MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

January 26, 2009

APPENDIX A 

APPROVED RESOLUTIONS

VOTED that the Board of Regents affirms the fiscal year 2009 Organizational Goals for 

the Smithsonian. [2009.01.01]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the minutes of the November 17, 2008, 

meeting of the Board of Regents. [2009.01.02]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints L. Hardwick Caldwell III as Chair of the 

Smithsonian National Board for a final one‐year term effective immediately. 

[2009.01.03]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Peggy P. Burnet and Paul Neely as Vice 

Chairs of the Smithsonian National Board for one‐year terms effective immediately. 

[2009.01.04]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Sakurako D. Fisher and Steven G. Hoch as 

members of the Smithsonian National Board for three‐year terms effective 

immediately. [2009.01.05]

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of the Malkin Fund Inc. 

and Peter and Isabel Malkin to the National Portrait Gallery and approves naming a 

public lecture the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture. [2009.01.06]

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates the STRI General Endowment, a quasi‐

endowment to benefit the programmatic purposes of the Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute, and authorizes the transfer of funds identified for this purpose. 

[2009.01.07]

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

Community Foundation and Frank H. Levinson to the Smithsonian Tropical Research 

Institute and creates and names the Rubinoff’s Big Bet Endowment.  The purpose of the 

endowment is to advance new frontiers and creative ideas and initiatives in science, 

including high‐risk scientific ventures.  Funds are to be expended at the discretion of 

the Director of the Institute. [2009.01.08]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves naming a lecture series held annually at 

the National Air and Space Museum the John H. Glenn Jr. Lecture Series. [2009.01.09]
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VOTED that that the Board of Regents authorizes the Secretary to proceed to Phase II 

of the strategic planning support contract and asks that periodic progress reports be 

provided to the Strategic Planning and Programs Committee. [2009.01.10]

VOTED that the Board of Regents adopts the revised Smithsonian Directive 807: 

Requests for Smithsonian Information. [2009.01.11]

VOTED that the Board of Regents nominates France A. Córdova of West Lafayette, 

Indiana, for a statutory term of six years, succeeding Eli Broad.  Furthermore, the 

Board asks its Congressional members to introduce and support legislation to this 

effect as soon as possible. [2009.01.12]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Alan G. Spoon as Vice Chair of the 

Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents for a one‐year term effective immediately. 

[2009.01.13]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed committee chairmanships 

and member assignments for 2009 and requests that the Chancellor make the 

necessary appointments. [2009.01.14]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints, should they agree to serve, Travis Engen, 

Sakurako Fisher, David H. Koch, and Adrienne Bevis Mars to the Regents’ Advancement 

Committee effective immediately. [2009.01.15]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the revised bylaws of the Smithsonian 

National Board. [2009.01.16]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed revisions to the bylaws of the 

Board of Trustees of Cooper‐Hewitt, National Design Museum. [2009.01.17]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Dwight S. Cropp to the Advisory Board of 

the Anacostia Community Museum for a three‐year term effective immediately. 

[2009.01.18]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints John Herzog to the Advisory Council of the 

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage for a three‐year term effective immediately. 

[2009.01.19]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints John R. Hoke III and reappoints Agnes C. 

Bourne, Harvey M. Krueger, Nancy Marks, Richard M. Smith, and Esme Usdan to the 

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

effective immediately. [2009.01.20]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints T. Allan McArtor to the Advisory Board of 

the National Air and Space Museum for a three‐year term, effective immediately. 

[2009.01.21]
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VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Doreen Bassin, Stuart Bohart, Lalla Essaydi, 

Dixit Joshi, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Mark A. Pickett, and Noah Samara and reappoints Art U. 

Mbanefo and John Pemberton III to the Advisory Board of the National Museum of 

African Art for three‐year terms effective immediately. [2009.01.22]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints John Ernst to the Board of Trustees of the 

National Museum of the American Indian for a three‐year term effective immediately.

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Jane Buikstra and Paula Kerger and 

reappoints Shirley Sherwood to the Advisory Board of the National Museum of Natural 

History for three‐year terms effective immediately. [2009.01.23]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints William Wittliff to the Commission of the 

National Portrait Gallery for a four‐year term effective February 1, 2009. [2009.01.24]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Jennie Turner Garlington to the Advisory 

Board of the National Zoological Park for a three‐year term effective immediately. 

[2009.01.25]  

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Elizabeth MacMillan and Mike Wilkins and 

reappoints Samuel G. Rose to the Commission of the Smithsonian American Art 

Museum for four‐year terms effective immediately. [2009.01.26]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Verna K. Holtzendorf and Zina C. Pierre to 

the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center for three‐year 

terms effective immediately. [2009.01.27]

AGREED that the Board adopts the recommendation of the Secretary regarding the 

deferral of executive compensation and freezing of Trust awards. [2009.01.28]

VOTED that the Board provide the Secretary with no salary increase or award at the 

current time, and that the issue of his compensation be revisited by the Compensation 

and Human Resources at their meeting in June. [2009.01.29]

VOTED that the Board approves the Secretary’s compensation recommendations for 

those positions in Tab D. [2009.01.30]