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# Installation of Dr. David J. Skorton, 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian

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David J. Skorton was installed as the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution during a ceremony held today, Oct. 19, at the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall. The Hon. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States and Chancellor of the Smithsonian, presided over the ceremony and presented Skorton with a ceremonial brass key that once opened one of the massive oak doors of the Smithsonian Castle.
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The Smithsonian’s Badge of Office is a thick, irregularly shaped medallion made of 18-carat gold that hangs from a cherry-red ribbon.
 
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The tradition of passing the Smithsonian key to the incoming Secretary originated for the 1964 induction of S. Dillon Ripley as the eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian.
 
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Dr. David J. Skorton is the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position July 1, 2015.
 
-    Joyce Boghosian / Smithsonian InstitutionInstallation of Dr. David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary (Arts and Industries Building)
A reception followed the installation of Dr. David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in the rotunda of the historic Arts and Industries Building, Oct. 19, 2015.

Photo by Joyce Boghosian / Smithsonian Institution
 
-    Joyce Boghosian / Smithsonian InstitutionInstallation of Dr. David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary (Arts and Industries Building)
David J. Skorton was installed as 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution during a ceremony at the historic Arts and Industries Building Oct. 19, 2015.

Photo by Joyce Boghosian / Smithsonian Institution 
 
-    John Gibbons / Smithsonian InstitutionInstallation of Dr. David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary (Smithsonian Key)
Dr. David J. Skorton, 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, receives the symbolic key to the Institution from the Smithsonian Chancellor, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, during Skorton's installation ceremony at the historic Arts and Industries Building Oct.
 
-    Joyce Boghosian / Smithsonian InstitutionInstallation of Dr. David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary (Wynton Marsalis)
Acclaimed composer and musician Wynton Marsalis played a Selmer trumpet made for jazz legend Louis Armstrong during a performance with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra at the installation of David J. Skorton as 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 19, 2015.
 
-    Joyce Boghosian / Smithsonian InstitutionInstallation of Dr. David Skorton as 13th Secretary (Speakers)
From left, Shirley Ann Jackson, vice chair of the Smithsonian Board of Regents; Chief Justice of the United States and Smithsonian Chancellor John G. Roberts; David J Skorton, 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; John W.
 
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**Louis Armstrong Selmer Trumpet**, 1946

Created by: Henri Selmer Paris, September 1946
 
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