WHERE LEARNING HAPPENS

2010 ANNUAL REPORT
IT 

HAPPENS 

HERE
AND 

HERE
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SECRETARY G. WAYNE CLOUGH

Children engage with timeless

artwork on view in a National

Mall museum, while adults

enjoy Americana shared in a

traveling Smithsonian exhibition.

Teachers spark students’ interest

in science with lessons the

Smithsonian shapes, and jaws

drop as we unveil the splendor

of our nation’s aeronautic icons

in new settings. 

This year’s annual report

showcases the Smithsonian’s

ability to translate wonder into

learning and impact. It begins

with the reshaping of the

Institution’s own educational

outreach, helped by digital

technology, then shares stories

of active learning that illustrate

our potential to help change

the way America learns. 

Join researchers on personal

journeys of discovery as 

they navigate the vastness of

the ocean and explore the 

biodiversity of Panama. Read

about our broadening reach

into America’s communities.

See how we have a true impact

on the world, preserving our

national stories to resonate

long into the future and 

reaching beyond our borders to

save endangered species. Hear

about our plans to connect 

expertise across disciplines, 

inspiring questions that take 

us to unexpected places. 

To all who accompany us on

these journeys, and to all who

support us, thank you for the

difference you make.

FROM THE SECRETARY

EVERY DAY, MILLIONS 

EXPERIENCE THE WONDER OF 

THE SMITHSONIAN. 
LEARNING IS ESSENTIAL TO AMERICA’S

LEADERSHIP AND HUMANITY’S SUCCESS.

The Smithsonian was founded on the

principle that education can empower a

nation and enlighten the world. Today,

our potential to inspire learning has grown

exponentially. Technology enables our

educators to take Smithsonian resources

across the nation and around the globe,

connecting every community with the

power of discovery.

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FOREVER

LEARNING
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SMITHSONIAN EXPERIENCES and interactions open

doors of learning. From connecting impressionable

youngsters with passionate scientists — on the 

museum floor and in classrooms nationwide — 

to using collections on site and online to prompt 

curiosity and questions, the Smithsonian transforms

wonder into an opportunity for learning.

The Smithsonian is poised to expand its educational

outreach in new and dynamic ways. Overseeing this

effort is the Institution’s first Assistant Secretary for

Education and Access, Claudine Brown. “We must

be an entrepreneurial force for 21st-century education.

That means embracing

new technologies, 

engaging millions more

with our knowledge and

collections, and showing

how our brand of 

education translates 

into the skills students 

urgently need.

“Local partnerships are

essential. Schools alone

cannot do what needs to be done. Museums have 

always been informal places of education. Now the

Smithsonian must play an even more active role by

working with school communities to help children

reach their greatest potential.”

FORGING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS with

schools builds on the Smithsonian’s strengths: 

expanded opportunities for STEAM (science, technology,

engineering, arts, and mathematics) education; 

continued emphasis on active learning; and a balanced

approach that supports learning on site, in classrooms,

and online. “The Smithsonian has outstanding 

educators who are experts at generating wonder and

experienced researchers who are skilled at sharing

what they know,” says Brown. “We capture the 

imagination of young people and provide 

opportunities for exploration and engagement for

learners of all ages.” 

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MOVING

LEARNING 

FORWARD:

EDUCATION 

AND 

ACCESS

STUDENTS AS EXPERTS

The Mobile Learning Institute at the Smithsonian supports

young technology users in their quest to become technology 

innovators. At the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 

teens can create their own learning opportunities as they look at

art with new eyes, make connections independently, and work in

teams with smart phones and point-and-find technology to 

research and design interactive games that immerse peers and 

visitors in collections.
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HOW

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

AMY K. CARTER

Senior Program Officer, 

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Connecting tens of thousands

more school children to

Smithsonian treasures 

inspired the Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation to establish the Youth Access

Endowment with a transformative gift. It will bring

Smithsonian programming to under-resourced communities,

in person and online. “Students, regardless of where they

live, should have the opportunity to enrich their studies and

feed their curiosity with access to the Smithsonian’s unique

learning experiences — experiences not bounded by a 

physical visit to the museum’s galleries but accessible via the

Internet. The Foundation understands the powerful learning

that comes with an interaction — in person or virtually — 

between a student and a historic, scientific, or artistic object.

The chance to examine the Lorton Meteorite or a copy of a

Martin Luther King, Jr. speech creates deeper understanding

and connection, sparking a student’s imagination and 

future exploration.” 

CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?

The online SHOUT program encourages young people to engage

in global issues, participating in their own communities and 

online. For example, students on six continents are measuring tree

growth in their backyards and sending the results to a Smithsonian

Environmental Research Center database. The dynamic electronic

platform at shoutlearning.org hosts online discussions with

Smithsonian experts, posts student work, and propels teachers to

hone their own craft.

DIRECT FROM D.C.

The Smithsonian Associates promotes learning in local classrooms

by bringing experts and students face-to-face. The Lafayette,

Louisiana, public school system is a case in point. In 2010, scholars

and researchers from the National Air and Space Museum and the

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, among others, delivered

hands-on lessons about Earth and space science to 700 local 

eighth-graders.
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TRANSFORMING

SCIENCE 

EDUCATION:

NATIONAL

SCIENCE 

RESOURCES

CENTER

MAKING SCIENTIFIC LITERACY A PRIORITY for

American education is critical to building a globally

competitive workforce and to ensuring our children can

lead in cutting-edge fields and become stewards of the

environment. Twenty-five years ago, the Smithsonian,

together with the National Academies, formed the

National Science Resources Center to transform 

science education in our nation’s classrooms.

In 1985, one percent of our students had access 

to effective science programs. The picture has changed

through the Center’s Leadership and Assistance for

Science Education Reform (LASER) initiative, which

helps districts and states

build the leadership and

school system commitment

needed to prepare and

support teachers in 

bringing science to life in

their classrooms.

“Transforming science

education is an urgent 

national matter,” says

Center Executive Director 

Sally Goetz Shuler. “We need to be developing 

students who love and appreciate science and are good

problem solvers and critical thinkers.”

TODAY THE CENTER’S LASER programs are reaching

districts serving 30 percent of the U.S. student 

population. These programs are providing new learning

opportunities and experiences that lead to significant

gains in student achievement. 

In 2010, the Center took a major step toward

broader national expansion by winning a competitive,

five-year U.S. Department of Education Investing in

Innovation (i3) validation grant, which is leveraged by 

additional support from 12 foundations and 

corporations. These important new resources will

launch a national research study for testing and 

validating the LASER program with 75,000 rural and

urban students and 3,000 of their teachers.
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HOW 

INVESTMENT

MATTERS: 

ARNE DUNCAN

U.S. Secretary of Education

“I am thrilled with the early successes of the Investing in

Innovation (i3) Fund, which inspired nearly 1,700 applicants 

to develop approaches for serving high-need students. I am

eager to find out whether i3 can help discover and bring 

to scale innovative and effective programs, and I am 

excited to support partners like the Smithsonian that have

education as a core mission.”

THE SCIENCE OF LIFE 

The LASER initiative enables schools to nurture and sustain 

children’s innate passion for inquiry. Beginning with schoolspecific plans that bring teachers together in professional learning

communities, LASER provides a platform for engaging students. In

under-resourced classrooms, students may get the chance to try

simple experiments using a prism, scales, or a compass for the first

time, or take a field trip to meet scientists at work in their own

communities. LASER adapts to learning styles, helps students 

become better problem solvers, opens their eyes to careers in 

science, and draws a bright line between scientific principles and

real-world phenomena. “LASER nurtures in students a wonderful

relationship with the world around them,” says Kristin Bedell, a

teacher at Efland Creek Elementary School in North Carolina. “It gives

teachers in our district a common language to focus on building

capacity and creating better futures for our children.”
1910 WAS A WATERSHED YEAR FOR

SMITHSONIAN SCIENCE. The National 

Museum of Natural History opened its doors,

and President William Howard Taft backed a

Smithsonian biological survey of Panama,

paving the way for the creation of the

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Since

then, Smithsonian discovery has reshaped

science and changed forever our understanding of the depth of time, the diversity

of life on Earth, and the universe itself.

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UNDERSTANDING

THE WORLD 

OF NATURE
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WHAT WE KNOW about the world, and how we 

view it, are vastly different because of knowledge 

generated during the 100 years of the National

Museum of Natural History. 

Evolution’s story would be incomplete without

Smithsonian Secretary Charles D. Walcott’s 

discovery of the Burgess Shale’s exceptional fossil

record. The majority of our planet’s biodiversity might

be obscured without entomologist Terry Erwin’s 

findings, which multiplied thirty-fold estimates of the

number of species on Earth. And the next time 

you watch a crime drama, thank anthropologist 

Aleš Hrdlicˇka for 

inventing forensic science,

a tradition continued

through the work of 

museum scientists Doug

Owsley and Doug Ubelaker.

With 300 million visits

since it opened in 1910,

nearly seven million in

2010 alone, the nation’s

most-visited natural history

museum is using technology to share its riches with a

much larger audience. “Everyone should have full 

access to our collections online,” says Director Cristián

Samper. “We are already a destination. Now we want

to take our collections, content, and science to the

world. They are global. They belong to everyone.”

NEW RESEARCH AND BREAKTHROUGHS promise

to broaden the realm of discovery for all visitors during

the museum’s second century. Environmental science

will benefit from more information about rapid periods

of transition in Earth’s evolution. Molecular biology will

uncover insights about the genetics that code all life.

Global partnerships will accelerate efforts to preserve

the languages, knowledge, and achievements of 

disappearing cultures. Another collaboration of vast

proportions, the Encyclopedia of Life, will provide an

unprecedented online compendium of Earth’s 

1.9 million known species and engage current and 

future generations as active contributors. 

CELEBRATING A

CENTURY OF 

DISCOVERY:

NATIONAL

MUSEUM 

OF NATURAL

HISTORY

DEEP BLUE

The award-winning Ocean Portal, ocean.si.edu, a collaboration 

with two dozen organizations, led by the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, dives into the ecosystems, wonder,

and mysteries of our oceans. Visitors can navigate the waters 

that cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface; learn about their 

biodiversity; take a virtual peek inside The Sant Ocean Hall, one 

of the museum’s most-visited destinations; and understand why 

humankind’s stewardship is essential to the ocean’s future.
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NORTHERN EXPOSURE

The museum’s Arctic Studies Center embodies collaboration and 

relationships with indigenous cultures throughout the polar North.

In 2010, the Center loaned 600 objects from the collections of the

National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of

the American Indian to create Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our

Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. This landmark, multimedia

exhibition at the Anchorage Museum provides opportunities for

Alaska Natives to rediscover their heritage and examine artifacts

first-hand.

HOW

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

DR. PETER BUCK

Inspiring and training the 

next generation of scientists 

is the goal of The Peter

Buck Fellowship Program,

established to enable the

museum to offer a range of scholarly opportunities, from

long-term research fellowships to undergraduate and 

graduate internships. Dr. Buck’s gift endowed the program

to build on the museum’s tradition of mentorship and

strengthen ties to higher education institutions and research

centers worldwide. “My hope is that this program will guide

the museum’s next century, providing a constant influx of

new ideas as the museum pursues some of the most 

significant natural science research questions of our time.”

OUR EPIC JOURNEY

The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, which opened on

March 17, 2010, the museum’s 100th anniversary, delves into 

the evolution of Homo sapiens, the course of human civilization,

and our impact on this planet. The exhibition, complemented by a

popular educational website, challenges visitors to examine What

Does It Mean To Be Human? and offers new insights into our 

origins and history. For example, visitors learn that there have

been 18 species of hominin, and that our DNA is up to four 

percent Neanderthal.
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RESPECT FOR THE LAND

Work underway to expand the Panama Canal has led the

Institute to collaborate with the Panama Canal Authority on a

large-scale experiment on the canal’s surrounding landscape. The

Institute is using the canal’s watershed as a laboratory to determine

how Panama can best steward the precious fresh water that feeds

the canal, and determine land-use practices that will conserve it.

The findings are important to Panama’s future — and that of

many other regions of the world as well.

EXPLORING

BIODIVERSITY:

SMITHSONIAN

TROPICAL

RESEARCH

INSTITUTE

MORE THAN 2,000 MILES from Washington, D.C., 

one of the Smithsonian’s most successful research

centers is making discoveries not possible anywhere

else on Earth.

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in

Panama capitalizes on its location, which straddles the

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and enables a unique mix

of science. The isthmus’s amazing biodiversity, the

proximity of land and marine environments, and the

migrations of flora and fauna between North and

South America benefit the Institute enormously.

But the setting would mean little without a staff

of world-class experts,

bolstered by a steady

stream of outstanding

pre- and post-doctoral 

researchers, who carry on

a tradition of groundbreaking research. “The

Smithsonian’s 100 years

of research in Panama

has generated vast

knowledge we can apply

to everyday life,” says Eldredge Bermingham, the

Institute’s director. “And we’re just getting started.

Working in the most biodiverse setting, with so many

talented scientists, we never know where the next 

discovery will take us.”

MORE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDINGS of carbon

dynamics shed new light on issues of climate change.

Research on plant ecology and chemistry opens 

pathways to potential new drug discoveries. Studies

of coral reefs under stress aim to provide the intellectual

tools needed to reverse the coral decline. These 

discoveries, as diverse as the ecosystems they emerge

from, have one thing in common: by addressing

today’s most pressing global concerns, they are 

relevant to everyone, no matter where they live.
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HOW

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

FRANK LEVINSON

Fascinated by its research,

philanthropist Frank

Levinson approached the

Institute in 2001 to ask how

he could help. In the decade

since, he has helped launch a number of diverse projects,

including the Insect Neurobiology Laboratory, the 

biological-monitoring work of the Smithsonian Institution

Global Earth Observatories, and a dramatic expansion of

Panama Canal watershed research, for which Levinson

helped the Institute secure 2,500 acres on which to study

water flow and human-modified ecosystems. “The

Smithsonian is a world-embracing organization. If we can

get at better data, we can make better, more informed

choices, because everybody’s actions affect other people

and other places.”

LOSSES INTO GAINS

The Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project

has helped to rescue amphibians on the brink of extinction. As 

a disease that has devastated dozens of frog species continues to

spread, the Institute and the National Zoo’s Smithsonian Conservation

Biology Institute formed a coalition to gather needed scientific 

resources and airlift frogs to a new amphibian conservation facility

in Panama. The project, which established secure populations of

all surviving harlequin frog species in Panama, discovered several

new frog species, and successfully bred three kinds of endangered

frogs in captivity, is making progress on a cure for the disease.

SMALL MARVELS

Bugs and computers usually don’t mix. An important exception

can be found in the Institute’s Insect Neurobiology Laboratory,

which postulates that the smallest brains on Earth are wired 

for critical functions — mating, eating, providing for a colony 

leader — and thus may hold a key to the next generation of 

nanotechnology.
THE SMITHSONIAN TELLS AMERICA’S STORY

IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY — how our 

nation came to be, makes history, and meets

the challenges that shape us. We instill

pride, inspire dreams, and share the 

perspectives that make us, out of many, one.

On and around the National Mall, through

traveling exhibitions, and online, we remind 

all Americans that this story is theirs to 

cherish, add to, and pass on to future 

generations.

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TELLING 

AMERICA’S

STORIES
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FOR ALMOST 60 YEARS, the Smithsonian Institution

Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) has brought our

museums to cities and towns in all 50 states, enriching

communities, spanning cultures, enlivening the 

sciences, and celebrating the arts. In 2010, SITES 

circulated 54 exhibitions to 512 venues in all 

50 states, reaching 5 million visitors.

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TRAVELING 

ACROSS 

AMERICA:

SMITHSONIAN

INSTITUTION

TRAVELING

EXHIBITION

SERVICE

NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS

PER STATE

11-20

21+

1-10

Virgin Islands

Puerto Rico

Guam
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HOW 

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

JIM VELLA

President, 

Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services

“The Freedom’s Sisters project has been an enormously 

powerful way for Ford to ensure that inspirational stories of

leadership and courage touch people of all ages and backgrounds across the nation. It’s deeply gratifying for us to

step back and remind ourselves that museumgoers in 

10 cities have been enriched by the contributions of the

Freedom’s Sisters in shaping our country and its conscience.”

LET FREEDOM RING

Chicago’s DuSable Museum put a local twist on the

Smithsonian’s Freedom’s Sisters and its 20 portraits of

courageous, visionary African American women during

its three-month engagement that spanned African

American and Women’s History Months. The DuSable

invited audiences to celebrate the local contributions

of pioneering Chicago women, sing along at a gospel

concert, and meet two of the living-legend Sisters 

featured in the exhibition — poet Sonia Sanchez, who

headlined a spoken-word performance, and revered

educator and activist, the late Dr. Dorothy Height.

“Like all Smithsonian exhibitions, Freedom’s Sisters

met a higher standard,” says DuSable’s President and

Chief Executive Officer Carol Adams. “Like all SITES

exhibitions, we were able to make it our own — 

building on what we do, engaging audiences in an 

interactive treasure trove of living history, and inspiring

them to make history.”
“Rockwell symbolized what America was aspiring to

and held most dear. He captured society’s ambitions

and emotions. He talked about real people. He

showed you the way real people lived their lives.” 

— George Lucas

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SEEING

OURSELVES:

SMITHSONIAN

AMERICAN

ART MUSEUM

THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM 

brought together three masterful American storytellers in one memorable exhibition, Telling Stories:

Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George

Lucas and Steven Spielberg. The unique exhibition

featured 57 works from the collections of the 

celebrated filmmakers, both avid fans of the American 

artist and students of his unrivaled, single-frame 

narrative technique. During a six-month run, Rockwell’s

art won over many new followers, often captivated by

its timeless quality. “Few exhibitions capture the

shared experience of Telling Stories,” says Virginia

Mecklenburg, the museum’s senior curator.

“Watching a teenager explain the pictures to her

grandmother as she pushes her wheelchair reminds us

that the most compelling art provides a new way to

understand what we know — or think we know.” 

“Thank God [Rockwell] painted pictures to inspire 

other filmmakers to do better work. I think that’s 

what Rockwell has done for all of us who love 

him and appreciate his paintings. He has made us 

better artists.”

— Steven Spielberg
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HOW 

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

RALPH W. SHRADER 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Booz Allen Hamilton

During its six-month run, Telling Stories attracted 

national media attention and played to a packed house — 

more than 700,000 visitors attended, representing at 

least 43 countries. Corporate sponsor Booz Allen 

Hamilton was important to the exhibition’s success, 

providing support for the exhibition and its broad range 

of public programs and student and teacher materials.

“There is no better stage than the Smithsonian American

Art Museum to showcase Norman Rockwell’s themes of

citizenship, honor, and friendship. This was a once-in-alifetime exhibition that got a tremendous response from

art lovers across our nation and around the world. We

were privileged to be a part of making Telling Stories 

happen, and are proud of our continuing Smithsonian

partnership.” 
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SOARING 

ASPIRATIONS:

NATIONAL

AIR AND SPACE

MUSEUM

LIKE DREAMERS AND FLYERS of aviation lore, visitors

to the National Air and Space Museum found even

more to marvel at in 2010. The Barron Hilton Pioneers

of Flight Gallery, a complete update of one of the 

museum’s most popular exhibitions, opened in

November. Based on new research and containing a

larger number of iconic objects — from aircraft like

Amelia Earhart’s red Lockheed 5B Vega to artifacts

never before seen by the public — the gallery introduces

visitors to legendary military and civilian pilots, African

American trailblazers, and rocket scientists. The 

interactive gallery features displays for all age groups,

including a section for preschoolers.
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HOW 

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

STEVEN M. HILTON

President and Chief Executive Officer,

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

“Since childhood, my father, Barron Hilton, has always been 

inspired by the excitement and adventure of flying. I join 

him in hoping the Smithsonian’s excellent new gallery will 

infuse future generations with the same passion to pursue

their dreams.”
IN THE 21ST CENTURY, EVERYONE IS A

GLOBAL CITIZEN. The Smithsonian connects

us to the world — school children in 

earthquake-stricken Haiti, scientists tracking

tigers in India, a master drummer from

Cameroon sharing his music, Mexican 

acrobats celebrating a folk tradition. We 

lend expertise and ambassadorship; cross 

boundaries, cultures, and disciplines with 

our network of educators and scholars; and,

through these many windows, create 

opportunities for learning that advance 

understanding for all.

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WINDOW ON

THE WORLD 
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CONNECTING

NATIONS:

NATIONAL

MUSEUM OF 

THE AMERICAN

INDIAN

OPENING EYES TO THE COMPLEXITY and riches of

the Americas’ Native cultures underlies the work of

the National Museum of the American Indian and its

latest landmark exhibition. Built on the remarkable

scope of the George Gustav Heye collection, much 

of which had been out of public view for decades,

Infinity of Nations became the first permanent 

exhibition at the museum’s Heye Center in New York

City when it opened in October 2010. 

Showcasing art and artifacts from Tierra del Fuego

to the Arctic Circle, and calling on unique knowledge

from the originating Native peoples, Infinity of Nations

demonstrates both the

distinct identities and the

interconnectedness of

Indian cultures before

Europeans arrived. “Native

America was astoundingly

diverse and vibrant and

fully occupied,” says

Director Kevin Gover.

“Our job is to repair 

misunderstandings while 

imparting an even deeper sense of American history.”

WHILE INFINITY OF NATIONS may begin in the 

past, it does not dwell there, incorporating the work

of contemporary Native American artists and using

the latest technology to engage audiences. The 

exhibition introduces the Smithsonian’s first bilingual

mobile app, which takes remote and on-site visitors 

on a tour featuring 60 objects. And, like admission,

the new app is free.

“The world we know could only have emerged by

virtue of contact between Native Americans and the

rest of the world,” Gover says. “No matter who you

are, this exhibition is about your history.”
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HOW 

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

Infinity of Nations benefited from the generosity of The 

Henry Luce Foundation, which provided critical pilot 

funding, and the Leon Levy Foundation, which made 

possible a 320-page companion publication, as well as 

exhibition technology that extends Infinity of Nations into 

the virtual world.

“What ignites Infinity of Nations is the exceptional beauty of

the objects. What makes it important is how the National

Museum of the American Indian is taking a fresh look at

this collection, reaching beyond the aesthetic to interpret the

artists’ expressions of their distinctive cultures, and creating

opportunities for public education and scholarship.”

— Michael Gilligan, President, The Henry Luce Foundation

“We are very pleased to support two important goals: the

publication of the Infinity of Nations catalog, which adds to

scholarship and knowledge of the past, and innovative 

exhibition technology, which engages visitors of all ages.”

Infinity of Nations presents 700 objects of cultural, historical, and — Shelby White, Trustee, Leon Levy Foundation

aesthetic importance spanning some 5,500 years — from early 

examples of Western Hemisphere art to the work of today's

Native artists.
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BLAZING 

NEW TRAILS:

NATIONAL

ZOOLOGICAL

PARK

VISITORS WATCH INTENTLY as a family of Asian 

elephants trundles up the road, happy to stretch their

legs, the nine-year-old running ahead under the

watchful gaze of his mother and the eldest of the

herd, 63-year-old Ambika.

In September, the first phase of Elephant Trails

opened to zoo guests, making majestic moments like

this one possible. Years in the making, the new home

for the National Zoo’s Asian elephants includes the

Elephant Exercise Trek, two new outdoor yards, a 

private barn, and The Homer and Martha Gudelsky

Elephant Outpost. These new spaces, designed to 

better engage the public,

will be complete in 2013

with the elephant house

renovation.

“The National Zoo is

uniquely positioned to

create a brighter future

for Asian elephants,” 

says Large Mammal

Curator Tony Barthel.

“From Elephant Trails to

our science, breeding, and training programs that 

prepare the next generation of researchers and 

caretakers worldwide, our staff is leading the way.”

THE COMFORT of these highly intelligent, social 

animals is important: a pool and shaded structures in

the yard provide relief from the summer’s heat and

humidity, while heaters offer warmth from the winter’s

cold. Elephant Trails supports the daily activities of a

multi-generational herd, showcases the Zoo’s commitment to staying at the forefront of animal care, and

provides the flexibility needed to adapt to a larger

herd and incorporate future husbandry innovations.
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HOW

PHILANTHROPY 

MATTERS: 

JOHN W. MARRIOTT III

The Marriott family’s gift to

Elephant Trails comes from

the heart. Says John

Marriott, “I love animals in

general, and elephants hold

a special place.” He cherishes

memories of seeing elephants in the wild in Africa and

Thailand. “My family is proud to invest in a wonderful 

opportunity to get more kids excited about conservation,

science, and animal health, and to teach them how fragile

our planet is. The National Zoo is a global leader. Its work

sets an example for the world.”

ELEPHANT TRAILS

The Smithsonian believes the best conservation begins at home.

That is why, more than a building project, Elephant Trails is a 

campaign to save the diminishing numbers of Asian elephants in

the wild by assembling resources and decision-makers, combining

them with world-renowned Smithsonian programs, and supporting

broader public education. With their numbers decreased by 70

percent, the pachyderms are on the International Union for the

Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. As no

single entity can save Asian elephants, the National Zoo is bringing

together partners in dozens of countries — governments, 

non-governmental organizations, zoos, individual philanthropists —

to make this campaign a global priority.
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FORGING CONNECTIONS 

TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE:

FOUR CONSORTIA SPEARHEAD

COLLABORATIONS

UNDERSTANDING AND SUSTAINING 

A BIODIVERSE PLANET

CONSORTIUM DIRECTOR W. JOHN KRESS 

Curator and Research Scientist, 

Botany Department, National Museum of Natural History

“In this new age, scholarship has to be collaborative 

because issues have become more complex. During

my travels to numerous countries around the globe, 

I have seen that biodiversity and sustainability go hand

in hand. This interconnectedness with every aspect of 

society shows why the Consortia are needed. In my 22

years here, I’ve never before had the chance, and the

encouragement, to think and work like this. Together

we can expand the Smithsonian’s impact on the world.”

UNDERSTANDING 

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

CONSORTIUM DIRECTOR MICHELLE DELANEY 

Senior Program Officer, 

Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture 

“The Smithsonian’s scope, research experience, and

expertise will help the arts and sciences come 

together in unprecedented ways. I have always been

fascinated by the intricate contours of America’s diversity,

how they interweave and form one great nation. We 

can unlock the potential of a great institution in much

the same way. My colleagues across the Smithsonian 

are embracing the opportunity to develop, launch, and

grow tomorrow’s signature projects.”
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IN DOZENS OF DISCIPLINES, THE SMITHSONIAN DRIVES SCHOLARSHIP, EXPANDS PARTNERSHIPS, 

AND ADVANCES NEW KNOWLEDGE. Imagine, then, the synergy that can flow when we connect such 

expertise across disciplines. This concept underlies the four Consortia now tackling the Smithsonian’s 

Grand Challenges. With four outstanding researchers at the helm and funding from the Bill & Melinda 

Gates Foundation, the Consortia already have launched 31 projects, which promote new ideas and lay the

groundwork for initiatives that transcend single museums — and may, just possibly, improve our world.

UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES 

OF THE UNIVERSE

CONSORTIUM DIRECTOR CHRISTINE JONES 

Senior Astrophysicist, 

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

“Answering expansive questions like ‘Are we 

alone in the universe?’ requires more than an 

astronomer’s perspective. I marvel at the breadth 

of possibilities the Consortia enable. It starts with the

great working relationships I share with my fellow 

directors and the philosophy we share about the power

of interdisciplinary work. Collaborating and building

world-class teams of experts will make us even stronger

scientifically.”

 VALUING WORLD CULTURES

CONSORTIUM DIRECTOR ROBERT LEOPOLD

Senior Program Officer, 

Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture

“ The sum of human ingenuity increases all of our 

knowledge. The Consortia are providing venture capital

to Smithsonian scholars to pursue their work in novel,

imaginative, and integrative ways. But it takes more than

sheer resources: we must also partner with researchers

and communities around the world. Their trust in the

Smithsonian will allow us to take center stage on issues 

of global significance.”
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As the changing political and economic

environments continue to impact the

Smithsonian in sometimes unexpected

ways, the Board remains prepared to

advance the mission of the

Smithsonian through enlightened 

governance and oversight. 

The Regents recognize that 

building on the substantial progress

achieved over the past year requires,

especially in uncertain times, the

Smithsonian to stay strategically 

focused. In 2009, the Regents 

enthusiastically approved an ambitious

strategic plan. Since then, the Regents

have promoted and monitored 

advances made under the plan and

have seen real and encouraging

progress — the Smithsonian’s diverse

collections and scholarship are being

used to creatively address compelling

questions in science, history, arts, and

culture. 

At the same time, the Regents

recognize their responsibility to ensure

the financial resources necessary to

continue that progress. The

Smithsonian receives approximately

two-thirds of its annual budget from

the federal government. With the

guidance of our congressional

Regents, the Board has helped to 

ensure that the President and the

Congress remain aware of the

Smithsonian’s important contributions

to the nation. Hard decisions likely lie

ahead, and the Regents will work with

Secretary G. Wayne Clough to develop

a framework to make them. Several

Regents are assuming leadership roles

in national fundraising efforts as well

as providing strategic expertise and 

advice on Smithsonian business and 

investment activities.

Sustained progress also requires

strong leadership. In addition to key

appointments that enhanced Secretary

Clough’s leadership team in 2010, the

Board of Regents welcomed three new

members. Steve Case of Virginia has

joined the Board as a citizen Regent.

Mr. Case is a well-known Internet 

pioneer entrepreneur who will

strengthen the Board as the

Smithsonian undertakes innovative 

educational initiatives and works to 

increase access to all it offers. The Board

also welcomed new congressional

Regents — Senator Jack Reed of

Rhode Island and Representative

Steven LaTourette of Ohio. Both

Senator Reed and Representative

LaTourette are leaders on education

and science, two critical Smithsonian

priorities.

With clear objectives, focused

leadership, and a commitment to

strengthening the public-private 

partnership, the Board is confident

that the Smithsonian is well-positioned

to meet the future. 

Patty Stonesifer, 

Chair of the Smithsonian

Board of Regents.

BOARD OF REGENTS REPORT

THROUGHOUT 2010, THE BOARD OF REGENTS SUPPORTED

THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INSTITUTION’S STRATEGIC PLAN. 
GROWTH IN NET ASSETS, IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

OVER FIVE YEARS

2010 $2,676

2009 $2,473

2008 $2,394

2007 $2,495

2006 $2,274

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FINANCIAL REPORT

The Smithsonian finished the year in a sound financial position, 

benefiting from the good performance of its business operations 

and raising $166.6 million in private contributions. With improvements

in the financial markets, the endowment ended the year at 

$977 million.

The Smithsonian receives funding from direct federal government 

appropriations, from other governmental entities, and from private

sources. Public dollars provide foundational infrastructure for the 

Institution’s operations, and are used to conserve national collections;

sustain basic research; operate, maintain, and protect the Smithsonian’s

museums and research centers; and provide administrative and 

support services. 

Private funds leverage federal dollars and allow the Smithsonian

to more fully share its collections, research, and expertise with the 

nation and the world. 

The 2010 annual audit was conducted by KPMG LLP. For a 

complete set of audited financial statements, contact the Office of 

the Comptroller at (202) 633-7250.

ENDOWMENT REPORT

The Smithsonian’s endowment continued to provide a stable, 

growing stream of payouts for current expenditures. The endowment's

primary objectives are to generate sufficient returns over the long

term (five to 10 years) and to maintain spending without depleting

the real value of its assets. The endowment began the fiscal year 

with assets of $881.8 million and ended with assets of $977 million,

reflecting a total return of close to $100 million. The endowment 

payout provided $47.1 million for program support and operations.

The endowment benefited from $41.2 million in additions from 

contributions and an investment return of 11.8 percent, reflecting the

recovery in world financial markets. The endowment’s long-term asset

allocation is shown in the table below.

ASSET ALLOCATION

Asset Class Long-Term Policy Allocation

Hedge Funds 35%

Global Equity 25%

Private Equity & Venture Capital 10%

Real Assets 10%

Fixed Income & Cash 10%

Emerging Markets 10%

FINANCIAL ACTIVITY, IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

FY 2010 AND 2009

2010 2009

Operating Revenue $1,139 $1,086

Operating Expenses 980 950

Increase in Operating Net Assets 159 136

Increase (Decrease) in Other Assets 44 (57)

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets 203 79

FINANCIAL POSITION, IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

FY 2010 AND 2009

2010 2009

Trust Federal Total Funds

Assets $2,023 $1,393 $3,416 $3,208

Liabilities 343 397 740 735

Net Assets 1,680 996 2,676 2,473

REVENUES

Federal Appropriations 61%

Contributions & Private Grants 16%

Government Grants & Contracts 11%

Investment Earnings 5%

Other 4%

Business Ventures 3%

EXPENSES

Other Operating Expenses 46%

Salaries & Benefits 41%

Capital Expenses 13%

FINANCIAL 

REPORTS

FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
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SMITHSONIAN ENTERPRISES REPORT

Smithsonian Enterprises provides unrestricted funds to the Institution

and its museums through the operation of revenue-generating 

activities that include museum stores, restaurants, IMAX theaters, the

Smithsonian Catalog, Smithsonian and Air & Space/Smithsonian

magazines, the Smithsonian Channel, Smithsonian Books, and family,

adult, and student travel programs.

Smithsonian Enterprises contributed $27.8 million in net gain to

the Institution in fiscal year 2010 on revenues of $146.5 million, an 

increase of 3 percent over 2009. 

2010 HIGHLIGHTS

SMITHSONIAN NETWORKS significantly increased its market presence

by signing a distribution agreement with cable distributor Comcast.

The Smithsonian Channel received an Emmy award nomination for 

D-Day: The True Story of Omaha.

LICENSING partnered with QVC to develop a line of jewelry 

inspired by objects in the National Museum of Natural History’s 

National Gem and Mineral Collection. A live show promoting the 

jewelry line was broadcast in September. An agreement with florist

FTD created a new floral line inspired by Smithsonian Gardens.

Subway Restaurants and the National Museum of Natural History

partnered on a three-month promotion in which 23,000 U.S. Subway

locations included museum-branded reusable lunch bags in kids’

meals, each containing a premium exploring geology, paleontology,

entomology, or vertebrate zoology.

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 

double issue and a subscriber event and panel discussion held at the

Donald W. Reynolds Center. A special issue on top cultural travel 

destinations, featuring PBS travel host Rick Steves, became the 

magazine group’s all-time bestseller on newsstands.

SMITHSONIAN IMAX THEATERS opened mission-oriented 

films including Journey to Mecca, Legends of Flight, and Hubble 3D.

The last features footage from Smithsonian collections of the 

telescope’s launch.

THE RETAIL GROUP redesigned the National Museum of 

American History’s exit store employing an American pop culture

theme, and updated the National Museum of Natural History’s Gem

Store to improve its product mix, traffic flow, and visual appeal.

SMITHSONIAN BOOKS will distribute its new and backlist titles

through Random House Publisher Services, capitalizing on the 

company’s strong presence in the academic, library, art, and 

international markets.

SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS travelers participated in the World Leaders

Symposium, “Global Challenges in a Post-Perestroika World.”

Speakers included Mikhail Gorbachev and Condoleezza Rice, 

and Google Vice President Vinton Cerf served as the Smithsonian

study leader.

AS THE GENEROSITY of the donors highlighted in this annual 

report illustrates, private philanthropy is the essential ingredient that 

allows the Smithsonian to achieve its full potential. Private sector 

support is vital to the Smithsonian’s ability to transform itself for the

21st century and realize the vision set forth in its strategic plan. 

Gifts from people, corporations, and foundations allow the 

Smithsonian to acquire objects that strengthen national collections;

create dynamic exhibitions and employ the latest technology; lead 

research on issues critical to humankind; and innovate on site and 

online in ways that inspire people of all backgrounds and ages toward

lifelong learning.

The Smithsonian gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, 

corporations, and foundations whose contributions are vital to the 

Smithsonian’s ambitious vision to inspire future generations.

Information on the uses and sources of private dollars contributed

to the Smithsonian in 2010 is provided in the tables and graphs

below. 

PURPOSE OF FUNDS RAISED

IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Exhibitions, Education,

& Public Programs $84.6 51%

Facilities & Public Spaces 34.0 20%

Smithsonian, General Support 21.3 13%

Museums & Research Centers, 

General Support 16.0 10%

Research 6.7 4%

Acquisitions & Collections 4.0 2%

TOTAL 166.6 100%

FUNDS RAISED BY SOURCE

IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Foundations $ 66.4 40%

Individuals 64.3 39%

Corporations 30.8 18%

Other 5.1 3%

TOTAL 166.6 100%

PHILANTHROPY 

REPORT

FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
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BROADEN ACCESS 

TO THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Philanthropy helps the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American

History showcase the best of America through redesigned spaces and

virtual tools that inspire, inform, and educate visitors on site and online.

VERIZON FOUNDATION 

Furthering learning that 

is both innovative and 

standards-based, the Verizon Foundation’s $1.39 million gift continues

the foundation’s support of the National Museum of American

History’s History Explorer website. As part of the Verizon Thinkfinity

online portal, the site serves teachers, students, and families. Over the

past decade, Verizon has also given to the National Museum of the

American Indian, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the

Asian Pacific American Program. 

WARNER BROS.

Famous for pioneering the use of sound in American

film, Warner Bros. made a $5 million gift to the

Museum of American History, which will enable the

museum to transform its auditorium into a modern

theater by adding new technology — including 3-D

film projection. When completed, the newly named Warner Bros.

Theater will allow the museum to present the history of American 

film and expand offerings such as film screenings, concerts, symposia,

and other public programs. 

LEADERSHIP 

GIFTS

WE ARE 

GRATEFUL TO

2010’S LEADERSHIP

DONORS. 

THEIR GENEROUS 

GIFTS AND

PLEDGES OF 

$1 MILLION OR

MORE HELP 

US TO...
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TELL THE NATION’S WHOLE STORY

Private support is helping to establish a museum and a collection as 

the National Museum of African American History and Culture takes

shape on the National Mall. Set to open in 2015, the museum will use

the African American story as a lens to examine what it means to be

an American.

AMERICAN EXPRESS

American Express continues a 35-year history of 

Smithsonian support with a $5 million gift toward the 

design and construction of the National Museum of

African American History and Culture. American Express

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Chenault currently

serves as a member of the museum’s Council. In recognition of this 

latest gift, the museum will feature a gallery sponsored by American

Express. 

W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION 

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s 

$3.5 million grant advances the design

and building of the National Museum

of African American History and Culture and supports Saving our

African American Treasures, an initiative to engage families and 

communities in identifying and preserving African American artifacts.

The Kellogg Foundation has provided financial assistance to the

Smithsonian for more than two decades, including grants to the National

Museum of Natural History, National Museum of the American Indian,

Asian Pacific American Program, Smithsonian Center for Education and

Museum Studies, and the National Museum of African Art. 

EARL W. AND AMANDA STAFFORD

Earl and Amanda Stafford made a $1 million gift

for the design and construction of the National

Museum of African American History and

Culture. As founding donors to the Smithsonian’s

newest museum, the Staffords are assisting the

Institution in its ambitious plans to document and

commemorate the African American experience

as part of this country’s history.

STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL COLLECTIONS 

THROUGH CONSERVATION

Preserving a nation’s cultural heritage preserves a nation. Aided by 

private philanthropy, the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute

develops and applies innovative conservation techniques that benefit

collections across our 19 museums, as well as those of hundreds of

other institutions worldwide each year.

THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION

Using a $1.75 million challenge grant from The Andrew W. Mellon

Foundation, the Museum Conservation Institute was able to raise 

sufficient matching funds to endow its directorship. The Foundation’s

support helps the Institute use the latest technologies to study 

museum objects and slow their deterioration. With this grant, the

Foundation continues more than four decades of sustaining a wide

array of Smithsonian scientific, cultural, and arts projects.
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EXPAND THE REACH AND FOOTPRINT 

OF AMERICA’S DESIGN MUSEUM

Helping to show how design makes the world better, Cooper-Hewitt,

National Design Museum is the nation’s only museum focused solely

on historic and contemporary design. Generous contributions to

RE:DESIGN, the museum’s capital campaign, will nearly double gallery

space, augment educational programming, and provide endowment

support. (Shown above: artist’s rendering of third-floor gallery.)

ALICE R. GOTTESMAN

Alice Gottesman, a member of Cooper-Hewitt’s Board of Trustees

since 2002 and chair of its education committee, has made a 

$1 million gift to RE:DESIGN for the renovation project. Ms. Gottesman

and The Gottesman Fund have supported the Smithsonian and

Cooper-Hewitt for over two decades with important gifts to enhance

educational online resources, programs, and initiatives at 

Cooper-Hewitt.

USE NEW TECHNOLOGY 

TO SPEED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH

The National Museum of Natural History is pursuing projects that 

help scientists rapidly identify and better understand animal and plant

species. Enabled by private funding, the Consortium for the Barcode

of Life furthers the efforts of 200 member institutions to build a 

DNA reference library whose data can help protect public health and

natural resources. 

ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION

With its latest grant of 

$1.718 million to the Consortium 

for the Barcode of Life, the 

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will continue building the online DNA 

sequence library and expand the Consortium’s work to new areas,

such as setting standards for fungi. This grant is the fourth the

Foundation has made to this important project, which will 

accelerate efforts to build the Encyclopedia of Life, another Smithsonianhosted initiative in which the Foundation has been instrumental. 

LEADERSHIP 

GIFTS
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THE BOEING COMPANY 

A major donor to the museum, 

The Boeing Company has made 

a $4 million gift toward the 

Udvar-Hazy Center’s final phase of construction. In recognition, the

Smithsonian will extend the naming of the Boeing Aviation Hangar. 

A manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space, and 

security systems, Boeing’s financial support of the Smithsonian is, 

cumulatively, the most contributed by any corporate donor. 

SUSAN AND JIM CARGILL, 

MEGHANN AND PATRICK HARKER, CHRISTIAN HARKER 

James Cargill, his sons Patrick and Christian Harker, and his daughterin-law Meghann Harker have given $1 million for the completion of

the Udvar-Hazy Center. Their gift was made in honor of Susan M.

Cargill, James Cargill’s wife and Patrick and Christian Harker’s mother.

In recognition, the Institution has named a Center classroom in 

memory of Mrs. Cargill. Mr. Cargill was a founding member of the 

museum’s Board and has contributed to the Smithsonian’s 

membership program since 1987. 

LEE H. CRUSE TRUST

A memorial gift of $1 million from the Lee H. Cruse Trust supports 

the completion of the Udvar-Hazy Center and honors the life of 

aerobatic pilot Vicki Cruse, daughter of the late Mr. Cruse. This 

donation also funds renovation of the aerobatic exhibit station, which

highlights the allure of precision maneuvers for spectators and the 

improvements in aircraft technology and flying tactics that result from

aerobatic flying. 

ROD LEWIS AND FAMILY

Rodney R. Lewis, an avid collector and pilot of

World War II aircraft, and a museum Board 

member and donor, has given $1 million to help

build the much-needed conservation facilities 

at the Udvar-Hazy Center. Mr. Lewis has made 

this gift in honor of Glacier Girl, a Lockheed 

P-38F Lightning World War II fighter plane.

CELEBRATE AMERICA’S AIR AND SPACE HISTORY

Every air- and spacecraft at the National Air and Space Museum has a story. The final phase of construction at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center,

a facility built entirely with private funds, adds space to process, restore, and conserve America’s largest and most iconic flight-related objects,

safeguarding them — and their stories — for future generations. 
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PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES 

AND SUSTAIN HABITATS

The National Zoo’s Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, in partnership with George Mason University, trains the next generation of

conservation scientists who will study ecological communities and

ecosystems. Gifts to this program advance a top Smithsonian priority:

understanding and sustaining a biodiverse planet.

JOHN AND ADRIENNE MARS

John and Adrienne Mars have made a $1 million contribution to 

the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute to help build a new 

academic center, which will vastly expand classroom and laboratory

facilities in Front Royal, Virginia. The center will improve the capacity

of both the Smithsonian and its partner, George Mason University, 

to train a much larger contingent of new leaders in conservation.

For more than three decades, the couple has served on Smithsonian

boards and funded Smithsonian initiatives, including the 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and the National Zoo’s Elephant Trails and

Asia Trails.

LEADERSHIP 

GIFTS

SHOWCASE THE NATION’S STAMP COLLECTION

Small postage stamps provide a big window on American history.

Backed by generous donors, the National Postal Museum is able to 

realize an ambitious plan that will add the William H. Gross Stamp

Gallery and develop education and welcome centers to deepen 

appreciation for the collection. 

HUBERT N. (JAY) HOFFMAN, III

A member of the Postal Museum’s Council of

Philatelists since 2004, Hubert N. (Jay) Hoffman, III 

is helping the museum significantly increase its 

reach and its exhibition space with a $1 million gift.

Thanks to Mr. Hoffman’s generosity, more visitors

will be able to experience the wonder of stamps and

learn how stamps communicate the nation’s history.
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THE SMITHSONIAN GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES

THOSE DONORS WHO MADE GIFTS, PAYMENTS 

ON GIFTS, OR PLEDGES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 

ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010.

DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

$1,000,000 OR MORE

We especially value the philanthropic leadership 

shown by the Institution’s most generous donors.

Airbus

American Express

The Boeing Company

Dr. Peter Buck

Susan and Jim Cargill 

Meghann and Patrick Harker 

Christian Harker

Lee H. Cruse Trust

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Alice R. Gottesman

The William and Sue Gross Family Foundation

Hubert N. (Jay) Hoffman, III

Mr. Robert L. Johnson

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

David H. Koch

Rod Lewis and Family

Lockheed Martin

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ‡

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

John and Adrienne Mars ‡

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Microsoft Corporation*

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse

Oneida Indian Nation (New York)

Rockefeller Foundation

Victoria and Roger Sant

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford

Terra Foundation for American Art

Esme Usdan and James Snyder

Verizon Foundation

Warner Bros.

$500,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Booz Allen Hamilton

The Morris and Gwendolyn 

Cafritz Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

GE Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Holt, 

The Hillside Foundation, Inc.

Honeywell

Peter and Paula Lunder ‡

John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Motorola Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. O’Neill

John F. W. Rogers

Alice and David Rubenstein

Shell

Small World Institute Fund

Smithsonian Women’s Committee

Holly and George Stone and Family

Target

The Upton Trust

$100,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

Accenture

A&E Television Networks

Alcoa Foundation

Altman Foundation

Anela KoLohe Foundation

Judy Hart Angelo and 

John M. Angelo

The Argus Fund

Max N. and Heidi L. Berry

BMCE Bank Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Bohart

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bresler 

(Bresler Family Foundation)

The Broadway League

The Burkle Family Foundation

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Callen

Constance R. Caplan

Cessna Aircraft Company

CGH Technologies, Inc.

ChevronTexaco

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Claussen ‡

The Coca-Cola Company

Conservation International

Council on Library and 

Information Resources

Ms. Carol Ann Crotty

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Mr. Jeffrey P. Cunard

Mr. Ronald M. Daignault

Dancing Star Foundation

Georgia and Michael de Havenon

Frances K. Dibner Charitable Trust

and the Dibner Family

Jim and Janet Dicke

Mrs. Sadhana Bahadur Downs

DuPont

Mr. and Mrs. Farhad F. Ebrahimi

Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

ExxonMobil

FedEx Corporation

Winnie and Michael Feng

The Fertilizer Institute

The Ford Foundation

Ms. Marilyn Friedman

Friends of the National Zoo

The Funger Foundation, 

Norma Lee and Morton Funger

General Motors Company

Graff Diamonds

Agnes Gund

Hakuta Family

Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley 

Charitable Trust

Catherine and Richard W. Herbst

Alexandra and Paul Herzan

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

Lisina M. Hoch ‡

Inter-American Foundation*

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The Joan and Herb 

Kelleher Foundation

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney

Robert and Arlene Kogod

The Honorable Colleen Kotelly and

Mr. John T. Kotelly

Constance and Harvey Krueger

Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak

LEGO Children’s Fund

Mrs. Dorothy Lemelson, 

The Lemelson Foundation ‡

Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest ‡

F.H. Levinson Fund ‡

Leon Levy Foundation

Richard Lounsbery Foundation

Jon and Lillian Lovelace

The Henry Luce Foundation

Lukoil*

The Elizabeth Carolyn Lux Foundation

Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation

Christian L. and Edna M. March

Nancy Abeles Marks

Frank and Susan Mars

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr.

MetLife Foundation

Morris Animal Foundation

Mystic Stamp Company

National Association of Realtors*

The National Museum of Korea

The Nature Conservancy

NetApp*

Northrop Grumman Corporation

NYSE Euronext Foundation

Oasis Management Limited

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Richard D. and Laura A. Parsons

Pearson Foundation

PEPCO

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust

The Prudential Foundation

James Renwick Alliance

Reve Foundation

Rockwell Collins

Rolls-Royce North America Inc.

Susan and Elihu Rose

Drs. Valerie and John Rowe

Ms. Pat Rubin and 

Mr. Theodore J. Slavin

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Scheumann

Nina and Ivan Selin ‡

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community of Minnesota

The Shubert Organization, Inc.

Albert and Shirley Small

Small World Institute Fund

Robert H. and Clarice Smith

Society for Conservation Biology

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Stoner

‡ Smithsonian National Board Alumnus *Partial or full gift-in-kind
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DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

Mr. and Mrs. Kelso F. Sutton 

(Kelso F. and Joanna L. 

Sutton Fund) ‡

Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Tananbaum 

(The Lisa and Steven Tananbaum 

Family Foundation)

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw 

Charitable Trust

Joseph and Toshiko Tompkins

Richard O. Ullman Family Foundation

Virtual Space Entertainment, Inc.*

The Abraham and Virginia Weiss 

Charitable Trust/Amy and 

Marc Meadows

Warren and Barbara Winiarski

(Winiarski Family Foundation)

Yocha Dehe Wintan Nation

$50,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

Abramson Family Foundation

American Honda Foundation

Anchorage Museum Foundation

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. C. Araoz

Aviation Capital Group

AXA Art Insurance Corporation

BAE Systems

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Balli Group plc

Mr. Edward P. Bass 

(The Philecology Foundation)

BET Networks

Biotechnology Industry Organization

Barbara and James Block

The Bobolink Foundation

Bombardier

The Boston Consulting Group Inc.

Café Nicholson Fund

The Calamus Foundation

The Ceres Trust

C. F. Foundation, Inc.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Malcolm Collins, Miles Collins and

Catherine Collins Masterson 

Ashley Jackson 

Michael and Sandy Collins

Ms. Elizabeth J. Comstock 

The Contemporary Jewish Museum

DC Children and Youth Investment 

Trust Corporation

Defenders of Wildlife

Delta Air Lines*

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

Miranda and Robert Donnelley 

(The Donnelley Foundation) ‡

William H. Donner Foundation

Suzanne B. Engel

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

Fondation Fi3m

Mrs. Rose Frieze and 

Mr. Cary J. Frieze

Hope L. and John L. Furth

Shelby and Frederick Gans

GE Aviation

GEICO

Mr. James A. Greco

The Henry Foundation

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation

The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. 

Horowitz Foundation for the Arts

Hunt Oil Company

Judy and Bob Huret

IMPROTUR

Institute of International Education

International Aero Engines

International Community Foundation

Iran Heritage Foundation

Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson and 

Mr. Charles Rumph

Mr. Denis F. Johnston

Thelma M. Kenison Charitable 

Remainder Trust

The Hagop Kevorkian Fund

Ms. Maryann D. B. Lee

Aimee and Robert Lehrman

Aaron and Barbara Levine

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Macy’s Foundation

Magic Hat Brewing Company

Mars Chocolate North America, LLC

Ms. Marissa Mayer

Mr. William P. McClure

Lorraine M. Mensing

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.

Mondriaan Foundation

Ambrose Monell Foundation

Montgomery Watson Harza

Morgan Stanley

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

NIKE, Inc.

Nordstrom

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Palmer, Jr.

Mary and John Pappajohn

Thomas and Jamie Pumpelly

Mr. Joseph E. Robert, Jr.

Ms. Betty Rodgers

The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld and

Mrs. Rosenfeld (Rosenfeld Family

Charitable Foundation)

Jane Gregory Rubin 

(The Reed Foundation)

May and Samuel Rudin 

Family Foundation, Inc.

The Schlinger Foundation

The Selz Foundation

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

Dr. Clifford V. Smith, Jr.

Alan and Terri Spoon

Stockman Family Foundation

Ms. Patricia Q. Stonesifer and 

Mr. Michael E. Kinsley 

(Seattle Foundation)

Jane and Leopold Swergold

Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman

(Taubman Endowment for 

the Arts) ‡

Ruth and Vernon Taylor

Foundation, MT ‡

Ms. Julia Thieriot 

(Cedar Hill Foundation)

Charles and Geneva Thornton

Gary and Marie Thunem

Mr. Mark Tupper

Henry van Ameringen 

(H. van Ameringen Foundation)

The Walt Disney Company

Mr. and Mrs. W. Richard West, Jr.

Sue and John Wieland

Mr. Mike Wilkins and 

Ms. Sheila Duignan

Ginny Williams

Randall and Theresa Willis

Windgate Charitable Foundation

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Judy Francis Zankel

$10,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

@radical media, inc.

AAA Mid-Atlantic

AARP

AB Vista

Academy of Osseointegration

The Achelis Foundation

Jan and Warren Adelson 

(Adelson Galleries, Inc.)

Rodney and Michelle Adkins

Adobe Foundation

Adobe Systems*

Aerojet

AES Corporation

Africam Safari

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie

Kathleen B. Allaire (2005 Allaire 

Family Charitable Trust)

The Alliance To Save Energy

Altria Group, Inc.

Gordon and Lucy Ambach

Dr. and Mrs. Prakash Ambegaonkar

(Northern Virginia Community

Foundation)

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Association of 

Critical-Care Nurses

American Bar Association

American Chemical Society

American College of Trial Lawyers

American Committee for the 

Weizman Institute of Science

American Network of Community 

Options and Resources

American Numismatic Association

Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Valerie and William Anders

Ed and Jeanne Anderson

Animals Asia Foundation, Ltd.

Mr. Philip F. Anschutz 

(The Anschutz Foundation) ‡

Armed Forces Communications &

Electronics Association

Mr. Richard C. Ashley

Ashton Potter Security Printers

The Associated General Contractors 

of America

Associated Press (First Protocol, Inc.)

Association of Energy Engineers

Embassy of Australia

Austrian Tourist Office

Avalon Caterers International

Baker Hostetler

Ms. Elizabeth Ballantine and 

Mr. Paul Leavitt

Band Foundation

Bank of America

Ms. Elizabeth Barber

Mr. Christopher Barley and 

Mr. Jonathan B. Scheffer

Barbara and Craig Barrett

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bassin 

(The Doreen and Gilbert Bassin

Family Foundation)

John and Dolores Beck 

(Beck Family Foundation)

Mr. Melvin L. Bedrick

Catherine and Ralph Benkaim

Ann E. Berman and Daniel J. Feld

Jane and Raphael Bernstein/

Parnassus Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Berrington

Ms. Ann Bissell

Mr. David C. Blackburn

Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Blake

Charles and Wendy Block–

Block Family Foundation

BMI

Mr. Bernt O. Bodal (American

Seafoods Group, LLC)

Bodri Foundation

The David Bohnett Foundation

Mr. William H. Bohnett

Count and Countess Peder Bonde

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Bork

Agnes C. Bourne

BP Solar*

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis F. Bradbury, Jr.

Bristol Bay Native Corporation

Elizabeth Broun

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston

Larry and Shelly Brown

Mr. Robert M. Browne

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Buck

Buehler Aviation Research Foundation

The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust

Ms. Shirley L. Bunton

Peggy and Ralph Burnet

CACI International Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz

Conrad Cafritz Charitable Trust

Calista Corporation

Calvin Klein, Inc.

The Keith Campbell Foundation for

the Environment

Canadian National Railway Company

Capital One Financial

Capitol Services, Inc.

Cara Communications Corporation

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Byron R. Carter

Jacqui and Tom Castro

Casualty Actuarial Society

Catapult Technology

Giuseppe and Mercedes Cecchi

Charles Schwartz & Sons Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Purnendu Chatterjee

(Chatterjee Charitable Foundation)

Mr. Sant Singh Chatwal 

(Hampshire Hotels & Resorts, LLC)

Chevy Chase Bank

Chrysler Group LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Chubb III

‡ Smithsonian National Board Alumnus 
43

Chugach Alaska Corporation

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Joe Clark

Mr. George W. Cogan

Abby Joseph Cohen

Mr. Lawrence A. Cohen

Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Comcast

The Community Foundation for 

the National Capital Region

Conservation Force

Continuum

Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP

Christopher Cope and Jamie Shaw

Mr. David Copley 

(David C. Copley Trust)

Coral Reef Alliance

Ron and Barbara Cordover 

(Cordover Family Foundation)

Dr. Camille O. Cosby and 

Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr.

Counterpart International, Inc.

Covington & Burling

Creative Consulting Specialists, Inc.

Crowell & Moring

CTIA - The Wireless Association

Cubic Defense Applications Inc.

Mr. Stephen M. Cunningham

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis

Embassy of Cyprus

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr.

Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

Ms. Catherine V. Dawson

M. C. Dean Corporation

Dell Computer Corporation*

The Gladys Krieble Delmas 

Foundation

Design Cuisine*

Mr. Niels Diffrient and 

Ms. Helena Hernmarck

Valerie and Charles Diker

Distant Horizons

Donald J. and Helen D. Douglass

Dow AgroSciences LLC

Mr. Stephen Doyle

Doyon, Limited

Helen and Ray DuBois

Mr. Douglas D. Durst 

(Durst Organization L.P.)

Dwell, LLC

Robert L. Dwight

EagleBank

Earth Share

Mr. Barney A. Ebsworth

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation

Edwards Lifesciences

Eisai Inc.

Mr. Philippe El-Asmar

Electronic Consulting Services

Mr. George W. Elliott

Ms. Isobel Ellis

Mrs. Miriam F. Ellsworth

Elsevier B.V.

Environmental Leadership Center of

Warren Wilson College

Episcopal High School 

John and Margot Ernst

Ernst & Young LLP

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans, Jr.

Evergreen Line-CCT

Exponent, Inc.

FederlegnoArredo Srl.

Robert and Betsy Feinberg

Roger S. Firestone Foundation ‡

Roger S. Firestone Foundation 

(Mr. John D. Firestone)

Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher

Fi-Tek, LLC

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 

Foundation

FJ Foundation, Inc.

Barbara G. Fleischman

Ms. Martha J. Fleischman

Florida House

Diane and Blaine Fogg

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Cynthia and Edsel Ford

Dr. Ella M. Foshay and 

Mr. Michael B. Rothfeld

Freedom Information Systems, Inc.

John French III

Mrs. Marina K. French (Anna-Maria

and Stephen Kellen Foundation)

Albert and Marion Friedlander

Friends of Khmer Culture, Inc.

frog design

Fundacion Smithsonian de Panamá

Mr. Larry Gagosian 

(Gagosian Gallery, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Gaylord II

Ken and Madge Gazzola

General Dynamics Corporation

The George Washington University

Georgetown University

Giant Food Foundation Inc.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Global Imagination

S. Taylor Glover

Becky and David Gochman

Mr. Robert B. Goergen 

(The Goergen Foundation)

Ms. Gaylynn Golden and 

Mr. James P. Basara

The Goldhirsh Foundation

Mrs. Dorothy Tapper Goldman

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund

Goodrich Foundation Inc.

Goya Foods, Inc.*

Drs. Mark Graham and 

Laneta Dorflinger, and their family

Peter and Rhondda Grant

The Grantham Foundation for 

the Protection of the Environment

Grantmakers for Children, 

Youth & Families

Mrs. Aline K. Grayson

Lisa Sharf Green and Eric A. Green

Marilyn Grossman

James M. and Anita K. Guyette

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Halff, Jr.

Mr. Brenton Halsey

The Frederic C. Hamilton 

Family Foundation ‡

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon

The Harnisch Foundation

Mr. Christie G. Harris

Robert Harris and Susan Rothermund

Ms. Myra M. Hart

John Burton Harter Charitable Trust

Michael R. and Marlys G. Haverty and

Kansas City Southern ‡

The Health Management Academy, Inc.

Hearst Magazines

Drue Heinz Trust

Henderson Associates/Henderson 

Travel Service

Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. McK. Henderson

Mr. Daniel A. Henderson

THE DIFFERENCE

PHILANTHROPY 

MAKES: 

PUBLIC SPACES

The steel and glass canopy of the Robert and Arlene Kogod

Courtyard is among Washington, D.C.’s most striking 

settings for public gatherings. This contemporary jewel is at

the center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and

National Portrait Gallery, jointly known as the Donald W.

Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. A mixture

of federal and private dollars restored the historic building,

site of Lincoln’s second inaugural ball, while a generous 

contribution from Robert and Arlene Kogod, made in 2004,

helped build the modern courtyard.

*Partial or full gift-in-kind
44

DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

Montgomery College

Ms. Ann Elizabeth Moore

The Moore Charitable Foundation

The Claude Moore Charitable 

Foundation

Gary and Michelle Moore

Mr. John L. Moore III

Catherine Morrison Golden

Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz

Mr. Henry R. Muñoz III 

(Kell Muñoz Architects, Inc.) ‡

Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation

NAMM – International Music 

Products Association

National 4-H Conference

The National Academies

National Asphalt Pavement Association

National Geographic Society

National Indian Gaming Association

National Japanese American 

Memorial Foundation

Mr. Paul Neely

Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Katherine Neville

New York Life Insurance Company

Mr. and Mrs. Long Nguyen 

(Pragmatics, Inc.)

Dr. Van-Thanh Nguyen

OCA

OCCAM Networks

Amelia and Bayo Ogunlesi

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ohrstrom 

(The Ohrstrom Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Oliver

Omotesenke Domonkai Foundation

Online News Association

Bernard and Barbro Osher

Pacific Islanders in Communications

Partner Reinsurance Co. of US

Partners User Group

Ms. Suzanne Patrick

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Pentagram Design, Inc.

Peters Family Art Foundation

Petrolera Nacional

Ms. Carol Phelon

Kay and Dave Phillips ‡

Mrs. Madeleine Pickens 

(Saving America’s Mustangs)

Mr. Mark A. Pickett (OmTelligence, LLC)

Mrs. Susan Pillsbury

Pitney Bowes Inc.*

The John L. Plueger Family

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Mrs. Vivian L. Pollock

Ms. Barbara L. Portman

Stephen and Benita Potters

Mr. and Mrs. Marla Prather

Pratt & Whitney

Mr. James D. Price (Fieldland 

Investment Company)

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Priest

Principal Life Insurance Company

Dr. and Mrs. Jerold J. Principato

Profund Advisors LLC

ProQuest*

Purdue University

Putnam Investments

Quanta Services, Inc.

Quiksilver Foundation

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

(Triangle Community Foundation)

Mr. James Raisbeck

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling (Sylvia and

Alexander Hassan Family Foundation)

The Regenstein Foundation

Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson

Ringler Associates Inc.

Rite Aid Corporation

Ms. Toni Ritzenberg

Richard H. Robb and Rebecca E. Crown

Si and Betty Robin

Sara Roby Foundation

Mr. David Rockefeller, Jr.

Mr. David Rockwell (Rockwell 

Architecture Planning & Design PC)

Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters

Leonard G. Rosen Charitable Gift Fund

The Rosenthal Family Foundation

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Rosenthal Jaguar/Land Rover of 

Tysons and Chantilly

Royal Bank of Canada

Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation

Owen F. Ruggles

Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler 

(AMS Foundation for the Arts, 

Sciences and Humanities) ‡

Mrs. Theresa Sackler

Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber 

of Commerce

SAFRAN Group

Mr. Noah A. Samara

Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund

(The Bank of New York Co., Inc.)

Diane H. Schafer and Jeffrey A. Stein

(The Lucy Foundation)

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Schlosberg III ‡

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel (Fletcher Jones Foundation)

Ms. Jean F. Schulz

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Schwartz 

(David Schwartz Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. Frank J. Sciame (Sciame 

Development Inc.)

Science Spark

Sealaska Corporation

Frances and Michael Seay

Seminole Tribe of Florida

Mr. Glen T. Senk (Urban Outfitters)

SES Americom, Inc.

Shamrock Foods Company

Shirley and Ralph Shapiro

The Shared Earth Foundation

Mr. Frederic A. Sharf (Jean S. & 

Frederic A. Sharf Fund)

Shearman and Sterling

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.*

Mr. and Mrs. James Shinn

SHoP Architects PC

Mr. Charles F. Shreve*

V. Heather Sibbison, Patton Boggs LLP

Siemens Logistics & Assembly 

Systems, Inc.

David & Lyn Silfen Foundation ‡

The Simons Foundation

The Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder

(Cambridge Information Group)

Mr. William Sofield

Mr. David Solo

Mr. Scott Solomon

Southwest Airlines*

Spanierman Gallery, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins

Mr. William Talbott Hillman 

(Affirmation Arts Fund)

Helen and Edward Hintz

Steven and Jane Hoch

Hogan & Hartson

Ruth S. Holmberg ‡

Mr. Alan F. Horn (A. and C. Horn Trust)

The HSC Foundation

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

IBM Corporation

IDEO

Immersive Education Initiative*

Ingram Book Company

The Institute of Navigation

Intellectual Property Owners 

Education Foundation

Inter-American Development Bank

International Elephant Foundation

International Society for Biological

Therapy of Cancer

Investment Company Institute

J. Crew Group, Inc.

James Corner Field Operations

Robert L. and Anne K. James ‡

Ms. Merit E. Janow

Bob and Lynn Johnston 

(Educational Ventures Inc.)

The Katzenberger Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp

Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper

(William T. Kemper Foundation)

Mr. Peter Kibbee

KieranTimberlake

Ms. Janice J. Kim and 

Mr. Anthony L. Otten

Mrs. SooKyung Kim 

(Platoon Kunsthalle)

Mr. Fred M. Kirby II 

(F. M. Kirby Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kittredge

John and Susan Klein

Drs. Susan and Perry Klein

Knoll, Inc.

Kohler Co.

Koniag, Inc.

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William Karl Konze

Claudia B. Kotchka

Kraft Foods

Alice and Peter Kreindler

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Lamb & Barnosky, LLP

Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Betsy and David Lawer

Iara Lee and George Gund

Mr. Jonathan O. Lee

David P. Leising Living Trust

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin

LexisNexis

Ms. May Liang and Mr. James Lintott

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Mr. John M. Liebes

Lifeway Foods

The Link Foundation

The Jacques & Yulla Lipchitz 

Foundation, Inc.

The Lipman Family Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Martha Locke

Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Long, Jr.

Steve and Betsy Loranger

Ms. Juanita Tamayo Lott

Mr. Thomas E. Lovejoy

H. Christopher Luce and Tina Liu

Mr. Eugene A. Ludwig and 

Dr. Carol L. Ludwig

Alan and Irene Lund

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madigan

(Madigan Family Foundation) ‡

Maersk Line*

Maharam

Ms. Phyllis Mailman (The Mailman 

Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin

Barbara and Morton Mandel

MARPAT Foundation, Inc.

Mars, Incorporated

Ms. Jacqueline Badger Mars

Linda A. Mars

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci ‡

Margery and Edgar Masinter ‡

Master Builders Association AGC of

Metropolitan Washington, D.C.

Ms. Marcia V. Mayo (The Mayo 

Charitable Foundation)

Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition 

(Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, LLC)

Mr. Arthur U. Mbanefo

Dorothy and Terry McAuliffe

Mr. Wendell A. McCain

Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation

McDonald’s Corporation

Nan Tucker McEvoy ‡

Mr. Nion McEvoy

Kasey and Jamie McJunkin

Mrs. Arnold B. McKinnon

Steven & Kelly McLeod Family Foundation

Eleanor McMillan

MedStar Health

Thomas E. Menighan, B.S. Pharm., 

MBA, Sc.D., F.A.Ph.A.

The Honorable Marilyn Logsdon 

Mennello and Michael A. Mennello

Mr. Robert B. Menschel

Ms. Elizabeth E. Meyer 

(The Island Fund)

Janet and Jeffery Meyer

Mr. and Mrs. Augustus C. Miller ‡

Constance Corcoran Miller

Mirken Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montanye

Monterey Bay Aquarium

‡ Smithsonian National Board Alumnus 
45

Margaret and Terry Stent

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Strickler

Ms. Mara Strock

Mr. Jon L. Stryker

SunTrust Bank-MidAtlantic

Sutherland

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Sveda

Mr. H. Patrick Swygert

Ambassador Nicholas Taubman and 

Mrs. Taubman

Phyllis M. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon F. Taylor, Jr. ‡

TEOCO

Mr. Richard E. Thompson

Thomson Reuters

Toronto Convention & Visitors Association

Toshiba International Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Trulaske, Sr.

Trust for Mutual Understanding

Mr. Calvin Tsao

Turkish Airlines*

United Service Organizations, Inc.

The United States Pharmacopeial

Convention, Inc.

United States Tennis Association, Inc.

UnitedHealthcare

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Phoenix

Univision Communications, Inc. 

(Univision Management Co.)

Van Cleef & Arpels, Inc.

Mrs. L. Von Damm

Vornado/Charles E. Smith

Vranken Pommery America*

Mr. Douglas C. Walker

Mallory and Diana Walker

The Washington Post Company

Mrs. Ruth L. Webb

Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation

Wegmans Food Markets

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Weisman

Mr. Walt Wells

Wenner-Gren Foundation for 

Anthropological Research

Nina W. Werblow Charitable Trust

Ms. Leslie A. Wheelock

Mr. Shan Whitfield

Whole Foods Market

The C. K. Williams Foundation

Mr. Eli Wilner (Eli Wilner & 

Company, Inc.)

Edgar Wilson Trust

Mr. Michael G. Wilson

Woodrow Wilson International Center

for Scholars Board of Trustees

Dr. Soon-Young Yoon and 

Mr. Richard M. Smith (The Richard 

M. Smith Charitable Fund)

Mohamed bin Zayed Species 

Conservation Fund

Zoo New England

$5,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

ABS CBN International*

Mr. Liaquat Ahamed

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Alexander

Alion Science and Technology

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

American Association for the 

Advancement of Science

American Council on International

Personnel

American Indian Alaska Native 

Tourism Association

Applied Security, Inc.

Artful Home

Ms. Julie Aselstine and 

Mr. Martin J. G. Glynn

Association of American Universities

Austrian Cultural Forum

Austrian Trade Commission

Milton and Sally Avery 

Arts Foundation

B L Seamon Corporation

Mr. Bendrix Lee Bailey

Ms. Robin Flint Ballenger

Barclays Capital

Mrs. Louise R. Beale

Bei Shan Tang Foundation

The Dorothy G. Bender Foundation, Inc.

Mr. John Berggruen (John 

Berggruen Gallery Inc.)

Diane and Norman Bernstein

Mr. Jules Bernstein and 

Mrs. Linda Lipsett

Ms. Lorraine Wrightson Besch

Jane M. Black Charitable Lead 

Annuity Trust

Mr. David R. Boochever

BP, p.l.c.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ‡

Ms. Virginia Brody

Mr. and Mrs. Jere Broh-Kahn

Marcia and Kenneth Brookler

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Buck

Tonio Burgos and Associates, Inc.

Uschi and Bill Butler

Mr. Edward Ogden Cabot

Ms. Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Capgemini U.S. LLC

Virginia O. Carosi

Mr. Vincent R. Castro 

(The CDM Group, Inc.)

Mr. John S. Chalsty

Mr. John T. Chenery

Julia Child Foundation for 

Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent 

Association

Christie’s

Ms. Marzanne Claiborne and 

Ms. Leslie S. Wilkes

Ms. Pauline Ann Cochrane

Mr. Arthur Cohen 

(LaPlaca Cohen, Inc.)

Collectors of Wood Art LTD

The College Board

Dr. Bruce B. Collette

Compton Foundation

Concepts to Conclusions, LLC

Congressional Medal of Honor

Foundation

Mr. Henry J. Cornell

Ruth Covo Family Foundation

Mr. Charles Cowles 

(The Cowles Charitable Trust)

Mr. Maurice J. Cunniffe

Ms. Lynn G. Cutler (Holland & Knight

Charitable Foundation, Inc.)

Dr. and Mrs. Worth B. Daniels 

(The Jane & Worth Daniels, Jr. Fund)

Danish Crafts

The Davidson Institute for Talent 

Development

Jane DeBevoise and Paul Calello

THE DIFFERENCE

PHILANTHROPY 

MAKES: 

VISUAL TREASURES

Transformation of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is

well underway. A spectacular new third-floor gallery and 

expanded second-floor galleries in the historic former residence

of Andrew Carnegie will increase exhibition space by 60 

percent and place many more collection treasures on display.

Support from all levels of government and private gifts help

renovate museum infrastructure, while private dollars build 

endowment and support an enhanced website that will 

provide online access to many of the museum’s 200,000 

objects. The spacious Target National Design Education Center,

named in 2006 in recognition of the company’s generous 

support, provides a greatly improved learning environment for

students and museum visitors.

*Partial or full gift-in-kind
46

DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

Scott Miller and Tim Gill

The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta ‡

Mr. Robert Minkoff

Mohawk Carpet Distribution Inc.

Ronald and Deborah Monark

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore

Susan and Furman Moseley ‡

Multiples, Inc./Marian Goodman Gallery

National Association of Water 

Companies

National Retail Federation

Native Arts & Cultures Foundation

Navistar International Corporation

Dr. Homer A. Neal

NETSAP – DC Foundation, Inc.

New England Foundation for the Arts

Nirmal, Inc.

Mr. Nooshin Noshirvani

Oak Foundation USA

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Obering

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

Frederick P. Ognibene, M.D.*

Dr. Phillip H. K. Omohundro

Optical Society of America

Janice C. and Roger B. Oresman

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos

Panama Forest Services Inc.

Mr. Paul L. Peck ‡

H. O. Peet Foundation

Perceptive Pixel

Perigen

Ms. Ellen Phelan and Mr. Joel E. Shapiro

Mr. William H. Plank

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Potter

David and Cheryl Purvis ‡

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raines

Raison Pure International, Inc.

Mitchell P. Rales Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Rambach

Ratner Companies

Mr. and Mrs. Burton J. Reiner

Reinsch Family

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Richman 

(Richman Family Foundation)

Mr. Leonard S. Riggio 

(The Riggio Foundation)

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

Mr. Charles J. Robertson

Ms. Jane Washburn Robinson

Rona and Richard Roob

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rose

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen 

(The Benjamin M. Rosen Family

Foundation)

Arthur Ross Foundation

Tom and Bonnie Rosse (Rosse Family

Charitable Foundation, Inc.)

Ms. Michelle Simkins Rubell

Nancy and Clive Runnells ‡

Safe Flight Instrument Corporation

Mr. Lawrence C. Salameno

Bruce and Marilou Sanford

Elizabeth A. Schreiber

SeaWorld & Busch Gardens 

Conservation Fund

Mr. Ariel P. Segal (The Evan and 

Tracy Segal Family Foundation)

Mr. Mike Shealy

Robert and Susan Simmons

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & 

Flom LLP

Skate’s Art Market Research

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Skinner

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Smith

Sonoma County Tourism Bureau

Southern Company

SP Technical Research Institute of 

Sweden

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon

R. Julian and Margaret A. Stanley 

Charitable Trust

Joan and Marx Sterne

Mrs. William C. Storey

Mr. Jerry Straus (Hobbs, Straus, 

Dean & Walker)

Stuart Karten Design

Students of Georgetown Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Sugden

Surescripts

Taipei Economic & 

Cultural Rep Office in the US

Patricia and Henry Tang

ThinkFoodGroup*

Mr. Lee B. Thomas, Jr. and

Dr. Joan E. Thomas

William E. Thomas, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

United States Green Building Council

United Way Worldwide

Peg Urvoas and Peri Marek

US Airways Group, Inc.

U.S. Korea Institute at SAIS

Mr. Michael R. Van Valkenburgh

Nancy Voorhees

Wabash College

Mr. Yuqi Wang

Washington FAMILY Magazine*

Washington Life Magazine*

Washington Philatelic Exhibition Inc.

White & Case, LLP

Paula McCaskill Whitehouse and 

Michael Whitehouse

Wiley Rein LLP

Wine and Spirit Wholesalers of

America Inc.*

The WRG Foundation

Shannon Wu and Joseph Kahn

Xerox Corporation

Mr. Fred Young

Young Presidents’ Organization

Professor Barbara Zabel

$2,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

Aidlin Darling Design

Mr. Brian Aitken

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn

Ms. Clara Allison

ALMEX USA, Inc.

Ms. Carolyn Small Alper

Mrs. Marilynn Alsdorf

American Institute of Physics

American Studies Association

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ames

Dr. John P. Andelin and 

Dr. Virginia C. Geoffrey

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Anderson

(William S. and Janice R. Anderson

Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Andrews

Mr. Harold Andrus

The Anlac Fund

Arnold World Wide, LLC

Association of American Indian

Physicians Inc.

Asyanut Limited

Atmosphere, Inc.*

The Charles Delmar Foundation

Dr. Marion Deshmukh and 

Dr. Ashok Deshmukh

Lois Hall Devinney

Disney World Wide Services, Inc.

Dyncorp International LLC

Mr. William J. Egan

Mr. Steven A. Elmendorf

Mr. William V. Engel

Ms. Nora Ephron and 

Mr. Nicholas Pileggi

Mr. and Mrs. John Fahey

Ms. Andrea Henderson Fahnestock

Far Southeast Family Strengthening 

Collaborative, Inc.

Mr. Samuel Farber (OXO International)

FBB Capital Partners

Mr. Robert Scott Fearon

Ms. Gabriela Febres-Cordero

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Feder

Dr. Peggie A. Findlay

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fingerman

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Fogg III

Forest City Ratner Companies

Bob and Jill Fri

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Friedman

Friends of the Dickerson Park Zoo

The Honorable William H. Frist, 

Frist Foundation

Mr. Russell Fry and Ms. I-Min Chao

Ms. Kathryn S. Fuller

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gaffney

Dr. Cheryl R. Ganz

Mr. and Mrs. John Michael Germano

(CB Richard Ellis, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Gewirz

John A. and Lile R. Gibbons

Mr. Henry H. Goldberg

Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Gooden

Ms. Carolyn Gould

The Alvin, Lottie and Rachel Gray 

Fund and Azzizi Shalom Gray

Mr. Ken Grossinger 

(CrossCurrents Foundation)

Ms. Barbara Guggenheim and 

Mr. Bertram Fields (Guggenheim, 

Asher Associates, Inc.)

Hair Cuttery

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hecktman 

(Hecktman Family Foundation)

Mr. Dale Hemmerdinger

Mr. Francis J. Henry, Jr. 

(Booz Allen Hamilton)

Martha Hertelendy

Paul Hertelendy ‡

Frederick D. Hill (Collisart, llc)

Mrs. Olga Hirshhorn

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

Hotel Harrington Company, Inc.

Howat Family Foundation 

(John and Anne Howat)

Nora Hsu and Barry C. Davis

Mr. and Mrs. George Hugenberg

The Humanities Council of 

Washington, DC

Ms. Una Tsou Hunter

David and Johanna Hurley

Miss Elizabeth Ann Hylton

International Factoring Association, LLC

Mr. Larry Irving

Jack Morton Worldwide

Suzanne Denbo Jaffe

The Japan Foundation

Ms. Wendy Jeffers and 

Mr. Anthony Orphanos

Mrs. Judith G. Jones (Steaven K. and

Judith G. Jones Foundation)

Mr. Thomas Graham Kahn 

(Kahn Brothers LLC)

Sheldon and Audrey Katz

Kay Jacks & Associates, LLC

Clint and Missy Kelly

Dona S. Kendall ‡

The John F. Kennedy Center for 

the Performing Arts

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough

Joseph and Paula Kerger

Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey

Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein

Mr. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

Ms. Anne E. Kreamer and 

Mr. Kurt B. Andersen

Irene Daniell Kress

Ada Kugajevsky

The Josephine Kugel Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Vello Kuuskraa 

(Advanced Resources International)

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lally

The Lalor Foundation Inc.

Saundra B. Lane

Dr. Deirdre A. LaPin

Mr. and Mrs. Ken and 

Bel Leong-Hong

Ms. Toby Devan Lewis

Tom Lindley

Kristin and Handy Lindsey

Mr. Arthur V. Liu

Ms. Angela Long

Mr. Nicholas Lowry

Ms. Kayrene Lunday

Penn Lupovich

Mr. and Mrs. Creighton R. Magid

Nancy and John Mannes

Marin Convention & Visitors Bureau

Mary Martell and Paul Johnson

Mr. Patrick Maselis

Mrs. Barbara Mathes 

(Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc.)

Bruce and Jolene McCaw Family

Mr. and Mrs. David McCullough

Mr. Charles E. McKittrick, Jr.

Mr. Richard Meier (The Richard 

Meier Foundation)

Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art

Metropolitan New York Library Council

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

The Michelson Family Foundation

‡ Smithsonian National Board Alumnus 
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Australian Consulate-General

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery

Phillip and Ruth Backup

Mrs. William Benjamin Bacon

Ms. Rudabeh Bakhtiar

Eleanor D. Balch

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Bangert

The Barkley Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnet

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bartlett, Jr.

Dr. Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and 

Mr. Adam Bartos

Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Bates

Ms. Patricia Bauman and Mr. John L.

Bryant, Jr. (The Batir Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Everett H. Bayliss

Beale Lana Interior Design

Ms. Julia M. Beardwood

Ms. Karen H. Bechtel 

(Karen Bechtel Foundation)

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

Dr. Tyson and 

Ms. Katie Sutcliffe Becker

Yves Behar/fuseproject

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Behring

The Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson

and Mrs. Beilenson

John and Marinka Bennett

Mrs. K. N. Bennett

Bennington College

Mr. Philip D. Berlin

Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Berlind 

(The Berlind Foundation)

Mrs. Ruth B. Berman

Beyer Blinder Belle

Dr. Charles E. Billings

Robert S. and Dawn M. Birmingham

Ms. Cathleen P. Black and 

Mr. Thomas E. Harvey

Blues Alley Jazz LLC*

Margaret W. and William J. D. Bond

The Boston Foundation

Louise Bourgeois Trust

Dr. and Mrs. William B. Boyd

Ms. Patricia A. Bradley

Ms. Colleen D. Brindle

Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Brockman

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown

Mr. Paul Broyhill

Mr. James Brunger

Buffalo Bill Historical Center

Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden III

Mr. Jason and Ms. Melissa Burnett

(Burnett Family Fund)

Buro Happold Consulting Engineers

Ms. Roxana Burris

Busboys and Poets

Wes Bush

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

Dr. Cesar A. Caceres

CafePress

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Cafritz

California Community Foundation

Calypso Imports & Calypso Organic

Selections*

Candlewick Press Inc.

Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.

Mr. Louis Carr

Cartier, Inc.

Mr. Dick Cattani (Compass Group, 

USA Division)

Capt. Eugene A. Cernan

Mr. Dave Chadwick

Ms. Barbara Chambers

Mrs. Linda Cheverton-Wick

Ms. Cecilia H. Chin

Dr. Wilmer and Dr. Caroline Cody

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Collins ‡

Conner • Rosenkranz LLC

Ms. Catherine M. Conover

Ms. Brenda Cotsen and 

Mr. Jeffrey Benjamin

Melissa Courtney

Dr. Marilyn Cowger

Allison Stacey Cowles and 

Arthur Sulzberger ‡

Douglas S. Cramer

Jewell Creigh

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Cromwell III

Crystal Family Foundation

Karen L. Daigle, MD

General and Mrs. J. R. Dailey

Mrs. Billie L. Dalton

Shelia and Hayden Davis

Nan Dawkins and Len Shaefer

Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave

Mr. and Mrs. Richard de los Reyes

Dr. Barin Desai

Mr. and Mrs. Arun K. Deva

Mr. James C. DeWoody

Mr. Derick Deyhimi

Dr. Jagdish Dhingra

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, Jr.

Mr. Arrington Dixon (Anacostia 

Coordinating Council, Inc.)

Mary F. Dominiak

Rackstraw Downes

The Max and Victoria Dreyfus 

Foundation Inc.

Ms. Mary N. Dryden

Ms. Phyllis Kay Dryden and 

Mr. Charles A. Ferguson

Mr. John S. Dunk

Ms. Virginia Dwan

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Edmonds

Gail Enfiajian

Ennead Architects

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Mrs. John Dwight Evans, Jr.

Fairfax County Convention and 

Visitors Corporation

Federal Bar Association

Christopher Feldmann and 

Laura Beauchamp

Mr. and Mrs. David Ferris

Embassy of Finland*

Mr. Robert C. Fleischer

Mrs. Kimberly A. Foster

Ms. Sarajane Foster

Jacqueline Lowe Fowler

Ms. Helen Frankenthaler 

(Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc.)

Ms. Marla L. Freed

Linda and Jay W. Freedman

Billy and Jennifer Frist

Ms. Marilyn Garber

Mr. Jeff Garrett (Mid-American Rare

Coin Galleries, Inc.)

Victoria and Buzzy Geduld

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and 

Related Companies

Ms. Linda George

Sumner Gerard Foundation

The Ghanekar Family Trust

Susan and Bruce Gibeson

Ms. Nancy Glass

Ms. Katherine Gold

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

THE DIFFERENCE

PHILANTHROPY 

MAKES: 

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Monitoring how global change affects the world’s forests is

crucial to future scientific and public policy efforts to steward

the planet. The Smithsonian Institution Global Earth

Observatories, an international scientific partnership initiated

by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, collects 

extensive data on tree- and soil-bound carbon, biodiversity,

and forest function in more than 40 forest ecosystems 

worldwide. An initial federal investment in this independent

research has grown twenty-fold with help from individuals 

and corporate partners — including, since 2007, substantial

support from HSBC.

*Partial or full gift-in-kind
Ms. Mary Anne Goley

Virginia Gonzalez-Hough

Mr. David Pavelle Good

Ms. Dawn K. Good Elk

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman

Manisha A. Gore

Colonel and Mrs. Richard H. Graham,

USAF, (Ret.)

The Greater Capital Area Association 

of Realtors

Ms. Betty W. Greenberg

Mr. Keith J. Greene

A. F. Greenfield

Joanne T. Greenspun

Dr. and Mrs. Gary Grover

Mr. Harry Grubert

Professor and Mrs. Ranjay Gulati

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Guthrie

Ms. Elizabeth W. Gwinn

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole

Jean and Henry Hall

Mr. Rick Hall

Ms. Elizabeth Hambleton

Ms. Joyce Hamel

Mrs. Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Hammock

Mr. Collier Hands

The Honorable Herbert J. Hansell

Mr. Shawn Hansen

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Harbison

Mr. and Mrs. Marion Edwyn Harrison ‡

Heath Ceramics

Richard L. Hedden

Mr. Alan J. Heller

Susan and Robert L. Hermanos

Ms. Rose Herrmann

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess

Mr. and Mrs. George G. Hill

Dr. Anson H. Hines, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Hoffman

Scott and Rena Hoffman

William L. Hopkins and 

Richard B. Anderson

Ms. Nettie A. Horne and 

Ms. Susan Haynes

Joan Hornig Philanthropy is Beautiful

Mr. Eric R. Horowitz

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Huberman

Mr. Bannus B. Hudson

Mr. and Mrs. R. Carlos Hyde-Nakai

ICF International, Inc.

India Forum Inc.

Indian Law Resource Center

Mr. Richard S. Ingham

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Israel ‡

Sebastian and Mieko Izzard

Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings

David S. and Pat Jernigan

Colonel Lois A. Johns

Jacqueline Johnson Pata

Mr. Robert N. Johnson

Mr. and Ms. William Bruce Johnson

Mr. and Ms. Terry L. Jones

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Dr. and Mrs. E. Gregory Marchand

James and Marsha Mateyka

Mr. James Owen Mathews

Michael and Hannah Mazer

Ms. C. Gardner McFall and 

Mr. Peter F. Olberg

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. 

McLanahan ‡

Mr. Joseph K. McLaughlin and 

Ms. Jeanne Rosenthal

Ms. Constance C. McPhee 

(Peco Foundation)

Media Planning Group

Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern 

Art Studies

Louise Middlemiss

Lawrence and Iris Miller

Ms. Marie B. Miller

Ms. Rebecca A. Miller and 

Mr. Christopher J. Vizas II

Mr. Samuel C. Miller

Mr. Weston F. Milliken

Harvey Mirsky

Ms. Carol Mitchell

Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Mondale 

(Elmore Foundation of the Saint 

Paul Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan ‡

Mr. Murray Moss

Dr. Thomas A. Munroe

Mrs. Don Carr Musick

Mrs. Lakhani Narendra

Nashville Zoo Inc.

National Cable Satellite Corporation

National Writing Project

The Netherland-America Foundation

Consulate General of the Kingdom 

of the Netherlands

Network for Good

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Nitze

Robert and Nancy Nooter

The Honorable John R. Norton III 

(The Norton Foundation) ‡

OCA–Northern Virginia

Oceana Inc.

Mr. Franklin Odo

Dr. Ajay K. Ojha

Oklahoma City Zoological Park

OLIN

Andrew Oliver and Melanie Du Bois

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects

Oncology-Hematology Assoc. of 

Central New Jersey, P.A.

Organization of Chinese American 

Women

Anne and Patrick O’Rourke

Mrs. Barbara R. Palmer

Mrs. D. Williams Parker

Laura Peebles

Ms. Jill L. Perelman

Ms. Susan B. Perry

William and Antoinette Peskoff

Mrs. Stacey M. Petzold

Phil Amer Foundation for Charities Inc.

Ms. Beverly A. Pierce

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Pollack (Daniel

and Susan Pollack Foundation)

Dr. Freda Porter

Potbelly Sandwich Works

Mrs. Peter G. Powers

PPG Aerospace

Mr. Richard James Price

Ms. Judy Lynn Prince ‡

The Principal Financial Group

Mr. Lawrence Pugh

The Thomas L. and 

Eileen K. S. Pulling Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Quirk

Rain Bird Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ramsey

The Ravenal Foundation

Mr. Robert Rea

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Rehfuss

Ms. Catherine A. Rein

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice

Miss Elizabeth Candida Ridout

Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Riley 

(Allan and Reda R. Riley Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Ring

Mary Livingston Ripley Charitable 

Lead Trust

RKS Design Inc.

The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins

Cliff Robertson Ethics Foundation

Sharon and John D. Rockefeller IV ‡

Mr. Buford L. Rolin

Ms. Simone Rothman

Ms. Shari Rothstein

Rouse-Bottom Foundation

Mrs. Sue Ruff

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. Ruffin

Ms. Jane Dresner Sadaka

The Safer-Fearer Fund in the 

New York Community Trust

Dr. Oladayo Sansui

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider

Security Moving and Storage Company

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray Seymour, Jr.

Mr. Shreedhar Shah

Mr. Michael J. Shannon

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sherman

Ms. Virginia Shore and 

Mr. Thomas Hardart

Jayant & Yogini Shroff Family 

Foundation

Mr. Rajesh C. Shrotriya

Ms. Nancy Shuman

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Slavin

Dr. Mary Slusser

Mr. Aaron Smith

Ms. Alicia W. Smith

Mr. Chard P. Smith, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. E. Maynard Smith ‡

Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians

Society of American Archivists

Mary and Dan Solomon

Mr. Richard H. Solomon (Pace 

Editions, Inc.)

Sotheby’s, Inc.

Mrs. Helen B. Spaulding ‡

Mrs. Anne Felton Spencer

Mr. and Mrs. Edson W. Spencer ‡

Spice Tech Group

Mrs. Sydney B. Spofford

St. Paul’s School

Mr. John C. Stamato

Ms. Janet Stanwood

Mr. Ira J. Statfeld

Steelcase Foundation

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

Ms. Sheila Stinson and 

Mr. Greg Folkers

Ms. Amanda J. Stott

DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

Thomas and Elizabeth Jones

Dr. and Mrs. Walter F. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Andre Jordan

Ms. Lisa Jorgenson

Ms. Brenda Jue

Mr. Alan Robert Kabat

KaBOOM!

Mr. and Mrs. Wolf Kahn

Ms. Melinda Kaiser

Ms. Roshna Kapadia and 

Stephen Baxter

Kass and Berger Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice H. Katz

P. Ann Kaupp

Dr. and Mrs. Ashok Kaveeshwar

Dr. Herbert J. Kayden

Suzanne and Ric Kayne – 

Kayne Foundation

Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund

Ms. Claudia B. Kidwell

Mr. Murray Kilgour

B. J. Killian Foundation

Mr. Thomas G. Klarner

The Kresge Foundation

Elizabeth Szancer Kujawski

Dr. Richard Kurin

Mr. Larry Trung La

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lader

Ms. Jeanie Borlaug Laube

Mr. Albert G. Lauber, Jr. and 

Mr. Craig W. Hoffman

The Lauder Foundation, 

Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Lavender’s VA

Ms. Marta J. Lawrence

Mr. and Mrs. Randy and 

Elizabeth Lazarus

Mr. Paul J. Leaman, Jr.

Ms. Maureen Lemire

Mr. Anthony Levandowski

Mr. Richard H. Levi

Mrs. Wilbur A. Levin (Zeitz Foundation)

Ms. Susan Grant Lewin (Susan Grant 

Lewin Associates, Inc.)

Mr. Robert G. Lewis

Ms. Dorothy Lichtenstein

Mrs. Lilly S. Lievsay

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Linke

The Links, Inc.

Mr. Michael Littleford

LongHouse Reserve

The Lumpkin Family Foundation

Mr. Robert Lussier

Mr. Robert Mack

Sondra and David S. Mack

Ms. Christy MacLear

The Honorable John D. Macomber 

and Mrs. Macomber ‡

Mr. and Mrs. Sandy A. Mactaggart

General and Mrs. David Maddox

Mr. Shahin Mafi

Maharashtra Foundation, Inc.

Jean B. Mahoney

‡ Smithsonian National Board Alumnus Smithsonian National Board Alumnus 
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SMITHSONIAN CORPORATE

MEMBERS

Corporate memberships forge 

dynamic ties with businesses 

nationwide and provide important

unrestricted support to Smithsonian

education, research, and exhibition

initiatives.

3M

Altria Group, Inc.

American Express

Arthur Pearl Investment Co., LLC

Austrian Trade Commission

Battelle

Bayer

Bloomberg 

Booz Allen Hamilton

CH2M HILL

Christie’s

Clark Construction Group, LLC

The Coca-Cola Company

ConocoPhillips

The Cooper Union

Deutsche Bank

ExxonMobil

FBB Capital Partners

Fidelity Investments

The Financial Services Roundtable

Ford Motor Company Fund

Gaylord Entertainment

General Electric Company

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Honeywell

Johnson & Johnson

Kansas City Southern

Knoll, Inc.

KPMG LLP

Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Mars, Incorporated

Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

Mayo Clinic

The Moody’s Foundation

Motorola Foundation

NACS – The Association for 

Convenience & Petroleum Retailing

Napean, LLC

NECO Foundation, Inc.

Nordstrom

Pennsylvania State University

PEPCO

Pfizer Inc

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

Pratt Institute

Procter & Gamble

Promethean, Inc.

S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

sanofi-aventis

School of Visual Arts, Inc.

Siemens Corporation

Sony Corporation of America

Sotheby’s Institute of Art

Southern Company

Target

Texas Instruments

Time Warner Inc.

United Airlines

Velsor Properties, LLC

Vienna Tourism Board

The Walt Disney Company

Westrock Advisors, Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Major Willard H. Strandberg, Jr. and 

Mrs. Ann Strandberg

Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund

Sandra L. Sully

Patricia S. Swaney

Consulate General of Switzerland

T. Rowe Price Associates 

Foundation, Inc.

Jackson and Kay Yee Tai ‡

Dr. and Mrs. F. Christian Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Thompson

Miss Isabel Thomson

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Tober 

(Barbara and Donald Tober 

Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd

Dr. Asili Yesim Toduk

University of Illinois at Chicago, 

School of Art and Design

University of South Carolina

Urban Land Institute

Mr. and Mrs. Semih Ustun

Mr. Hong Vatthana

Mr. David Von Storch

Ms. Kelly Vrana

Mr. Carl Waldspurger

Wal-Mart Foundation

Dr. Winfred O’Neil Ward

Mr. William G. Warnell III

Washington Lawyers’ Committee for 

Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

Mrs. Florence R. Watson

The Honorable and Mrs. Frank Weil

(Hickrill Foundation)

Ms. Candace King Weir

Adam J. Weissman Foundation

Mrs. Franc Wertheimer

Ms. Cristy West (The Brimstone Fund)

William and Nadine Westcott 

(Nadine Bernard Westcott, Inc.)

Mr. Richard T. Whitney (The Richard 

and Karen Whitney Charitable Fund)

Dr. Terry L. Whitworth, Ph.D.

Mr. Daniel Wiley and 

Ms. Meggan Czapiga

Robert Willasch

Kevin and Diane Wilshere

Mr. Douglas Wilson and 

Dr. Shilpa Pradhan

Ms. Lori Winfree

The Wintergreen Nature Foundation

Wooster House

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Deby Wulff

Betsy James Wyeth

Mr. and Mrs. David Y. Yao

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yellowlees

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Kenneth M. Zemrowski

zero + maria conejo

Dr. and Mrs. James N. Ziglar, Jr.

Ms. Katie M. Ziglar and 

Mr. Dickinson Jenkins Miller

THE DIFFERENCE

PHILANTHROPY 

MAKES: 

DYNAMIC LEADERS

As the Sant Chair for Marine Science at the National Museum

of Natural History, Nancy Knowlton opens minds to the 

excitement and relevance of the ocean and the life it supports.

A leader of the world’s first census of marine life, a decade-long

project involving 2,700 scientists worldwide, Dr. Knowlton and

her team benefit from federal dollars that support Smithsonian

research, as well as private dollars contributed by such donors

as Roger and Victoria Sant, whose interest in the planet and its

ocean led to gifts making possible not only the endowed 

marine science chair (2004) but also the spectacular Sant

Ocean Hall (2008).

*Partial or full gift-in-kind
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JAMES SMITHSON SOCIETY,

FRIENDS OF THE SMITHSONIAN

James Smithson Society members 

share a deep commitment to the

advancement of the Institution 

through their dues and special gifts.

This list shows members as of

September 30, 2010.

* James Smithson Society 

Sustaining Fellow

§ Smithsonian National Board member

or alumnus

◊ Endowed Life member

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CIRCLE 

($20,000 OR MORE)

Rodney and Michelle Adkins §

Gordon and Lucy Ambach §

Valerie and William Anders §

Barbara and Craig Barrett §

Mr. William H. Bohnett §

Peggy and Ralph Burnet §

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz §

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell §

Abby Joseph Cohen §

Jim and Janet Dicke §

Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher §

Mr. Michael R. Francis §

John French III §

Shelby and Frederick Gans §

Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Gaylord II §

Ms. Myra M. Hart §

Catherine and Richard W. Herbst §

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins §

Lisina M. Hoch §

Steven and Jane Hoch §

Ruth S. Holmberg §

Judy and Bob Huret §

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper

(William T. Kemper Foundation) §

Betsy and David Lawer §

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Long, Jr. §

John and Adrienne Mars §

Dorothy and Terry McAuliffe §

Gary and Michelle Moore §

Mr. Paul Neely §

Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Palmer, Jr. §

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

(Triangle Community Foundation) §

Mrs. William E. Rapp*

Mr. and Mrs. Blair Richardson §

The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld

and Mrs. Rosenfeld (Rosenfeld Family

Charitable Foundation) §

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Scheumann §

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell

Schnabel (Fletcher Jones Foundation) §

David & Lyn Silfen Foundation §

Phyllis M. Taylor §

Mallory and Diana Walker §

Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas Watkins*

JOSEPH HENRY CIRCLE 

($10,000-$19,999)

Anonymous

Mr. Philip F. Anschutz 

(The Anschutz Foundation) §

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi*

Jacqui and Tom Castro §

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Frechette*

Mr. Cary J. Frieze and 

Mrs. Rose Frieze*◊

The Frederic C. Hamilton Family

Foundation §

Michael R. and Marlys G. Haverty and

Kansas City Southern §

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Hirsch

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze ◊

Ms. May Liang and Mr. James Lintott*

Peter and Paula Lunder §

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald §

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan §

Mr. and Mrs. James H. T. McConnell, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Augustus C. Miller §

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse*

Mr. James D. Parker

Mr. Everett P. Paup

Kay and Dave Phillips §

Elizabeth Reed*

Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler (AMS

Foundation for the Arts, Sciences,

and Humanities) §

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Schlosberg III §

Paul and Deane Shatz*

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon F. Taylor, Jr. §

Ms. Linda Vandeloop

Mr. Douglas C. Walker §

Mr. George A. Weiss*

SAMUEL PIERPONT 

LANGLEY CIRCLE 

($5,000-$9,999)

Anonymous (10)

Ms. Doris Alexander

Warren Ross Anderson*

The Arctica and Abbey Foundation

Lucy and Rudy Arkin

Dr. Tyson and Ms. Katie Sutcliffe Becker

Penelope Bell and Dean Hatten

Robert and Dawn Birmingham*

Dr. George P. and Bonnie M. Bogumill*

James E. Borleis*

Frances D. Bratton

Ms. Virginia Brody

Mark and Janice Buffler*

Robert F. Bulens*

George E. and Clare M. Burch*

Donald W. Carl*

Judith L. Cherwinka*

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Claussen §

Lori Cooke-Marra*

Christopher Cope and Jamie Shaw

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Karen L. Daigle, MD*

The Dorothy K. Davis Foundation, Inc.

Geert M. DePrest and 

Laura Travis-DePrest*

Mr. Richard Ditton*

Ralph and Patricia Dixon*

Cheryl Dronzek

Mr. and Mrs. Richard England, Sr.*

Christopher Feldmann and 

Laura Beauchamp

Phillip and Sara Fought

Miss Pilar A. Garcia*

Ian C. Gibson-Smith and 

David M. Womack

Mr. Alfred Glassell III*

Mrs. Mary J. Graves*

Joanne T. Greenspun*

Mr. A. J. and Dr. Rita Gupta

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton

Mrs. Gloria Shaw Hamilton*

Ms. Virginia Hamister*

Felicie and Paul Hartloff*

Marilyn Heebner*

JAMES SMITHSON 

SOCIETY

AND FRIENDS OF THE SMITHSONIAN

JAMES SMITHSON SOCIETY members are partners in advancing the

Smithsonian’s mission and strategic plan goals, and they have abundant

opportunities to experience firsthand the learning and discovery that

the Institution’s vast resources inspire. In 2010, the Society’s 547

members set an outstanding example of personal philanthropy by

contributing $1.63 million toward general support. These important

funds enable the Institution to realize its vision for the future by 

furthering strategic plan objectives and addressing emerging needs

and initiatives. Thirteen member-only events in Washington, D.C.,

were hosted by 11 museums, and members in Boston, New Orleans,

Pasadena, and Anchorage were warmly welcomed to invitation-only

Smithsonian events in their cities. The Annual Members’ Weekend in

Washington, D.C., was the year’s highlight, with members traveling

from across the nation and as far away as Dubai to attend. Saturday

night’s elegant dinner, hosted by Secretary Clough and attended by

Smithsonian museum directors, was magnificently set in the National

Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

With 85,000 members and donors, the Friends of the Smithsonian

program continues to be one of the nation’s largest museum 

membership organizations. Friends’ generosity in 2010 provided the

Smithsonian with $12.8 million in general support, and members 

represented nearly every state in the nation. Friends enjoy many 

opportunities for behind-the-scenes access and are kept well-informed

about the inspiring work of the Smithsonian. A distinctive feature of

the program is the great loyalty and dedication of its members. Nearly

24,000 members have supported the Institution’s mission of 

educational outreach, art preservation, and scientific research for

three decades or more, and close to 100 members have continued

their generous involvement with the program since its inception in the

1960s. Through the philanthropy and dedication of all of its members,

Friends of the Smithsonian every day helps millions experience the

wonder of the Smithsonian. 
51

Patricia and Galen Ho

Mary W. Hopkins

John A. Hoyda

Nora Hsu and Barry C. Davis*

Mr. and Mrs. David Hugel*

David S. and Pat Jernigan*

Mary Jane Kilhefner*

Susan L. Klaus

Mr. Wayne E. Kurcz*

Dr. Terease Kwiatkowski

Ken and Ruthann Lehr

Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest §

Dr. Jerrold Levy and Maria Arias*

Dr. and Mrs. David Machuga

Forrest E. Mars, Jr.*

Mary Martell and Paul M. Johnson*

Dennis and Patricia Miller*

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran*

Ms. Marie L. Morrisroe

Susan and Furman Moseley §

Mr. Henry R. Muñoz III 

(Kell Muñoz Architects) §

Mrs. Don Carr Musick*

Robert Oaks*

Mr. Kent Papsun and Mrs. Jean Papsun

Theron and Nancy Patrick

Mr. and Mrs. James Pigott

Mrs. Charles L. Poor*

Patti Pyle*

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hart Rice*

Miss Jean Roberts*

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Andrew Rothkopf

Edward H. Sachtleben*

Ms. Susan Scanlan

William A. and 

Heather W. Schoenborn*

Madge Warden Selinsky*

Bob and Welmoed Sisson*

Robert D. Smith*

Sandra L. Sully*

Patricia S. Swaney*

Mary and Steven Swig*

Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation, MT §

Mr. Lee B. Thomas, Jr. and 

Dr. Joan E. Thomas*

William E. Thomas, Jr.*

Jim and Richie Wright*

Dr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Wu*

Norman Wymbs*

Ellen and Bernard Young*

Kenneth M. Zemrowski*

S. DILLON RIPLEY CIRCLE 

($2,500-$4,999)

Anonymous (37 )

Lucian Abernathy

Neal B. Abraham and Donna L. Wiley

David and Beryl Adcock*

Ralph Albers ◊

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn*

Mr. Terry G. Aldridge and

Ms. Patricia Thomas

The Honorable Samuel Alito

Mr. David H. Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Anderson 

(William S. and Janice R. Anderson

Foundation) §

Dr. Mayda Arias*

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery*

Paul and Christine Bagatelas

Ms. Dianne Baker

Steve and LaRae Bakerink*

Eleanor D. Balch

Janine F. Barre*

John and Kathie Baumgart

Susan and Thomas Baxter*

John and Sally Beals

Thomas and Kathleen Beddow

Michael and Tootie Beeman*

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beggs*

Pearl Bell and 

Colonel Billie G. Matheson ◊

Ms. Candice Bennett and 

Mr. William Hewitt

Mrs. Pegi W. Bernard*

David Bernstein and Deborah Brudno

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Berrington

Mr. John H. Blazek*

William M. Bomar*

Margaret W. and William J. D. Bond ◊

Dr. Mark S. Box*

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley §

Mr. Andrew Brill*

Mr. Robert D. Broeksmit and 

Ms. Susan Bollendorf

Col. and Mrs. Arthur L. Brooke

Agnes M. Brown

David and Lois Brown

Ralph J. Cazort, MD*

Jonathan L. Chang*

Mr. Wai T. Chang

Ms. Karen Christian

At the Annual Members’ Weekend in May, James Smithson Society members

toured renovations in progress at the 1881 Arts and Industries Building. They

were joined by Smithsonian Legacy Society members, who also attended the

three days of exclusive events.

David and Sandra Haas

Lindsey Haggar*

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale*

Adele and Donald Hall*

Ms. Joyce Hamel

Drs. J. Michael Hamilton and 

Myung H. Nam

Mr. Daniel Richard Hammond

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Haney, Jr.

Hansan Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Dale S. Hanson

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harris

Mr. Christie G. Harris*

Mr. Daniel W. Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly R. Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Marion Edwyn Harrison §

Mrs. Parker T. Hart*

Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Hartl*

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

Stylianos Hatzakis

John E. Hennessey and Linda Polk

Robert and Ann Herman

Paul Hertelendy §

Ms. Ann Herzog and Mr. Bill Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hildreth and Family

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Holladay*

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Hoover

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hopkins*

William Logan Hopkins ◊

Mr. Joseph Horning*

Joseph and Katherine Householder*

Ms. Vicki Howard

Mr. William H. Hunter*

Joshua R. Icore

Diane and John Ippolito*

Dr. William W. Ishee

Mr. James D. Jackson, Jr.*

Drs. Jay and Mary Anne Jackson*

Ms. Susan C. Jackson

Mrs. Marianne T. Jessee*

Mrs. Samuel C. Johnson*

Mr. Wells B. Jones and 

Ms. Donna L. Ceravolo

Dr. Kenneth L. Jordan*

Andrew Joskow and Lisa Sockett

Arnold and Marcia Kaplin*

Sheldon and Audrey Katz*

Richard and Elaine Kaufman ◊

Ms. Margaret H. Kavalaris

Mr. Jack Kay

Stephen C. Keeble and Karen Depew ◊

Mr. Michael Kelly*

John B. Kendrick and Emily M. Kendrick

Dr. Rebecca Kenyon*

Ms. Sharon Kessler

Mr. Christopher Kinsey*

Mr. and Mrs. Norman V. Kinsey*

James and Betty Knott

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kriss*

Judge Marion and Irene Ladwig*

Mr. James Larkin

James and Beverly Leach*

CDR Canice K. Levin, USN (Ret.)*

Susan Lindemuth*

Mr. Robert R. Little*

Mr. David A. Lloyd, Jr.

Mr. Kirill Lokshin

Shirley Loo*

Glen R. and Sally M. Lunde

Ms. Dorothy Lundgren

Penn Lupovich

Mr. Sandy Lyons

Mr. Robert Mack*

Jean B. Mahoney §

Ms. Li Chu*

Ms. Virginia B. Clark and 

Mr. Lane Taylor

Kay L. Clausen*

Bruce E. Cobern*

Dr. Wilmer and Dr. Caroline Cody §

Melvin S. and Ryna G. Cohen*

Ms. Ruth Boyer Compton ◊

William L. and Lucy Conley*

James and Justine Cooney

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Crawford

Ms. Dee Crawford

Patrisha C. Creevy, PAC and 

Albert A. Del Negro, M.D.

Pandora and Bob Crippen*

Kitty and David Crosby

Stewart and Cynthia Dall

Jane C. Davis*

Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Davis*

Ms. Carol Deane*

Ms. Gloria F. Dehart*

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard G. Dennis, Jr.

Lee and Mary Alice Dickerson

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, Jr. §

Dennis O. Dixon*

Debbie Driesman and Frank F. Islam

Diane Dudley*

Claudia H. Dulmage, Esq.

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eacker

Adrienne M. Edens

Peter and Charlotte Ehrenhaft*

Miss Babs Eisman*

Per E. Ellingsen*

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Elste

Ronald A. and Kristine Strom Erickson

Dr. and Mrs. John G. Esswein*

Marta P. and James G. Evans*

Ms. Heather Ewing

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Farrall

Christine R. Faser*

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Faulkner

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ference

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ferguson

Michael Finan and Pamela Frazier

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Fischer

Ms. Sonia Florian 

(The Northern Trust Company)

Mr. Kevin J. Flynn

Mary and Henry Flynt, Jr.*

Cynthia and Richard Foster

Jacqueline Lowe Fowler*

Bonnie S. Franklin

Mrs. Charleton Friedberg*

Virginia McGehee Friend*

Mr. and Mrs. David Morgan Frost*

Deborah Garza

Kathy Buckman Gibson*

Mr. Daniel Gilbert ◊

Karyn C. Gill and 

George McC. Gill, M.D. ◊

Mr. Charles Goldsberry*

Ms. Arlene Golub

Kenneth P. Gorelick, MD and 

Mrs. Cheryl Opacinch Fund*

Agnes M. Grady

Ms. Catharine Graton*

A. F. Greenfield

Mrs. Alton B. Grimes* ◊

Mr. Stuart Grossman*

Mr. Robert G. Gutenstein

Cynthia M. Gutkowski and 

Stanley J. Gutkowski

Corbin Gwaltney*

Jamie and Jana Gylden*
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Dr. Hugh Mainzer and 

Ms. Jill Jarecki Mainzer ◊

Merriel Mandell

Mr. Reed Michael Marquand

Ms. Jacqueline Badger Mars*

Virginia Cretella Mars*

Estelle M. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martino

Margery and Edgar Masinter §

Wayne and Tina Mathews*

Mr. Robert Mattox*

Mr. James I. McAuliff*

Richard and Vivian McCrary*

Ms. Mary F. McFadden*

Mr. David S. McGinness and 

Ms. Kathy Thomas*

John R. McIntyre

Mr. Joseph K. McLaughlin and 

Ms. Jeanne Rosenthal*

Richard T. McMurray

Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mead*

Mrs. Gilbert Mead ◊

Alan and Marilyn Miller*

Ms. Eleanor Miller

Mr. L. Fred Miller

Drs. Orlando J. and Dorothy A. Miller

Mr. Robert B. Mills

Sharon M. Mills

Frances Edmonds (Mohr) and 

Michael Mohr

Elizabeth M. Molloy and 

Timothy E. Welch*

Mrs. Betty Montgomery

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moran, III*

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan §

Mr. Robert E. Mortensen*

Richard and Cheryl Moxley

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

The Donald R. Mullen Family

Foundation, Inc.

Drs. James and Pamela Mulshine*

Dr. and Mrs. William A. Murphy, Jr.*

Mrs. Helen M. Murway*

Ms. Barbara Nakajo

Charles B. Nam*

RADM and Mrs. David Nash

Susan and Ron Nash

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson*

Vicki G. and John L. Nelson

Mr. Richard P. Nespola, Jr.

The Honorable John R. Norton III 

(The Norton Foundation) §

Melanie and Larry Nussdorf*

Mr. and Mrs. Merlin G. Nygren*

Michael O’Dell and Judith Grass*

Ms. M. Abigail O’Dess

Mrs. Jack H. Okuda

Tim and Debra Osburne

Robert S. Parker

David and Marianne Pastor

Michael and Barbara Pate

Laura Peebles and Ellen Fingerman

Ms. Charlotte Perret

Susan Peters and Richard Lee*

John L. Peterson*

Carol Pochardt ◊

Mr. Sydney M. Polakoff

William and Lela Poms

Mr. Ernest J. Porter

Ms. Judy Lynn Prince §

James E. Pruitt

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ramsey*

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rapp

Dr. Matthew J. Raymond

Ms. Catherine A. Rein

Helen M. Reinsch*

Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation

RFI Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice*

Lewis and Cynthia Rink

Nancy Robertson and 

Mark Cookingham*

Toni and Arthur Rock*

John and Anne Rollins

Mr. and Mrs. Greg A. Rosenbaum

David Rosenthal ◊

Mrs. Loretta Rosenthal

Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister ◊

Howard and Janice Rosser*

Maryà Rowan*

Marcella and Tim Ruland

Ms. Cathy Saenz

Ms. Renae Schmidt*

Catherine F. Scott ◊

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones and 

Mr. John E. Jones, Jr.

Matt and Liberty Seaford

Mrs. David M. Shapiro*

Mr. Mike Shealy

Winslow T. Shearman*

Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Sheffield ◊

Rob and Tracey Shenk

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shepard

Jon A. and Mary Shirley*

Ms. Barbara Shortridge*

Mr. Frank Shrontz*

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Shultz

Shirley Phillips Sichel ◊

Dr. Mary Hudson Siciliano*

Charles Siegel*

Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Slavin*

Joseph C. Smith*

Dr. Karl A. Smith

General and Mrs. W. Y. Smith*

Dr. and Mrs. Carl Soderstrom

Mrs. Irene M. Sorrough*

Mrs. Helen B. Spaulding §

Mr. and Mrs. Edson W. Spencer §

Jack B. St. Clair*

Gus and Mary Staahl

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Sterling, Jr.*

Mr. and Mrs. David D. Stirrett*

Shepard and Marlene Stone*

Mrs. Richard Stratton*

John and Meredith Sullivan

Jackson and Kay Yee Tai §

JAMES SMITHSON 

SOCIETY

AND FRIENDS OF THE SMITHSONIAN

Peter and Ann Tanous*

Mr. Stanley L. Temko*

Margaret Tevis

Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking*

Charles E. and Lois J. Toomer

Jack and Claire Tozier

Mrs. Helen Brice Trenckmann*

Harvey S. Trop*

Bryan Troutman and Margaret Fischer*

Joseph and Cynthia Urbano

Mr. and Mrs. H. Stewart Van Scoyoc

Araceli R. Vargas*

Colonel Harold W. Vorhies ◊

Raymond Waite*

Mrs. Florence R. Watson*

Ms. Angela Caveness Weisskopf*

Linden H. and Judith A. Welch*

Craig and Catherine Weston*

Mrs. Ben White*

Mrs. Donald White ◊

Jason Sean White

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Whitehurst

Mr. Jeffrey Williams*

Mr. Brian Williamson

Mrs. Pat Wilmeth*

Mr. Neal L. Wood*

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Woodson

Dianne and David Worley

Mr. David F. Wright

Dolores Yankauskas*

Elizabeth A. Yasik, M.D.*

Dr. Linda J. Young*

Colonel James Youngson, Jr.

Doctors Rodney and Deborah Zeitler*

Mary L. Zicarelli

Ms. June Zukerberg
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Judy S. Huret

Vice Chair

Gary B. Moore

Vice Chair

HONORARY MEMBERS

Robert McC. Adams

William S. Anderson

Max N. Berry

L. Hardwick Caldwell III

Frank A. Daniels, Jr.

Charles D. Dickey, Jr.

Patricia Frost

I. Michael Heyman

James M. Kemper, Jr.

Jean B. Mahoney

Sandra D. O’Connor

Francis C. Rooney, Jr.

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Lloyd G. Schermer

Frank A. Weil

Gay F. Wray

*Term began October 2010

SMITHSONIAN 

NATIONAL BOARD

LEADERSHIP, ADVICE, AND SUPPORT

Paul Neely

Chair

Peggy P. Burnet

Vice Chair

MEMBERS

Rodney C. Adkins

Douglas Ahlers*

Gordon M. Ambach

Valerie Anders

Judy Hart Angelo

Barbara McConnell Barrett

William H. Bohnett

Jane Lipton Cafritz

Thomas H. Castro

Wilmer S. Cody

Abby Joseph Cohen

Edgar M. Cullman, Jr.*

James F. Dicke II

John G. B. Ellison, Jr.

Sakurako D. Fisher

Michael R. Francis

John French III

Brenda J. Gaines*

Shelby M. Gans

E. K. Gaylord II

Myra M. Hart

Richard W. Herbst

Robert F. Higgins

Edward R. Hintz*

Steven G. Hoch

Sarah A. Hunt*

Anne B. Keiser (ex officio)

Jonathan M. Kemper

Betsy Lawer

Robert E. Long, Jr.

Robert D. MacDonald

Dorothy S. McAuliffe

Chris E. McNeil, Jr.

Sarah E. Nash*

Russell E. Palmer, Jr.

Theiline Pigott-Scheumann

William M. Ragland, Jr.

Kristin M. Richardson

Ronald A. Rosenfeld

Marna Schnabel

Phyllis M. Taylor

Douglas C. Walker

Mallory Walker

Wendy Somerville Wall (ex officio)*

Deborah L. Wince-Smith*

THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD continues to play an 

important role in the life of the Institution and in building its future. 

In 2010, National Board members and alumni provided valued advice,

acted as ambassadors for the Institution, and made generous 

gifts that made an enormous difference for priority projects and 

forward-looking initiatives. The Board took up the challenges and 

priorities of the new strategic plan with enthusiasm, providing 

valuable feedback to the Secretary and Smithsonian leadership, and

dedicating the work of two committees to key plan priorities of 

education and broadening access. The Board also continued its valued

advice and counsel on the planning for the national campaign, with

members and alumni participating in the campaign feasibility study.

As ambassadors, members and alumni renewed old ties and forged

new ones in Anchorage, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and Atlanta,

Georgia, while hosting Secretary Clough; Under Secretary for History,

Art, and Culture Richard Kurin; and National Museum of American

History Director Brent Glass. In June and July, centuries-old 

international relationships were renewed by crossing the Atlantic and

retracing James Smithson’s footsteps in a Study Tour visiting Paris and

London. The National Board contributed $1.19 million in annual 

giving, which the Secretary directed to priorities including the

Institution’s branding and best-practices studies and Smithsonian 2.0

Fund awards to spur promising new uses of technology and new

media. All told, National Board member and alumni giving totaled

$8.7 million, a figure that includes restricted and unrestricted support.

Leadership of the 2010 Smithsonian National Board: from left, Paul Neely, Chair;

Peggy P. Burnet, Vice Chair; Judy S. Huret, Vice Chair; Gary B. Moore, Vice Chair. 

2010 SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD
Dr. Harold A. Dundee

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dutton

Robert L. Dwight

Ms. Eleanor O. Earle

Mr. Gabriel H. Ebersole

Dr. Kay Edwards

Mrs. Ruth F. Effron

Mr. George W. Elliott

Valerie A. Emerson

Mrs. Joan Engberg

Ronald W. and Sophie M. Enger

Ken Ferrara

Miss Grace C. Ferrill

Mrs. Jean M. Feuille

Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Fincke

Mrs. Helen Flanagan

Mr. Fred R. Fonck

Ms. Norma L. Forbes

Mr. Ronald J. Foulis

Albert and Marion Friedlander

Ms. Patricia K. Frontz

Gudrun Fruehling

Dr. Martin A. Funk and 

Mr. Eugene S. Zimmer

Mr. Oscar Galeno

Mrs. H. Clay Gardenhire

Aileen M. Garrett

Mr. David E. Garrett

Ms. Lois Gartlir

Ms. Suzanne Gartz

Jane W. Gaston

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Gazzola

Drs. Albert Gelderman and

Martha Gelderman

Doris and Henry R. George

Ms. Iris J. Gibson

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Gilbert

Mr. and Mrs. William Gjodesen

Mr. Gilbert W. Glass

Mr. Charles Goldsberry

Ms. Margaret K. Goldsmith

Mrs. Ruth H. Gooding

Mrs. Renee Goodstein

Kenneth P. Gorelick, MD and 

Mrs. Cheryl Opacinch Fund

Gerald and Sheila Gould

Ms. Margaret J. Grasston

Mrs. Taylor P. Grasty

Mrs. Aline K. Grayson

Mr. James A. Greco

Ralph Greenhouse

Joanne T. Greenspun

Mrs. Ruth Gresham

Alice L. Grindstaff

Mr. Donald J. Guiles

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Milton R. 

Gunther, USAF (Ret.)

Mr. Robert S. Guthrie

Valerie J. and D. Wilson Gyton

Mrs. Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Ms. Josephine B. Hammond

The Tom and Char Hand Foundation

Mr. Ralph Hansen

Mrs. Marthajane Hapke

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

Ms. D. L. Hasse

Roger D. Hathaway

Mr. William C. Hauber

Ms. Judy Hauser

Patricia and Michael Hausknost

Ms. Annelise Brand

Mr. J. B. Brandt

Mr. James Brendel

Col. and Mrs. Arthur L. Brooke

Ms. Virginia Lou Brooks

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

Harris and Diane Bruch

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bruns

Rogene A. Buchholz

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi

Ms. Elinor Anne Budelier

Robert F. Bulens

Ms. Shirley L. Bunton

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

Café Nicholson Fund

Ms. Ernestine Calhoun

Ms. Margaret Capuder, RN

Ms. Joyce L. Carter

Michael W. Cassidy

Mrs. Fenner A. Chace

Mr. Eric Chandler

Patricia and Samuel Charache

Ms. Mary Claire Christensen

Ms. Linda C. Clark

Ms. Tanya Marie Clark

Mr. Thomas L. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Claussen

Earl F. Clayton

Robert and Betsey Clopine

Dr. Karen Weaver Coleman

Mr. Douglas Comerdinger

Mrs. Mary Gendernalik Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Ms. Carol Ann Crotty

Phillip and Betty Crum

Linda B. Cullen

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culley

Mr. Hal J. Cunningham

Mr. James Curry

Mr. Ravenel Boykin Curry, Jr.

Miss Pauline R. Cushing

Mrs. Phyllis Daderio

General and Mrs. J. R. Dailey

Mr. Carmen J. D’Angelo

Ms. Patricia Daniels

Mrs. Lucile Daubner

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Davis

James H. Davis

Mrs. Aila G. Dawe

Mr. Walter Deans

Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave

Mrs. George O. DeGele

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Deichmiller

Mr. Alan R. Dellinger

Ms. Sue A. Delorme

Ms. Patrice Kathleen Denman

Ms. Elaine A. Dependahl

Baroness Yvonne de Vilar

Kenneth G. and Sherry L. Dietz

Dennis O. Dixon

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dixon

Ralph and Patricia Dixon

Alycia and Bruce Doctor

Alan and Elizabeth Duckett

SMITHSONIAN 

LEGACY SOCIETY

The Smithsonian Legacy Society

honors those who carry on James

Smithson’s tradition by making legacy

gifts to the Institution, such as

bequests, charitable gift annuities,

charitable remainder trusts, pooled

income fund gifts, gifts of retirement

plans, or donations through other

giving vehicles.

Anonymous

Lucian Abernathy

Mr. Michael C. Adams, Jr.

Ralph Albers

Mrs. Roberta M. Alden

Ms. Doris Alexander

Stephen T. Alexieff

Claudia R. Allen and 

Willis M. Allen, Jr.

Ms. Ruth Alliger

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Mr. Richard C. Andersen

Mr. Charles F. W. Anderson

William S. and Janice R. Anderson

Ms. Rae R. Anderson-Marsh

Thelma L. Antal

Dr. and Mrs. C. Araoz

Ms. Beryl E. Arbit

Mark B. Ardis

Mr. Orville M. Armstrong

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

Mary Arnold

Rudolph E. and Frances B. Atmus

Mr. Robert J. Atwater

Rose Marie Baab

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baecht

Dr. Sheryl Bair

William and Nellie Baker

Lorraine Idriss Ball

Eugene C. and Phyllis T. Ballinger

Mr. Dale S. Barnett, Jr.

Captain Celia Barteau

LeRoy T. Baseman

Betty Passmore Bass

Mrs. Florence Baston

Mr. Gary F. Beanblossom

Leslie Ellen Beller

Mr. William C. Benner

Ms. Joan Benson

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Beresford

Mrs. Susanna Berger

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Boggs

George and Bonnie Bogumill

Margaret W. and William J. D. Bond

Ms. Kathryn Boomsma

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

Ms. Jennifer E. Hawley

Mr. Geoffrey F. Hayes

Ms. Helen Heidgerd

Wilbert A. Heinz

Mr. Richard D. Henderson

Lloyd E. Herman

Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Herold

Ms. Gail Hershenzon

Martha Hertelendy

Paul Hertelendy

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herzog

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess

Mr. Jeff Hill

Edward J. and Ruth W. Hodge

Miss K. T. Hoffacker

Ruth S. Holmberg

Robert W. Holmes

Ms. Hanna Lore Hombordy

Dorothy Post Hoover

Mary W. Hopkins

Ray and Valerie Hopkins

William L. Hopkins and 

Richard B. Anderson

Catherine Marjorie Horne

Mrs. Roberta C. Hossbacher

Ms. Brenda Howard

Dr. JoGayle Howard

Howat Family Foundation 

(John and Anne Howat)

Mrs. Edgar McPherson Howell

John Hoyda

Nora Hsu and Barry C. Davis

Mr. Stuart M. Hughes

Captain Woodie W. Humburg

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hunt

Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Hyatt

Keith Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Karel Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Jenkins

Dennis R. Jenkins

Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Jenkins,

USAF (Retired)

Donald R. and Judy Jensen

David S. and Pat Jernigan

Mr. Douglas B. Johnson

Ms. Janice M. Johnson

Mr. Woodrow C. Johnson

Mr. Denis F. Johnston

Ms. Heather Jones

Mr. Leonard H. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Jue

Mr. Nelson Kading

Stephen and Linda Kamen

Ms. Judy Kaselow

Steven Kazan and 

Judy Heymann Kazan

Miss Rajinder Kaur Keith

Mrs. W. J. Kelnhofer

Robert F. and Nancy L. Kempf

Mr. John B. Kendrick

Ms. Kelly A. Kendrick-Bailey

Ms. Marjorie C. Kennedy

Jack L. Keyes

Mary Jane Kilhefner

Ms. Moselle Kimbler

Mrs. Timothy King

Drs. Susan and Perry Klein

Elise H. Knight

Mr. C. Wilson Kniseley

John and Mary Lu Koenig

Richard and Marilyn Kolesar

Ms. Nancy Konkol

Lt. Col. William K. and 

Mrs. Alice S. Konze

Ms. Amy Kotkin

DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

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Mr. David E. Todd

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd

Mr. Robert Bruce Torgny

Anna Mary Tossey

Mr. and Mrs. David Tozer

Ms. Barbara V. Tufts

Ms. Selena M. Updegraff

Fred G. and Lelia R. Valdivia

Ms. Susan A. Vallon

Dr. Lorna VanderZanden

Ms. Carol Vangelos

John Vernet

Jean and Davis H. von Wittenburg

N. O. Wagenschein

Patty Wagstaff

Raymond Waite

Ms. Jeanette M. Walke

Bettye S. Walker

Ms. Esperanza R. Walker

Mrs. Peggy Wall

Miss Catherine M. Walsh

Mrs. Elizabeth Walther

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ward

Mrs. Mary Watts

Ms. Mary Alice Waugh

Ms. Susan G. Waxter

Mrs. Virginia C. B. Webster

Mr. Les J. Weinstein

Mr. Paul E. Wellington

Mr. Walt Wells

Dale (Billie) L. Welton

Dr. Jacqueline H. Werner

Mrs. Harriet K. Westcott

Craig and Catherine Weston

Ms. Cecel F. White

Mrs. Donald W. White

Jason Sean White

Mr. Richard Whitekettle

Mr. Hollin J. Whitten

Ms. Duncan Whittome

Ms. Vivian Wilder

Mr. Donald E. Williams

Ms. Jeanne Wilson

Dr. Michael C. Wolf

Sue Ann Wolff

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Wood

Gerald L. Wood

ADCS Scott B. Wood, USN, Retired

Mr. Phillip S. Woodruff

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wynbrandt

Ms. Lillian Yamori

Ms. Gail Yano

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Yohannes

Judy Yoss

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zapart

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Kenneth M. Zemrowski

Dr. P. Joseph Zharn

John and Sherry Ziegler

Mrs. Nancy Behrend Zirkle

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. and 

Michelle Zygielbaum

Mrs. Linda J. Kownacki

Richard I. Kuehl

Dr. Richard Kurin

Margo Kurtz

Ms. Lee L. Kush

Mrs. James Spencer Lacock

Mr. Travis S. Lamberton

Mrs. Robert H. Lando

Gilbert H. Lang, MD

Jane Lanham

Mrs. Mary E. Lanham

Dr. Geraldine E. La Rocque

Philip Lathrap

Cynthia Muss Lawrence

Mrs. Deane C. Laycock

M/SGT. Lionel L. Leblanc

Ms. Maryann D. B. Lee

Mr. Bruce Leighty

Ms. Rosealie Lesser

Loetta Lewis

Theodore W. and 

Barbara Ann Libbey

Ms. Jeanie Linders

Daniel M. Linguiti and Teri A. Smurl

Ms. Eleanor L. Linkous

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Liss

Ms. Anne R. Litchfield

Ms. Nina Liu

William and Katherine Livengood

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Long

Shirley Loo

Dr. and Mrs. Burton N. Lowe

Frank J. Lukowski

Ms. Kayrene Lunday

Glen R. and Sally M. Lunde

Mr. Bradley Lutz

Ms. Barbara M. Macknick

Kim and Mark Mailloux

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maluzzi

Ms. Janean L. Mann

Christian L. and Edna M. March

Margery and Edgar Masinter

Mr. David J. Mason

Mr. John L. Mason

Mr. Paul Maxim

Dr. Bella J. May

Mr. Ronald W. McCain

Robert and Mary McCallum

Ms. June W. McCarron

Mr. and Mrs. Brandon McCrary

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary

Mr. Stephen Davis McCrary

Mr. Lowell McDysan

Miss Minnie Belle McIntosh

Ms. Lowen McKay

Colonel Billy McLeod

Mr. Andrew McMahon

Eleanor McMillan

William and Jeanne L. McNamara

Mrs. Madeleine H. McReynolds

Scott and Hella McVay

Miss Nora L. Melville

Ms. Mae Mercereau

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mikuletzky

Mrs. Elaine Milestone

Dennis and Patricia Miller

Jerry Miller

Ms. Patricia Minard

Mr. George Mitchell

Mr. Emmet V. Mittlebeeler

Mr. Sidney F. Mobell

Frances Edmonds (Mohr) and

Michael Mohr

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montanye

Dr. Judith A. Monte

Charles and Judith Moore

Mrs. Jane R. Moore

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan

Mr. George M. Muldrow and 

Mr. Robert G. Bragg

Joan C. Muzzillo and 

Paul R. Popick

Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Myers

Mr. Arthur Natale

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

David A. Neiss

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson

Ms. Arlene R. Newby

Ms. Myrtle S. Nord

Mr. Homer C. Ogles

Ms. Setsuko Oka

Nancy L. O’Neal

Ms. Mildred S. Onion

Ms. P. Gail Osburn

Don and Lynn Owen

Mr. Patrick H. Packard

Mrs. Irma Padgett-Haaland

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

Mrs. Vivian Paegelow

Mr. Robert Pastorino

John R. Patterson, Jr.

Dr. Robert C. Patton

Mary Ann and Carl Pearson

Mr. Paul L. Peck

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Pehta

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pendlebury

Elaine and Patrick Perkins

John L. Peterson

Ms. Nancy Phillips

Ms. Barbara Ann Pike

Ms. Thelma B. Player

Brigadier General Frederick 

W. Plugge IV, USAF (Ret.)

Mr. Don Polan

Mrs. Ann M. Potter

Bob and Janice Pound

Mr. and Mrs. Anco L. Prak

Mr. Delbert L. Price

Ms. Judy Lynn Prince

Mrs. Lakhbir Purewal

Ms. Martha Puricelli

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanley Purvinis

David and Cheryl Purvis

Mrs. Frank K. Rabbitt

Mrs. William Rader

Mrs. Mildred F. Rafaj

Frederick L. Ranck

Francis H. Rasmus, Jr.

Mr. Michael F. Reed

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Mr. Donald L. Reinking

Jon and Emilee Reynolds

Mrs. Robert A. Rice

Colonel and Mrs. Robert F. Rick

Miss Elizabeth Candida Ridout

Mr. Robert E. Ritter

Ms. Eleanor A. Robb

Mr. Charles J. Robertson

Janice Stultz Roddenbery and 

Thomas Peale Roddenbery

Ms. Betty Rodgers

Mr. Scott Roeth

Ms. Laurel Rohrer

Dr. Ruth A. Roland

Mr. Norman Roscilo

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Ms. Shari Rothstein

Mr. and Mrs. John Ruby

Owen F. Ruggles

Ms. Karen Russell

Louise Russell, Ph.D.

Mr. Richard T. Russell, Jr.

Ms. Sally D. Ryan

Mr. C. J. Ryburn

Edward H. Sachtleben

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Salter

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. 

Santa Barbara

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

Norma Schmid

Miss Lois K. Schmidt

Ms. Deborah Schneide

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Schultz

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

Mrs. Norma Gudin Shaw

Ms. Shari Diane Shaw

Winslow T. Shearman

Col. and Mrs. Robert S. Sherman

Dr. Gerry Shigekawa

Mrs. William H. Shopp

Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Shumate

Shirley Phillips Sichel

June and Harold Siebert

Mrs. Joan S. Siedenburg

Ms. Anne Copeland Silberman

Ms. Mary Bise Simon

Ms. Mary F. Simons

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

Sandra and Lawrence Small

Dr. Barbara J. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith

Denny G. Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Soldoff

Guenther and Siewchin Yong Sommer

Mrs. Irene M. Sorrough

Ms. Doris Sperber

Dr. Harry Wayne Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Sproesser

Ms. Brenda Spurgeon

Ms. Carolyn N. Stafford

Paul and Janet Stahlhuth

Mrs. Ginger Winters Stallings

Elizabeth E. Stanford

Mr. James Starkey

Ms. Eugenia L. Staszewski

Ms. Wanda B. Staszewski

Fred L. and Ruth B. Steele

Ms. Sandra Sterling

Judith Stoeri

Kevin B. Stone

Miss Irma Story

Ms. Amanda J. Stott

Miss Iris Strauss

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Streckewald

Robert and Gail Strong

Joseph and Elizabeth Suarez

Ralph Edward Tamper

Cuyler and Grace Taylor

George D. and Mary Augusta Thomas

Dr. and Mrs. F. Christian Thompson

Ms. Johanna W. Thompson

John and Ellen Thompson

Gary and Marie Thunem

Mrs. Diane D. Tobin
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BEQUESTS

We remember with appreciation 

the following generous donors whose 

gifts through bequests from their

estates were received this year.

Anonymous

Walter E. Adams, Jr.

Jane W. Barager

Audrey C. Bell

Marguerite L. Bender

Colonel and Mrs. Joseph S. Benham

Helen Joyce Blizzard

Louis C. Bodenheimer

Lorna E. Bridenstine

Harry R. Charles, Jr.

Eldon H. Crowell

Raymond Czarnica

Richard Darman

Dewitt S. Davidson

Mona E. Dingle

Virginia E. Donovan

Lillian R. Evans

Helen Fruth

Herbert H. Hamilton

Venus Harary

Allan Herdman

John R. Huggard

Thelma M. Kenison

Bernice A. Kerbaugh

Amy Mary Knight

Lorraine M. Mensing

Edmund B. Piasecki Trust

Franklin K. Ribelin

Malcolm S. and Evelyn Rountree

Dwight D. Saunders

Nell J. Stone

Anne van Biema

Fred Van Dolsen

Peggy Van Horne

George Arnold Whitehead

Francis W. and Carol J. Worrell

Shirley B. Zeppiero

Joseph F. Zygmunt

MEMORIAL AND 

COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS

The following were so honored 

by their families, friends, and other 

donors to the Smithsonian.

Douglas S. Cramer

Vicki Cruse

Mark di Suvero

Barbara G. Fleischman

Sumner Gerard

Dee Howard

Madeleine Rudin Johnson

Michelle Kahn

Julie Johnson Kidd

Harvey M. Krueger

Marianna S. Leighton

Cornelia R. Levin

Peter and Paula Lunder

Richard Meier

John Morrow

Enid W. Morse

Don Carr Musick, Jr.

Mary E. Rice

Kathy Daubert Smith

Margaret Adkins Stanley

Esme Usdan and James Snyder

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

In addition to philanthropic 

support, the Smithsonian in fiscal

year 2010 received the following

government contracts and grants 

and non-government contracts.

Recognized below are organizations

that provided support of $100,000 

or more.

Abu Dhabi Authority for 

Culture & Heritage

Annenberg Foundation

Autoridad del Canal de Panamá

Government of Colombia

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones 

Cientificas (Spain)

Cultural Institute of Mexico

ECOPETROL S.A. — Instituto 

Colombiano del Petroleo

Electric Power Research Institute

Export–Import Bank of the

United States

County of Fairfax

Fudan University

Giant Magellan Telescope 

Observatory Corporation

HSBC Holdings plc

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 

California Institute of Technology

Johns Hopkins University 

Applied Physics Laboratory

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Louisiana State University

State of Maryland

Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology

National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration

National Coordination Office for 

Space-Based Positioning, 

Navigation, & Timing 

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration

The Nature Conservancy

New York City Economic 

Development Corporation

New York State Council 

on the Arts

Peace Corps

Repsol YPF Peru

SENACYT (Republic of Panamá)

Shell Gabon

Southwest Research Institute

Stevens Institute of Technology

Towson University

Tulane University

University of Alabama

University of California, Davis

University of Chicago

University of Colorado

University of Florida

University of Maryland

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland

Security

U.S. Department of Interior, 

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Air Force

U.S. Department of the Navy

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency

U.S. Postal Service

Virtual Astronomical 

Observatory, LLC

Washburn University

Woodrow Wilson International 

Center for Scholars

Yale University

DONORS TO 

THE SMITHSONIAN

RECOGNIZING OUR BENEFACTORS

ADDITIONAL 

SUPPORT

PARTNERS WITH THE SMITHSONIAN
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people together. Each year, gifts from friends and benefactors help

meet the enormous costs of providing Smithsonian programs and

services, year-round and free of charge, to millions of people throughout the world.

Today’s Smithsonian is:

• The world’s largest provider of museum experiences, through 

in-person visits, traveling exhibitions, and online resources that

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objects and priceless collections in trust for every citizen.

Never before has your gift been more valued or made so great an 

impact. We rely on the thoughtful and generous support of 

individuals, foundations, and corporations. Please contact us to learn

more about how you can support America’s museum.

GIVING ONLINE

Giving online is fast, easy, and secure. Making a gift takes only a few

steps, and gifts ranging in size from $5 to $10,000 are accepted. An

e-mail confirmation is provided.

www.supportsmithsonian.org

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIPS

Corporations play a vital philanthropic role in today’s Smithsonian. 

We welcome corporate relationships and offer membership through

the Smithsonian Corporate Membership Program. Contact us to learn

more about how a Smithsonian partnership can complement your 

corporate objectives.

(202) 633-0016, corpmembers@si.edu

www.si.edu/corporate

MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS

Hosting members from around the entire nation, the Friends of 

the Smithsonian and James Smithson Society programs provide 

support for the Institution’s mission and the priorities of the strategic plan, and offer a wide variety of events and benefits to those

who join. Annual membership levels range from $75 to $20,000.

(800) 931-3226, membership@si.edu

www.smithsonianmembership.com

Many individual Smithsonian museums and research centers 

offer memberships. To learn more about them, go to 

www.smithsonian.org/membership, and click on the link for the

museum that is of interest to you.

PLANNED GIVING

Donors who provide for the Smithsonian through their estate plans

or life income gifts help ensure that the Institution will continue 

to inspire and educate people of all ages, around the world, for

generations to come. As members of the Smithsonian Legacy 

Society, planned gift donors stay connected to the Institution’s 

latest exhibitions, programs, and scientific discoveries.

(888) 419-7584, legacy@si.edu

http://si.giftlegacy.com

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information about how you can support the Smithsonian

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

please contact:

Virginia B. Clark

Director of Advancement and Philanthropic Giving

Office of Advancement

Smithsonian Institution

1000 Jefferson Drive S.W., Room 124

MRC 027, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-4300, giving@si.edu

www.si.edu/giving

WAYS 

TO GIVE 

HELPING FULFILL THE MISSION
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Susan and Jim Cargill 

Meghann and Patrick Harker 

Christian Harker

The E. Rhodes & Leona B. 

Carpenter Foundation

Cessna Aircraft Company

CIGNA

The Coca-Cola Company

Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation

The Comer Foundation

The Commonwealth of Virginia

Joseph and Robert Cornell 

Memorial Foundation

Lee H. Cruse Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd

The Daniels Fund

Richard Darman

Marcel and Serge Dassault

Florence Coulson Davis

Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen

Bern Dibner

Jim and Janet Dicke

Valerie and Charles Diker

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Discovery Communications, Inc.

Patricia C. Dodge

Donald J. and Helen D. Douglass

DuPont

The Eberly Family Charitable Trust

EDS

Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

EMC Corporation

Travis and Anne Engen

Charles H. Ettl

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Evans

ExxonMobil

FedEx Corporation

The Fertilizer Institute

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

Barbara G. Fleischman

The Ford Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Martha Parks Forrest

Charles Lang Freer

Patricia and Phillip Frost

Fujifilm

The Funger Foundation, 

Norma Lee and Morton Funger

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

General Motors Company

The Glenstone Foundation, 

Mitchell P. Rales, Founder

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Alice R. Gottesman

Arvin Gottlieb

Katharine Graham

The William and Sue Gross 

Family Foundation

The George Gund Foundation

George Gund III and Iara Lee

James E. Gysin

Karl H. Hagen

Enid A. Haupt

William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

Edward P. and Rebecca R. Henderson

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Ikuo Hirayama

Joseph Hirshhorn

Frank and Lisina Hoch

Hubert N. (Jay) Hoffman, III

Holenia Trust

Ruth S. and A. William Holmberg

Janet Annenberg Hooker

Raymond J. and Margaret Horowitz

Grant W. Howell

John R. Huggard

IBM Corporation

Intel Corporation

International Lease Finance Corporation

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation

James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs

Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.

Robert L. Johnson

The JSM Charitable Trust, 

James S. McDonnell III, 

John F. McDonnell

Georgette and Herman Kamenetz

Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan

The W. M. Keck Foundation

Herb Kelleher

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

R. Crosby Kemper

William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

David H. Koch

Robert and Arlene Kogod

The Korea Foundation

Kraft Foods

The Kresge Foundation

Constance and Harvey Krueger

B. Y. Lam Foundation

Lannan Foundation

Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak

Robert Lehrman

The Lemelson Foundation

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin

Barbara Riley Levin

The Distinguished Benefactors Room in the

Smithsonian Institution Castle honors the

Institution’s most generous contributors,

individuals whose gifts total $1 million or more

and foundations and corporations that have made

one-time gifts of the same amount.

Anonymous

3M

AAA

Charles Francis Adams

M. Clay Adams

A&E Television Networks

Aflac Incorporated

The Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie

Airbus

Alcoa

American Airlines

American Chemical Society

American Express

American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

American Public Transportation Association

American Road & Transportation

Builders Association

AMS Foundation for the Arts,

Sciences and Humanities

Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Apple Computer, Inc.

Art Research Foundation

Association of American Railroads

Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.

Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod

Bank of America

Laura Barney

Kenneth E. Behring Family

Max N. and Heidi L. Berry

Barbara and James Block

Mary and Leigh B. Block

Winton M. “Red” Blount

The Boeing Company

Bombardier

Mrs. Virginia O. Boochever

F. Otis Booth, Jr.

Agnes C. Bourne

The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston

Hildegard Bruck and Alfred Egerter

Dr. Peter Buck

The Emil Buehler Trust

The Burkle Family Foundation

William A. Burleson

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell

DISTINGUISHED 

BENEFACTORS 

DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN
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Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin

Frank Levinson Family Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation

Rod Lewis and Family

Lockheed Martin

Jeffrey H. Loria

Jon and Lillian Lovelace

Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

The Henry Luce Foundation

The Lunder Foundation

Peter and Paula Lunder

The Elizabeth Carolyn Lux Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan

Barbara and Morton Mandel

Nancy and Edwin Marks

Alice S. Marriott Lifetime Trust/

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

John and Adrienne Mars

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Masterfoods USA

Nan Tucker McEvoy

MCI WorldCom

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Sidney Mobell

The Mohegan Tribe of 

Indians of Connecticut

The A. P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney

Møller Foundation

The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Morgan Stanley

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse

Susan and Furman Moseley

Motorola Foundation

Robert O. Muller

NAMM – International Music Products 

Association

National Asphalt Pavement Association

National Association of Realtors

National Business Aviation Association, Inc.

National Mining Association

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association

H. Duane Nelson

NYSE Foundation

The Nippon Foundation

Nissan North America, Inc.

Nordic Council of Ministers

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Ocean Conservancy

Occidental Chemical Corporation

Carroll O’Connor and 

Nancy Fields O’Connor

Oneida Indian Nation (New York)

Yoko Ono

Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc.

Bernard and Barbro Osher

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Richard D. and Laura A. Parsons

Paul Peck

Peterson Family Foundation

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc.

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Robert W. Pittman

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust

The Principal Financial Group

The Prudential Foundation

Rasmuson Foundation

Raytheon Company

Reve Foundation

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation

Robinson Helicopter Company

Sara Roby Foundation

David Rockefeller

Rockefeller Foundation

Rolex

Rolls-Royce

Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters

Susan and Elihu Rose

Arthur Ross Foundation

Rodris Roth

Alice and David Rubenstein

Arthur M. Sackler

Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Dr. Elizabeth Sackler/

The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Else Sackler

John and Joy Safer 

Victoria and Roger Sant

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul II

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Nina and Ivan Selin

Seneca Nation of Indians

Shell

Frank B. and Faye Sherry

Shirley Phillips Sichel

Paul Singer

Sketch Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Albert and Shirley Small

Robert H. and Clarice Smith 

Soil Science Society of America

Guenther and Siewchin Yong Sommer

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford

The Starr Foundation

State Farm Companies Foundation

Margaret and Terry Stent

The Summit Fund of Washington 

Target

Terra Foundation for American Art

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw 

Charitable Trust

Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Timex Corporation

TRW

Earl S. Tupper

Turner Foundation, Inc.

TWA

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

Richard O. Ullman Family Foundation

United States Mint

United States Postal Service

UPS

The Upton Trust

Esme Usdan and James Snyder

Anne van Biema

Verizon Foundation

Teodoro Vidal

VOLVO

Jean and Davis H. von Wittenburg

Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Fund

The Walt Disney Company

Warner Bros.

Alexander and Annie B. Wetmore

Coralyn Wright Whitney

Norman C. and Catherine M. Willcox

The Oprah Winfrey Foundation

Harry Winston Research Foundation, Inc.

Ronald Winston

The World Bank

Xerox Corporation
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MUSEUMS

Ten Smithsonian museums and 

galleries are located on the National

Mall between the Washington

Monument and the U.S. Capitol. 

Six other museums and the National

Zoo are located elsewhere in the

Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design

Museum and the National Museum 

of the American Indian’s George

Gustav Heye Center are located in 

New York City. The newest museum 

to be established within the 

Smithsonian is the National Museum 

of African American History and

Culture, which will be located on the

National Mall in Washington, D.C.

ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY 

MUSEUM

Camille Giraud Akeju, Director

MRC 777, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-4839

COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL 

DESIGN MUSEUM

Bill Moggridge, Director

2 East 91st Street

New York, N.Y. 10128-0669

(212) 849-8400

FREER GALLERY OF ART AND 

ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY

Julian Raby, Director

MRC 707, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-0456

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND

SCULPTURE GARDEN

Richard Koshalek, Director

MRC 350, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-2837

NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

AND THE STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY

CENTER

Gen. John R. Dailey (USMC, Ret.),

Director

MRC 310, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-2350

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN

AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

Lonnie Bunch, Director

MRC 509, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-4763

BOARD OF REGENTS

The Smithsonian is the world’s largest

museum and research complex, with

19 museums and the National Zoo, 

as well as research centers around the

world. It was created by Congress in

1846 under the terms of the will of

James Smithson of England, who in

1826 bequeathed his property to the

United States of America “to found 

at Washington, under the name of 

the Smithsonian Institution, an

establishment for the increase and

diffusion of knowledge.” Congress

vested responsibility for administration 

of the Smithsonian in the Board 

of Regents.

The Chief Justice of the United States

Ex officio, Chancellor

Patricia Q. Stonesifer

Citizen of Washington State, Chair

Alan G. Spoon

Citizen of Massachusetts, Vice Chair

The Vice President of the United States

Ex officio

Thad Cochran

Senator from Mississippi

Patrick J. Leahy

Senator from Vermont

Jack Reed

Senator from Rhode Island

Xavier Becerra

Representative from California

Sam Johnson

Representative from Texas

Steven C. LaTourette

Representative from Ohio

Stephen M. Case

Citizen of Virginia

France A. Córdova

Citizen of Indiana

Shirley Ann Jackson

Citizen of New York

Robert P. Kogod

Citizen of Washington, D.C.

John W. McCarter, Jr.

Citizen of Illinois

David M. Rubenstein

Citizen of Maryland

Roger W. Sant

Citizen of Washington, D.C.

* * * *

John K. Lapiana

Chief of Staff to the Regents

A. Sprightley Ryan

Inspector General

ADMINISTRATION

G. Wayne Clough

Secretary

Richard Kurin

Under Secretary for History, Art, 

and Culture

Alison McNally

Under Secretary for Finance 

and Administration

Eva J. Pell

Under Secretary for Science

Claudine K. Brown

Assistant Secretary for Education 

and Access

Patricia Bartlett

Chief of Staff to the Secretary

Virginia B. Clark

Director, Advancement and 

Philanthropic Giving

Judith E. Leonard

General Counsel

Evelyn S. Lieberman

Director, Office of Communications

and External Affairs

Era L. Marshall

Director, Office of Equal Employment

and Minority Affairs

Tom Ott

President, Smithsonian Enterprises

To contact staff members listed above,

call (202) 633-1000 for addresses and

telephone numbers.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Director

MRC 708, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-4610

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 

AMERICAN HISTORY 

KENNETH E. BEHRING CENTER

Brent D. Glass, 

The Elizabeth MacMillan Director

MRC 622, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-3435

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE

AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE 

GEORGE GUSTAV HEYE CENTER

Kevin Gover, Director

MRC 590, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-6700

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 

NATURAL HISTORY

Cristián Samper, Director

MRC 106, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-1000

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Martin E. Sullivan, Director

MRC 973, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-8276

NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM

Allen R. Kane, Director

MRC 570, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-5500

NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK

Dennis W. Kelly, Director

3001 Connecticut Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

(202) 633-4442

SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART

MUSEUM AND ITS RENWICK GALLERY

Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret 

and Terry Stent Director

MRC 970, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-8430

As of June 30, 2011
RESEARCH CENTERS

ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART

John W. Smith, Director

MRC 937, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-7992

MUSEUM CONSERVATION 

INSTITUTE

Robert J. Koestler, Director

4120 Silver Hill Road

Suitland, Md. 20746-2863

(301) 238-1205

SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL

OBSERVATORY

Charles R. Alcock, Director

60 Garden Street

Cambridge, Mass. 02138

(617) 495-7100

SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL

RESEARCH CENTER

Anson H. Hines, Jr., Director

P.O. Box 28

Edgewater, Md. 21037

(443) 482-2208

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ARCHIVES

Anne Van Camp, Director

MRC 507, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-5908

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

LIBRARIES

Nancy E. Gwinn, Director

MRC 154, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-2240

SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION AT

FORT PIERCE

Valerie J. Paul, Director

701 Seaway Drive

Fort Pierce, Fla. 34949-3140

(772) 462-0982

SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL 

RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PANAMA)

Eldredge Bermingham, Director

Unit 0948 APO AA 34002-0948

011 (507) 212-8086

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND 

CULTURAL HERITAGE

Daniel Sheehy, Director

MRC 520, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-6455

NATIONAL SCIENCE RESOURCES

CENTER

Sally Goetz Shuler, Executive 

Director

901 D Street S.W., Suite 704-B

Washington, D.C. 20024

(202) 633-2972

OFFICE OF FELLOWSHIPS AND 

INTERNSHIPS

Catherine F. Harris, Director

MRC 902, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-7070

SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATIONS

Harold A. Closter, Director

MRC 942, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-5300

SMITHSONIAN ASIAN PACIFIC

AMERICAN PROGRAM

Konrad Ng, Director

MRC 516, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-2691

THE SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES

Barbara S. Tuceling, Director

MRC 701, P.O. Box 23293

Washington, D.C. 20026-3293

(202) 633-8880

SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR 

EDUCATION AND MUSEUM STUDIES

Stephanie L. Norby, Director

MRC 508, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-5297

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE

Anna R. Cohn, Director

MRC 941, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-3136

SMITHSONIAN LATINO CENTER

Eduardo Díaz, Director

MRC 512, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

(202) 633-1240

PHOTO CAPTIONS

IFC: GPS survey, Death Valley, Center for

Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and

Space Museum. Page 1: hands-on forensic

program, National Museum of Natural

History. Page 2: Secretary views Smithsonian

Tropical Research Institute’s geological and

paleontological research underway at the

Panama Canal. Page 4, clockwise: student

assisting National Museum of Natural History

paleobotanist Scott Wing holds 55-millionyear-old plant fossils, Worland, WY;

children's education program, Smithsonian

Environmental Research Center; Make

Something!! program, Cooper-Hewitt,

National Design Museum. Page 5: testing

for species variations and similarities,

Acromis sparsa beetles, Smithsonian Tropical

Research Institute. Page 6: Mobile Learning

Institute participants, Hirshhorn Museum.

Page 7, clockwise: eighth-grader identifies

Earth’s geologic features; SHOUT program

tree-banding participants, Hout Bay High

School, South Africa. Page 8: science

teacher, Science Education Academy for

Teachers, National Science Resources Center.

Page 9: Science and Technology Concepts

lesson, National Science Resources Center.

Page 10, clockwise: studying wood density,

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute;

National Museum of Natural History scientist

Helen James dives into dormant Hawaiian

volcanoes to study extinct bird species;

students learn by experimentation, National

Science Resources Center. Page 11: Ocean

Hall, National Museum of Natural History.

Page 12: “What’s Your Fish Face?” activity

introduces Ocean Portal website. Page 13,

clockwise: visitors, Hall of Human Origins;

navigating archived Native artifact images

and information using touch-screen,

Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK. 

Page 14: reforestation project along the

Panama Canal uses native species to

conserve water, store carbon, and restore

biodiversity, Smithsonian Tropical Research

Institute. Page 15, clockwise: frog with

fungal disease, Panama; tiny implant probes

how insect brain size and circuitry

orchestrate behavior. Page 16, clockwise:

“A New Birth of Freedom,” by Zilly Rosen,

made with cupcakes, Smithsonian American

Art Museum; visitors with full-size StarSpangled Banner reproduction, National

Museum of American History. Page 17:

“Electronic Superhighway,”(1995) by Nam

June Paik, Smithsonian American Art

Museum. Pages 18–19, small photos, 2010

SITES traveling exhibitions: 381 Days: The

Montgomery Bus Boycott Story; A Song for

the Horse Nation; Ain’t Nothing Like the

Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped

American Entertainment; American

Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print;

Ancestry & Innovation; Bittersweet Harvest:

The Bracero Project; Elvis at 21; Farmers,

Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants;

Folk Art Family Day; Freedom’s Sisters; Green

Revolution; IndiVisible; Jim Henson’s

Fantastic World; Journey Stories; Key

Ingredients: America by Food; NASA/Art;

The Working White House. Page 19,

clockwise: Freedom’s Sisters, DuSable

Museum: Dorothy Height and Girl Scouts;

Dorothy Height; Coretta Scott King; visitors

try bus seats. Page 20: “Children Dancing at

a Party (Pardon Me)” (1918), Norman

Rockwell, collection of Steven Spielberg, 

© 1918 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing,

Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved; photo,

left to right: Steven Spielberg, Virginia

Mecklenburg, George Lucas. Page 21:

clockwise, poster incorporating “Movie

Starlet and Reporters” (1936), Norman

Rockwell, collection of Steven Spielberg, 

© 1936 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing,

Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved;

exhibition visitor; “And Daniel Boone Comes

to Life on the Underwood Portable” (1923),

Norman Rockwell, collection of Steven

Spielberg. Pages 22–23, class visit, Barron

Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery. 

Page 24, clockwise: children’s pictures from

Plas Timoun, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, made after

the January 12, 2010 earthquake were

exhibited at the Smithsonian; tracking tigers,

Pench National Park, India, Global Tiger

Initiative, Smithsonian National Zoo; ancestral

master drummer Baba Joseph S. Ngwa, of

Cameroon, and visitor, Anacostia Community

Museum. Page 25: San Luis Potosí, Mexico,

ritual honoring Dhipaak, Lord of Corn,

performed at Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Page 26: Heye Center, National Museum of

the American Indian. Page 27, upper:

students tour Infinity of Nations; four images,

clockwise: Pueblo stone jar, ca. 1000, Chaco

Canyon, New Mexico; Tsuu T’ina coat, ca.

1890, Saskatchewan, Canada; Chief of the

Undersea Mask, ca. 1900, Vancouver Island,

British Columbia; Muisca tunjo, ca. 1000-

1500, Bogota, Colombia. Page 28: Asian

elephants Shanthi and Kandula, mother and

son, National Zoological Park. Page 29:

Shanthi and pool; elephant conservation

program. Page 32: Smithsonian Castle. 

Page 36: reenactor in front of the

Greensboro, NC, Woolworth lunch counter

displayed at National Museum of American

History. Page 37, left to right: artist’s

rendering, National Museum of African

American History and Culture; Museum

Conservation Institute scientist uses France’s

SOLEIL synchrotron. Page 38: DNA

sequences, Laboratories of Analytical Biology,

National Museum of Natural History. Page 39:

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and

Space Museum. Page 40, left to right:

stamps, National Postal Museum; clouded

leopard cub born at Smithsonian

Conservation Biology Institute, National

Zoological Park. Page 43: Kogod Courtyard.

Page 45: Target National Design Education

Center, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design

Museum. Page 47: tree-banding, SIGEO,

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 

Page 49: Sant Chair for Marine Science

holder Nancy Knowlton, National Museum 

of Natural History. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS

American Illustrators Gallery; Ernest

Amoroso; Aniphase; Garvin Ashworth; Mark

Avino; Shahar Azran; Fernando Caballero;

Jorge Ceballos; Chip Clark; G. Wayne

Clough; Francisco Dallmeier; Freelon Adjaye

Bond/SmithGroup; Aaron Castañeda Gamez;

Bernard Gotfryd; Marcos Guerra; Monica

Harriss; Herald & Review, Decatur, IL; Donald

E. Hurlbert; Brad Johnson; Walter Larrimore;

Library of Congress; Eric Long; Amanda

Lucidon; Jeffrey Malet; Tom McDonnell;

Debra Meeks; Wally Mertes; Mark W.

Moffett; Mehgan Murphy; Leonard Nadel;

Peter Olson Photography; Steve O’Toole;

Dane Penland; Susan Raab; Ken Rahaim;

Daniel Schwartz; Monika Sosnowski; David

Sundberg; Janice Sveda, Friends of the

National Zoo; U.S. Department of Education;

Edward Vicenzi; Alfred Wertheimer; YWCA

of USA/Sophia Smith Collection, Smith

College; James Zimbelman.

The Smithsonian’s 2010 annual 

report, Where Learning Happens, is

available online at www.si.edu.

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