APPENDIX A 

APPROVED RESOLUTIONS

JANUARY 25, 2010, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the minutes of the September 21, 2009, meeting of the 

Board of Regents.  [2010.10.01]  

VOTED that the Board of Regents affirms the Smithsonian Institution Fiscal Year 2010 Annual 

Goals.  [2010.10.02] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents authorizes the Secretary to submit to Congress a Federal budget 

request for appropriated funds for fiscal year 2011 as part of the President’s budget in the amount 

negotiated with OMB and authorizes the Secretary to inform OMB and Congress fully about the 

implications of the President’s budget for the mission and priorities of the Smithsonian.  

[2010.10.03] 

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

positions in Tab B.  [2010.10.04] 

VOTED that the Board provide the Secretary with a 3 percent salary increase, a $10,000 award, and 

a 40 hour time off award.  [2010.10.05] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates and names the Jeffrey P. Cunard Endowment, an 

endowment to support the needs of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery as 

determined by the director of the Galleries.  The director will have the discretion to return any 

unspent income to the endowment for reinvestment.  [2010.10.06]

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates and names The May Liang and James Lintott Foundation 

Endowment.  The endowment will support the annual needs of the Freer Gallery of Art and  

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery until such time as the Galleries’ director, in agreement with the donors, 

shall determine the endowment’s designation, which shall take place before or by the conclusion of 

the Galleries’ current endowment campaign.  [2010.10.07] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the creation of an endowment for the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum to be established after the donor’s death with a payment from a universal 

life insurance policy.  The endowment will support the Museum’s exhibitions program; it may not 

be used for salaries or for other operating or capital expenses.  Its payout is to be used at the 

discretion of the Museum’s director and may be returned to the endowment’s principal.  Further, 

the Regents approve naming the endowment, when it is established, the Charles Robertson 

Exhibitions Endowment.  [2010.10.08] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates and names the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Endowment 

to support Indian art and associated programs at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler 

Gallery.  At the discretion of the director of the Galleries, the endowment may also be used to 

support Islamic art and associated programs.  [2010.10.09]   
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VOTED that the Board of Regents creates a quasi‐endowment for the National Portrait Gallery for 

the general purposes of the Gallery.  Further, the Board authorizes the transfer of funds identified 

for this purpose to the endowment, which shall be known for administrative purposes as the 

National Portrait Gallery Endowment.  [2010.10.10] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates a quasi‐endowment for the National Zoological Park to 

support the proper preservation, care, treatment, and study of wildlife.  For administrative 

purposes the quasi‐endowment will be known as the Animal and Plant Care, Conservation, and 

Study Fund.  Further, the Board authorizes the transfer of funds identified for this purpose.  

[2010.10.11] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents permits $3.25 million in unrestricted realized bequests to the 

Smithsonian be directed to meet a challenge grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and, using 

these bequests and the Foundation’s $1.75 million challenge grant, create an endowment to 

support the director’s position for the Museum Conservation Institute.  [2010.10.12] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents elects Robert P. Kogod as a member of the Executive Committee 

effective January 25, 2010.  [2010.10.13]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed committee chairmanships and member 

assignments for 2010 and requests that the Chancellor make the necessary appointments.  

[2010.10.14]   

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Laura Bush, Ruth Simmons, and Gregg Steinhafel to the 

Council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture for three‐year terms 

effective immediately.  [2010.10.15] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Jack Martin to the Board of the National Museum of 

American History for a three‐year term effective February 1, 2010.  [2010.10.16] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Gabriela Febres‐Cordero, William Frist, David Koch, 

Jane Lubchenco, and David Rubenstein to the Board of the National Museum of Natural History for 

three‐year terms effective immediately; William Luers and Roger Sant to the Board for three‐year 

terms effective May 1, 2010; and John Fahey to the Board for a three‐year term effective June 1, 

2010.  [2010.10.17]   

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Patricia M. Zell and reappoints Frederick Hoxie, Byron I. 

Mallott, Jacqueline Old Coyote, Tina Marie Osceola, Freda Porter, and Randall Willis to the Board of 

Trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian for three‐year terms effective 

immediately.  [2010.10.18] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Mary Ann Bowman, Elizabeth Hisey, and May Day 

Taylor to the Council of Philatelists of the National Postal Museum for three‐year terms effective 

immediately.  [2010.10.19] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints James Dyer, Steven A. Elmendorf, John Marriott, Susan 

Mars, Thomas Nides, Joseph Robert Jr., Ronald Rosenfeld, and J. Scott Wilfong to the Advisory Board 

of the National Zoological Park for three‐year terms effective immediately.  [2010.10.20] 
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VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Aida M. Alvarez to the Commission of the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum for a four‐year term effective January 31, 2010.  [2010.10.21] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Johnny A. Yataco to the Smithsonian National Board for 

Latino Initiatives of the Smithsonian Latino Center for a three‐year term effective immediately.  

[2010.10.22] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents that the Board of Regents reappoints Judy Hart Angelo, Jane 

Lipton Cafritz, John French III, Russell E. Palmer Jr., William M. Ragland Jr., Ronald A. Rosenfeld, 

Douglas C. Walker, and Mallory Walker to the Smithsonian National Board for three‐year terms 

effective immediately.  [2010.10.23] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents seeks authorization, as necessary, for the design and construction 

of new and renovated facilities at the National Zoological Park’s facility in Front Royal, Virginia.  

[2010.10.24]