MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

June 22, 2009

APPENDIX A 

APPROVED RESOLUTIONS

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Minutes of the Meeting of April 6, 2009.  

[2009.06.01] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents confers the title of Regent Emeritus on Eli Broad with 

gratitude for the outstanding service he has provided to the Smithsonian Institution.  

[2009.06.02] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves a payout rate of $38.72 per share for all 

Endowment funds for fiscal year 2010.  [2009.06.03] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents authorizes the Secretary to issue up to $40 million in tax‐

exempt bonds through the District of Columbia to refinance the existing debt used to fund 

the Discovery Center at the National Museum of Natural History, provided that the cost of 

the new debt is less than that of the existing debt.  [2009.06.04] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the creation of the Art Libraries Endowment 

for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, a quasi‐endowment to support the acquisition of 

art‐related books, journals, and electronic databases; art‐related preservation activities; 

and other art‐related programmatic needs.  The Board of Regents also authorizes the 

transfer of funds identified for this purpose.  [2009.06.05] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates a new fund under the Arthur Ross Garden and 

Terrace Endowment, an existing quasi‐endowment, to provide ongoing support for the 

maintenance of the Arthur Ross Garden and the Arthur Ross Terrace, as well as for the 

wrought iron fence bordering the Garden, and for general purposes of the Museum.  

Further, the Regents authorize the transfer of funds identified for this purpose.  

[2009.06.06] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of 

the late George W. Brett to the National Postal Museum and creates and names The George 

W. Brett Philatelic Publications Endowment Fund, a publications endowment for the 

Museum.  [2009.06.07] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of Target Corporation and 

accepts the terms of the sponsorship gift agreement.  [2009.06.08] 
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VOTED that the Board of Regents delegates to the Executive Committee the authority to 

approve the terms of a lease agreement to accommodate the expansion of the National 

Postal Museum.  [2009.06.09] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Gilbert H. Kinney to the Board of Trustees of the 

Archives of American Art for a three‐year term effective immediately.  [2009.06.10] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Stuart Bohart and Marissa Mayer and 

reappoints Beth Comstock, Ronald M. Daignault, Madeleine Rudin Johnson, Francine S. 

Kittredge, Claudia Kotchka, Barbara Mandel, Henry R. Muñoz III, and Ruth Ann Stewart to 

the Board of Trustees of Cooper‐Hewitt, National Design Museum for three‐year terms 

effective immediately.  [2009.06.11] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Merit E. Janow and Ladislaus von Hoffman to 

the Board of Trustees of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for four‐

year terms effective September 11, 2009.  [2009.06.12] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Doris O. Matsui, Frederick J. Ryan, and Nicholas 

F. Taubman to the Advisory Board of the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. 

Behring Center, for three‐year terms effective October 1, 2009.  [2009.06.13] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Bruce Babbitt, Jonathan Fink, and Jeremy 

Sabloff to the Advisory Board of the National Museum of Natural History for three‐year 

terms effective immediately.  [2009.06.14] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Wendy Block and Curtin Winsor III to the 

Advisory Board of the National Zoological Park for three‐year terms effective immediately.  

[2009.06.15]  

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Dorothy Tapper Goldman to the Commission of 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum for a four‐year term effective July 1, 2009, and 

reappoints Judah Best and John T. Kotelly to the Commission for four‐year terms beginning 

July 1, 2009, and January 1, 2010, respectively.  [2009.06.16] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints John C. Stamato to the Advisory Board of the 

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center for a three‐year term effective immediately.  

[2009.06.17] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Raquel Egusquiza, Margarita Flores, Richard 

Marin, and Socorro Vasquez to the Smithsonian National Latino Board for three‐year terms 

effective immediately.  [2009.06.18] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents requests that the Chancellor appoint David M. 

Rubenstein to the Finance Committee.  [2009.06.19]