a dinner celebrating his 

Installation, hosted by the National Board 

and held Oct. 19, 2015 at the National 

Museum of the American Indian. 

In the first year of the campaign’s public 

phase, National Board members and 

alumni were instrumental in forming 

Regional Host Committees and bringing 

the People>Passion>Purpose speaker 

series to cities nationwide. A highlight 

was the September New York City 

program, which included Secretary 

Skorton and Regent and campaign 

Co-Chair David Rubenstein. By the end 

of 2015, 21 board members and alumni 

had participated in 19 events in 10 

cities, helping the Smithsonian connect 

with hundreds of new friends and 

community leaders. 

The board continued investing in 

members’ knowledge of the Smithsonian 

and its priorities. Fall and spring meetings 

2015 smithsonian national board 

in Washington, D.C., focused on 

collections, strategic plan priorities and 

the campaign. The winter meeting in 

New York City gave members a chance 

to meet leaders and scholars at Cooper 

Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 

the National Museum of the American 

Indian—New York and the Archives of 

American Art. 

National Board volunteers also 

serve the Smithsonian by contributing 

their advice and service through 

committees and ad hoc working 

groups. In 2015, 30 members and 

alumni served on 18 Smithsonian 

advisory boards and as non-Regent 

members of committees of the 

Board of Regents. 

Above: Smithsonian National Board leadership, 

from left, Sakurako D. Fisher, Chair; Brenda J. 

Gaines, Vice Chair; Robert D. MacDonald, Vice 

Chair; absent: Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. 

National Board members and alumni 

made gifts of $29.08 million to fuel 

campaign momentum in its national 

rollout year. This figure includes $1.47 

million in unrestricted board annual giving. 

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Campaign Steering Committee
 

Sharing the campaign with the nation 

The Campaign Steering Committee is 

the all-volunteer board that provides 

fundraising leadership to the Smithsonian 

Campaign. Drawn from the advisory boards 

of Smithsonian museums, programs and 

research centers, committee members 

offer insight, expertise, relationships and 

guidance to the four campaign Co-Chairs, 

the Secretary and the Smithsonian’s 

advancement staff. 

The committee meets regularly to share ideas and mark the 

progress of the institution’s first national campaign. At the 

committee’s May meeting, Regent and campaign Co-Chair 

David Rubenstein interviewed Reynold Levy, former president 

of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, who shared 

valuable insights for ensuring fundraising success. 

Steering committee members play a vital role in maintaining 

campaign momentum. They engage their fellow advisory board 

members and reach out to their personal networks to identify 

campaign steering committee 

Smithsonian Campaign Co-Chairs, from left, Alan G. Spoon, Sakurako 

D. Fisher, David M. Rubenstein, Barbara M. Barratt. 

prospective donors in Washington, D.C., and across America. 

This year, too, committee members gave their support to the 

campaign’s People>Passion>Purpose speakers series, held in 

cities across the nation. 

In fiscal year 2015, Campaign Steering Committee members, 

together with their fellow advisory board members, contributed 

$79.5 million to the Smithsonian Campaign, about one-third of the 

fundraising total for the year, demonstrating their commitment to 

the campaign, the Smithsonian and the nation. 

Campaign Honorary Committee 

Distinguished Americans Representing the Campaign 

The Smithsonian is honored to have as its campaign 

Honorary Committee these accomplished citizens from 

every field of endeavor. Artists, athletes, scientists and 

national leaders, they represent the very best of America. 

Through their service, they raise awareness of the 

Smithsonian Campaign and inspire generosity. 

honorary chairs members 

President and Mrs. 

George W. Bush 

President Bill Clinton 

and former Secretary 

of State Hillary 

Rodham Clinton 

The Honorable Ben 

Nighthorse Campbell 

Renée Fleming 

Mia Hamm 

Mellody Hobson 

Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) 

Michael Krzyzewski 

Robert Langer 

Ralph Lauren 

Eva Longoria 

Captain James A. Lovell, 

USN (Ret.) 

George Lucas 

Yo-Yo Ma 

Arnold Palmer 

Dr. Condoleezza Rice 

Cal Ripken, Jr. 

Eric Schmidt 

Edward O. Wilson 

Groundbreaking ceremony, Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, Nov. 11, 2015. The Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory is a partner in building the GMT, one of the world’s largest and most powerful telescopes. 

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Members 

Valerie Anders 

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service 

Stuart H. Bohart 

National Museum of African Art 

Peggy P. Burnet 

Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden 

Gilberto Cárdenas 

Smithsonian Latino Center 

Marshall P. Cloyd 

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 

Jeffrey P. Cunard 

Freer Gallery of Art and 

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 

Harold R. Denton 

Smithsonian Environmental Research 

Center 

James F. Dicke II 

Smithsonian American Art Museum 

Sakurako D. Fisher † 

Smithsonian National Board 

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Martha J. Fleischman 

Archives of American Art 

Alma Gildenhorn 

National Portrait Gallery 

Steven K. Hamp 

National Portrait Gallery 

Ralph D. Heath 

National Air and Space Museum 

Edward R. Hintz 

Smithsonian National Board 

Erin K. Hogan 

Smithsonian Science Education Center 

Wendy Jeffers 

Archives of American Art 

Bennie F. Johnson 

Anacostia Community Museum 

Robert N. Johnson 

Asian Pacific American Center 

Dennis J. Keller 

Smithsonian National Board 

Gilbert H. Kinney 

Archives of American Art 

Todd Krasnow 

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 

Tom Lindley 

Smithsonian Environmental Research 

Center 

David E. Longnecker 

Smithsonian Environmental Research 

Center 

Robert A. Mandell 

National Museum of Natural History 

Angela Marriott 

National Zoological Park and 

Smithsonian Conservation Biology 

Institute 

Augustus C. Miller 

Smithsonian Libraries 

Paul Neely 

National Museum of American History 

John M. Nolan 

National Postal Museum 

Ziad S. Ojakli 

National Zoological Park and Smithsonian 

Conservation Biology Institute 

Franklin D. Raines 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture 

Marcos G. Ronquillo 

Smithsonian Latino Center 

Roger W. Sant 

National Museum of Natural History 

Asif M. Shaikh 

National Museum of African Art 

Nicholas F. Taubman 

National Museum of American History 

Stephen H. Willard II 

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service 

Randall L. Willis (Oglala Lakota) 

National Museum of the American 

Indian 

†Appointed Campaign Co-Chair July 2015 
Distinguished Benefactors 

Recognizing our most generous donors 

The Distinguished Benefactors Room in Dr. N. Anthony and Hope L. and John L. Furth The JSM Charitable Trust, Barbara and Morton Mandel Paul Neely Robert W. Pittman 

Mrs. Robyn Coles Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation James S. McDonnell III Richard and Jane Manoogian Nancy Brown Negley The John L. Plueger Family 

the Smithsonian Institution Castle honors the The Comer Foundation GE Kaiser Permanente Foundation LeRoy Neiman Foundation Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust 

Joseph and Robert Cornell General Mills Foundation Georgette and Herman Christian L. and Edna M. March H. Duane Nelson Colin and Alma Powell institution’s most generous contributors, Memorial Foundation General Motors Company Kamenetz Nancy and Edwin Marks New York Life The Principal Financial Group 

individuals whose gifts total $1 million or more Wallace H. Coulter Foundation The Glenstone Foundation, Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan Alice S. Marriott Lifetime Trust/ News Corp J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family 

Lee H. Cruse Trust Mitchell P. Rales, Founder The W.M. Keck Foundation The J. Willard and Alice S. The Nippon Foundation Foundation 

and foundations and corporations that have Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd Goldman Sachs Herb Kelleher Marriott Foundation Nissan North America, Inc. The Prudential Foundation 

Jeffrey P. Cunard Google Connie and Dennis Keller Mars, Incorporated Nordic Council of Ministers Pucci Family Foundation made one-time gifts of the same amount. The Daniels Fund Alice R. Gottesman W.K. Kellogg Foundation Frank and Susan Mars Northrop Grumman Corporation Franklin D. Raines 

Peggy and Richard M. Danziger Arvin Gottlieb R. Crosby Kemper John and Adrienne Mars NYSE Foundation Ralph Lauren Corporation 

Anonymous Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos Richard Darman Katharine Graham William R. Kenan, Jr. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Occidental Chemical Rasmuson Foundation 

3M BlackRock Marcel and Serge Dassault Dr. Leonard M. Greene Charitable Trust Nation Corporation Raytheon Company 

AAA Barbara and James Block Florence Coulson Davis William H. Gross Peter B. Kibbee Margery and Edgar Masinter Ocean Conservancy Reve Foundation 

Charles Francis Adams Mary and Leigh B. Block Michael and Susan Dell The George Gund Foundation Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney Colin and Leslie Masson Carroll O’Connor and Nancy Donald W. Reynolds Foundation 

Hugh Trumbull Adams Bloomberg Philanthropies Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen George Gund III and Iara Lee John S. and James L. Knight McDonald’s Corporation Fields O’Connor Rice Family Foundation 

M. Clay Adams Winton M. “Red” Blount Bern Dibner James E. Gysin Foundation Nan Tucker McEvoy Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Si and Betty Robin 

Rodney and Michelle Adkins Boeing Frances K. Dibner and the Dibner Thomas W. Haas Foundation David H. Koch Nion McEvoy Incorporated Robinson Helicopter Company 

A+E Networks Bombardier Family Karl H. Hagen Robert and Arlene Kogod MCI WorldCom Oneida Indian Nation (New York) Sara Roby Foundation 

Aetna Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Virginia O. Boochever Jim and Janet Dicke Myra M. Hart The Korea Foundation James L. and Juliette McNeil Timothy and Linda O’Neill Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock 

Aflac Incorporated F. Otis Booth, Jr. Valerie and Charles Diker The Hartford Kovler Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Yoko Ono David Rockefeller 

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture Agnes C. Bourne Discover Financial Services, Inc. Enid A. Haupt Kraft Foods Foundation Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. The Rockefeller Foundation 

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd III Discovery Communications, Inc. William Randolph Hearst The Kresge Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co.Foundation, Inc. Bernard and Barbro Osher Rolex 

Airbus and Family Ralph L. and Patricia R. Dixon Foundation Constance and Harvey Krueger Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Rolls-Royce 

Alcoa The R.H. Boyd Company Patricia C. Dodge Drue Heinz Trust B.Y. Lam Foundation MGM Resorts International Foundation Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters 

Alfred Street Baptist Church Fleur Straus Bresler Donald J. and Helen D. Douglass Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. Lannan Foundation Microsoft Partners in Learning Russell E. and Wendy Palmer Susan and Elihu Rose 

Basil H. Alkazzi The Bresler Foundation Andreas C. Dracopoulos Edward P. and Rebecca R. Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Gus and Deanne Miller and Family Richard D. and Laura A. Parsons Arthur Ross Foundation 

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Diane and Hal Brierley Draper Henderson Robert Lehrman Sidney Mobell Pearson Foundation Valerie and Jack Rowe 

Incorporated The Brown Foundation, Inc. DuPont Janine and J. Tomilson Hill The Lemelson Foundation The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Paul Peck Alice and David Rubenstein 

Altria Group of Houston The Eberly Family Trust The Hillside Foundation - Thelma and Melvin Lenkin Connecticut The PepsiCo Foundation Walter and Lucille Rubin 

American Airlines Hildegard Bruck and Alfred Dorothy E. Ebersbach Allan and Shelley Holt Barbara Riley Levin The A.P. Møller and Chastine Peterson Family Foundation Arthur M. Sackler 

American Chemical Society Egerter Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation John L. Peterson Arthur M. Sackler Foundation 

American Express Bente and Gerald E. Buck EDS Helen and Edward Hintz Frank Levinson Family Monsanto The Pew Charitable Trusts Dr. Elizabeth Sackler/The Arthur 

American International Group, Dr. Peter Buck Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Ikuo Hirayama Foundation The Moore Charitable Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. M. Sackler Foundation 

Inc. (AIG) The Emil Buehler Trust EMC Corporation Joseph Hirshhorn Leon Levy Foundation Foundation Pitney Bowes Inc. Else Sackler 

American Public Transportation The Burkle Family Foundation Anne and Travis Engen Mellody Hobson and George The Reginald F. Lewis Louis Bacon 

Association William A. Burleson Joseph Manfred Ennis Lucas Foundation, Inc. The Claude Moore Charitable 

American Road & Transportation Burroughs Wellcome Fund John L. and Margot P. Ernst Frank and Lisina Hoch Rod Lewis and Family Foundation 

Builders Association The Morris and Gwendolyn Charles H. Ettl Hubert N. (Jay) Hoffman, III Life Technologies Corporation Gordon and Betty Moore 

Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Cafritz Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans Holenia Trust Life Technologies Foundation Foundation 

Analytical Graphics, Inc. Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ExxonMobil Ruth S. and A. William Holmberg Lilly Endowment Inc. Mark & Brenda Moore and 

William A. and Margaret A. Cargill Foundation FedEx Janet Annenberg Hooker The Links Foundation, Incorporated Family 

Valerie E. Anders Foundation Susan and Jim Cargill Ferring Pharmaceuticals Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz Lockheed Martin Corporation Morgan Stanley 

Judy Hart Angelo and Meghann and Patrick Harker The Fertilizer Institute Grant W. Howell Jeffrey H. Loria Lester S. and Enid W. Morse 

John M. Angelo Christian Harker Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden John R. Huggard Los Alamos National Laboratory Susan and Furman Moseley 

Anheuser-Busch Foundation The E. Rhodes & Leona B. Sakurako and William Fisher IBM Corporation Foundation Motorola Foundation 

Apple Computer, Inc. Carpenter Foundation Family Intel Corporation Jon and Lillian Lovelace Robert O. Muller 

Arcadia Fund Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee Barbara G. Fleischman International Lease Finance Lower Manhattan Development NAMM - International Music 

Art Research Foundation Kenneth I. and Kathryn Chenault The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Corporation Corporation Products Association 

Association of American The Chickasaw Nation Ford Foundation J & AR Foundation The Henry Luce Foundation National Asphalt Pavement 

Railroads CIGNA Ford Motor Company Fund LaTanya, Zoe and Peter and Paula Lunder Association 

Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. Clark Charitable Foundation Martha Parks Forrest Samuel L. Jackson The Lunder Foundation National Association of Realtors 

Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod Clear Channel Media and Charles Lang Freer Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. The Elizabeth Carolyn Lux National Basketball Association 

Bank of America Entertainment Friends of the National Zoo Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation National Business Aviation 

Laura Barney The Coca-Cola Company Patricia and Phillip Frost Foundation John D. and Catherine T. Association, Inc. 

Barbara and Craig Barrett Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin Fujifilm James A. Johnson MacArthur Foundation National Mining Association 

Kenneth E. Behring Family The Ryna and Melvin Cohen The Funger Foundation, Norma Robert L. Johnson Elizabeth and Whitney National Stone, Sand & Gravel 

Max N. Berry Family Foundation Lee and Morton Funger JPMorgan Chase Foundation MacMillan Association 

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Smithsonian Latino Center Young Ambassadors Program participants 

at the program’s 10th anniversary celebration. The program since its 

inception has been supported by the Ford Motor Company Fund. 
 

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute opened the largest amphibian rescue facility in the world. Smithsonian scientists collect frogs in areas 

threatened by fungal disease and raise them here in captivity, anticipating that when enough is known about the disease the creatures may be 

released into the wild once again. 

The Smithsonian Academy 

The Smithsonian Academy is a recognition society for the 

Smithsonian’s most generous donors. Established in 2015, 

the Academy is open to individuals who give $1 million 

or more to Smithsonian museums, research centers and 

programs. These donors’ extraordinary generosity enables 

the institution to thrive and continue to diffuse knowledge 

throughout the nation and around the world. Academy 

members participate in one-of-a-kind opportunities and 

explore the ideas, discoveries and new knowledge that 

make the Smithsonian a vibrant national treasure. 

To learn more, contact Laura Gobbi, director of programming and 

stewardship, at 202.633.5877 or smithsonianacademy.si.edu. 

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Ways to Give 

Your support helps educate, inspire and bring people together 

Dame Jillian Sackler, D.B.E. 

Dame Jillian & Dr. Arthur M. 

Sackler Foundation for the 

Arts, Sciences & Humanities 

John and Joy Safer 

John and Ginger Sall 

Roger and Victoria Sant 

Deborah Sara Santana 

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

Saudi Aramco 

Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II 

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer 

SC Johnson 

Nina and Ivan Selin 

Seneca Nation of Indians 

Shell 

Frank B. and Faye Sherry 

Shirley Phillips Sichel 

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/ Boulé 

Foundation 

Paul Singer 

Sketch Foundation 

Bill and Tish Slattery & the 

Slattery Family Foundation 

Ted Slavin Family Foundation 

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 

Albert and Shirley Small 

Small World Institute Fund at 

Silicon Valley Community 

Foundation 

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Front cover: When the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery 

reopened Nov. 13, 2015, the site-specific 

installations of its inaugural exhibition, 

WONDER, filled its galleries. Shown is 

Gabriel Dawe’s Plexus A1.