Smithsonian

Today. 

Tomorrow. 

Forever. 

2014 Annual Report
Two big milestones marked
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Dr. David Skorton was elected 

13th Secretary

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meet dr. david j. skorton, who joins the Smithsonian as 13th 

Secretary July 1, 2015. Academic leader, cardiologist and musician, 

Dr. Skorton and his wife, Professor Robin Davisson, come to 

the Smithsonian from Cornell University. Dr. Skorton has served 

as Cornell’s president since 2006 and holds academic appointments 

in its colleges of medicine and engineering. His distinguished 

career includes research in congenital heart disease, cardiac imaging 

and image processing. Professor Davisson, who holds appointments 

at two Cornell colleges (the College of Veterinary Medicine and 

Weill Cornell Medical College), is recognized for her contributions 

to understanding the cardiovascular system in health and disease. 

The Smithsonian Regents appointed Dr. Skorton in 2014, 

citing his leadership and academic accomplishments as well 

as his role as a national advocate for the arts and humanities. 

Dr. Skorton is a jazz musician who plays saxophone and 

flute. The Secretary-elect understands the institution’s unique 

potential to continue breaking new ground, has called for 

novel alliances to serve society through science, technology 

and the arts and is eager to help develop future generations 

of thought leaders. Dr. Skorton succeeds Dr. G. Wayne Clough, 

who retired as Secretary in 2014.
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We launched the 

Smithsonian Campaign 

to raise $1.5 billion

a blaze of october activity marked the completion of the initial, 

“quiet” phase of the Smithsonian Campaign and its national launch. 

Hundreds of friends, volunteers, renowned citizens and generous 

donors came to the National Mall on October 17 and 18 for a 

kickoff weekend that included symposia, behind-the-scenes tours 

and celebrations marked by music and dance. On October 20, 

the Smithsonian Board of Regents publicly announced the national 

campaign, which continues through 2017, and its goal, the most 

ambitious in history for a cultural institution. A wonder of the world 

and a source of pride for our country, the Smithsonian is free and 

open to the public 364 days a year. Congress and the American 

people provide its solid financial foundation, but generous donors, 

willing to invest in ideas, are transforming it to meet the needs 

of an increasingly diverse and interconnected world. 

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Arturo Sandoval performs at the 

campaign launch gala.
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Today. Tomorrow. Forever.

The Smithsonian Campaign

Smithsonian Campaign Co-Chair 

Alan Spoon speaks at the October 

campaign launch celebration.
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bold ambitions require visionary leadership, and for 

the Smithsonian Campaign, this is supplied by Co-Chairs 

David M. Rubenstein, Barbara M. Barrett and Alan G. Spoon. 

Through their wise counsel and foresight, they steer 

campaign strategy and planning. Each brings experience 

gained through distinguished careers as entrepreneurs, 

business leaders and educators. 

They lead the Campaign Steering Committee comprised 

of volunteers from across the country and representing 

all Smithsonian museums, research centers and programs. 

The committee helps guide the campaign, bring it to 

Smithsonian advisory boards and share it with the nation. 

A campaign 

with visionary 

leadership

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A campaign that 

represents America

the smithsonian is honored to have as its campaign Honorary Committee these accomplished citizens from 

every field of endeavor. Artists, athletes, scientists and national leaders, they represent the very best of America. 

Through their service, they raise awareness of the Smithsonian Campaign and inspire generosity.

The Honorable Ben 

Nighthorse Campbell 

Renée Fleming 

Mia Hamm 

Mellody Hobson 

Ellsworth Kelly 

Michael Krzyzewski 

Robert Langer 

Ralph Lauren 

Eva Longoria 

Captain James A. Lovell, 

USN (Ret.) 

George Lucas 

Yo-Yo Ma 

Arnold Palmer 

Dr. Condoleezza Rice 

President and 

Mrs. George W. Bush

President Bill Clinton 

and former 

Secretary of State 

Hillary Rodham Clinton 

Cal Ripken, Jr. 

Eric Schmidt 

Edward O. Wilson 

honorary chairs members

Honorary Committee
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A campaign with bold aspirations Spark Discovery

philanthropy has been part of the Smithsonian since its founding. In this 

campaign, thousands of Americans are giving to their passion, whether it 

is science, history, art, education or culture. Every gift fuels the remarkable 

transformation of the institution that is already underway.

Campaign giving funds scholars, research and the discovery of new 

knowledge. It is building a new museum, renewing galleries and launching 

exhibitions and programs that inspire and delight. As technology connects 

the world, the campaign invests in sharing the nation's collections and 

reaching all who are eager to learn, wherever they may be.

The Smithsonian’s unique strengths and the campaign’s bold aspirations are 

summed up in four themes and the stories that follow in this report. 

Tell America’s Story

Inspire Lifelong Learning

Reach People Everywhere
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We Spark Discovery

Smithsonian research and inquiry span the globe and probe 

the farthest reaches of the universe. The campaign 

provides resources for scholars and scientists to make new 

discoveries and share new knowledge with the world.

Smithsonian Tropical Research 

Institute scientist Héctor Guzmán 

searches for humpback whales, 

Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama. 

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These young scholars are among the many whose Smithsonian experiences are made possible 

by gifts to the Smithsonian Campaign. They come from across the nation and around the world. 

Laura E. Waters

Peter Buck 

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Katherine Jentleson

Douglass Foundation Predoctoral Fellow

Patrick Hagopian

Patricia and Phillip Frost Senior Fellow 

Vanessa L. Moorer

Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow 

Nina Schleif

Terra Foundation 

Senior Fellow

Jae-Cheon Sohn 

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Graham Slater 

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Clark S. Rushing 

James Smithson 

Postdoctoral Fellow 

Natalia A. Prado-Oviedo

Took Crowell Research Fellow

Fred A. Davis

Peter Buck 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shermin R. de Silva

James Smithson Fellow

Laura E. Fravel

George Gurney Predoctoral Fellow

LaStarsha D. McGarity

Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Intern

Mauren Turcatel

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Cheryl Lewis Ames 

Peter Buck Predoctoral Fellow

Eliécer E. Gutiérrez

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Maria Heikkilä

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Elizabeth S. Herrelko

David Bohnett Cognitive 

Research Fellow

Tanya L. Richardson

Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Intern

Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Simon Rettig

Iran Heritage Foundation Curatorial Fellow

Monica M. Carlsen

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

Generous Donors Empower 

Young Scholars

Spark Discovery

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smithsonian fellowships connect scholars of exceptional promise 

with experts and collections. 

Across the institution, campaign gifts from generous donors are launching 

professional careers in fields as wide-ranging as Chinese-American history 

and cognition in apes. The impetus for each gift begins with a donor’s 

passion. At the National Museum of Natural History, Peter Buck endowed 

a museum-wide fellowship program and expanded it in 2014. “My hope 

is that these fellows will provide a constant influx of new ideas as the 

museum pursues some of the most significant natural science questions 

of our time,” Buck says. His generosity so far has provided fellowships for 

nearly 50 future scientists, collection managers and educators.

Paul Neely endowed the Smithsonian-wide James Smithson Fellowship 

in 2010. In 2014, he created the Thomas Jefferson Fellowship at the 

National Museum of American History, an annual, year-long position for 

individuals who demonstrate the potential to be tomorrow’s history 

curators and scholars. Three Smithson fellows so far have benefited from 

his 2010 gift, and the first Jefferson fellow was appointed in 2015. “There 

are so many demands on Smithsonian resources. I want to advance the 

intellectual life of the institution,” Neely says. “Fellows augment curators’ 

expertise and contribute their own, outside perspective.”

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Whales and ships, safe at sea 

Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute

Slow-moving female humpback 

whales are inseparable from their 

young; thus, mothers and calves 

migrating through the Gulf of 

Panama risk collisions with cargo 

ships. To avoid calamity, Institute 

scientist Héctor Guzmán tagged 

and tracked the whales, then helped 

develop a traffic separation scheme 

that specifies vessel speed limits 

and shipping lanes. Approved by the 

International Maritime Organization 

in London and implemented by 

the Panama Maritime Authority, 

the plan could decrease collisions 

up to 95 percent and keep whale 

families intact.

A T. rex of our own 

National Museum of Natural History

Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of 

dinosaurs, fascinates children and 

adults alike. Complete T. rex skeletons 

are extremely rare, so it was a special 

occasion to welcome a nearly intact 

specimen this year. Discovered in 

1988 by a Montana rancher and on 

a 50-year loan by the Army Corps 

of Engineers, the nation’s T. rex will 

serve as a centerpiece for the 

museum’s 31,000-square-foot 

dinosaur and fossil hall when it 

reopens in 2019. 

At the forefront of green

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center

How can researchers studying ways 

to preserve the world’s ecosystems 

reduce their own environmental 

footprint? In September 2014, the 

Center opened its LEED Platinumdesigned Charles McC. Mathias 

Laboratory. The Smithsonian’s 

greenest building to date provides 

much-needed modern facilities and 

central space to support Center 

research. The lab’s solar panels and 

geothermal wells cut energy costs 

more than 40 percent and emit 37

percent less carbon dioxide than 

typical labs.

First mover advantage

Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute

SARS, Ebola and H1N1 influenza 

are all emerging diseases that have 

spilled over to the human population 

from animal hosts. Institute scientist 

Suzan Murray’s Wildlife Health 

Program draws on the Smithsonian’s 

veterinary medical knowledge and 

global network to save animals 

and people. The program conducts 

wildlife surveillance globally to treat 

ill animals, trains workers in the 

field and investigates illnesses that 

span species. The work is helping 

to spot emerging zoonotic diseases, 

limit their transmission and stem 

the harm they do.

Written in bone

National Museum of Natural History

Nearly 20 years ago, two college 

students stumbled upon a skull 

buried in the bank of the Columbia 

River. The remains, believed to be 

approximately 9,000 years old, 

are the subject of Kennewick Man: 

The Scientific Investigation of an 

Ancient American Skeleton, a new 

book co-edited by museum forensic 

anthropologist Douglas Owsley. The 

discovery has re-written the story 

of early Americans, yielding insights 

into their migration and experiences. 

Are We Alone?

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

The essentials of life on Earth—

carbon, oxygen and water, to name 

a few—exist throughout the cosmos, 

raising the probability of other planets 

that can support life. To search for 

further evidence, the Smithsonian 

Astrophysical Observatory is 

partnering in the construction of the 

Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), 

a marvel of optical and mechanical 

engineering featuring seven enormous 

mirrors that can collect light with 

unprecedented power and produce 

images with 10 times the clarity of 

the Hubble Space Telescope. The 

Observatory is also building a powerful 

spectrograph tool for the telescope 

that will detect worlds the size of 

Earth located in the warm, habitable 

zones of stars. Since 1995, scientists 

have discovered thousands of planets 

orbiting distant stars outside our solar 

system. Exploring them for signs of life 

like oxygen is a priority for the GMT, 

which will also help us understand 

how the universe evolved and unmask 

the mysteries of dark matter.

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Spark Discovery

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We Tell America’s Story

The Smithsonian holds the nation’s collections and countless 

stories of what sets us apart and draws us together. 

Campaign gifts enable these stories to be told, giving voice 

to who we are as Americans.

The National Mall became a massive canvas for a six-acre 

portrait by Jorge Rodrìguez-Gerada. Out of Many, One

was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and 

created with gravel, sand and dirt.
The museum’s distinctive exterior features a three-part corona, seen here under construction 

in May 2015. The corona’s 3,600 bronze-colored aluminum panels filter daylight entering the 

building in the daytime and glow at night. The corona, the central idea of the museum’s design, 

reaches toward the sky and expresses faith, hope and resiliency. 

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Tell America’s Story

the national museum of african american history and culture will 

inspire us with the depth and breadth of the African American experience 

and its impact on our nation when it opens in 2016. 

In an outpouring of support, Americans are contributing historic and 

irreplaceable family treasures to the museum’s growing collections, and 

more than 80,000 individuals, foundations and corporations—so far—

have made gifts that help build its halls and galleries, launch its educational 

programs and engage its curators and fellows. 

One gift, this year, from corporate partner 3M, is literally building 

the new museum. In addition to financial support, the company donated 

3M-made construction materials, safety products and touch screen 

monitors to enhance the visitor experience. “Over our 18 year partnership 

with the Smithsonian, 3M's support reflects our innovative approach 

to improving lives,” says Kim Price, vice president, 3Mgives. “We are 

honored to support this historic museum as global communities gather 

for a shared experience."

Gifts of Every Kind Build 

a New Museum

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Defining cool 

National Portrait Gallery

Miles Davis. Patti Smith. Johnny Depp. 

Jay Z. Characterized as rebellious, 

charismatic and mysterious, these 

stars of pop culture were among 

the 100 individuals in American Cool, 

a museum photography exhibition. 

An American concept introduced in 

the early 1940s by jazz saxophonist 

Lester Young, “cool” is a touchstone 

of modern culture. The exhibition, 

which showcased work by renowned 

photographers, followed the evolution 

of cool through icons of American 

culture considered emblematic of 

their time. 

An historic treasure hunt

Archives of American Art

The greatest treasure hunt in history 

began with an unlikely team of 

scholars and archivists from the 

United States and Great Britain. The 

World War II taskforce undertook 

great risks to find and save art 

treasures looted by the Nazis. An 

Archives exhibition, MONUMENTS 

MEN: On the Front Line to Save 

Europe’s Art, 1942

–1946, told the real 

story of the magnitude of the thefts 

and the heroic effort to recover 

precious art using photographs, 

letters and interviews. 

Getting up close with American art 

Smithsonian American Art Museum

At first glance, Richard Estes’ 

paintings appear straightforward—

a Times Square street corner, a New 

York City diner. Upon closer look, 

his canvases toe a line between 

real and fictional, with exaggerated 

viewpoints and well-placed details. 

Richard Estes’ Realism offered 

visitors a rare opportunity to view 

landscapes and water scenes 

by this master of contemporary 

realism alongside his more famous 

cityscapes. The exhibition spanned 

Estes’ 50-year career and was 

the most comprehensive exhibition 

of the artist’s work to date. The 

exhibition was jointly organized 

with the Portland Museum of Art in 

Portland, Maine.

A voice for civil rights 

National Museum of African 

American History and Culture

Easter Sunday, 1939: denied the 

right to perform at Constitution Hall, 

famed classical singer Marian 

Anderson makes civil rights history, 

performing at the Lincoln Memorial 

for more than 75,000 people. 

Seventy-five years later, the orange 

silk blouse and black velvet skirt she 

wore that Sunday went on display 

at the African American History 

and Culture Gallery in the National 

Museum of American History. The 

ensemble is a gift to the National 

Museum of African American 

History and Culture’s collection 

from Ginette DePriest, widow of 

Anderson’s nephew.

Nations Side By Side

National Museum of the 

American Indian

Most Americans learn early on about 

the Founding Fathers and the Declaration 

of Independence, but we hear little 

about the diplomatic relationships 

established between the United States 

and North America’s native peoples. 

Nation to Nation: Treaties between 

the United States and American Indian 

Nations, a landmark exhibition, tells 

these much-overlooked stories, using as 

its centerpieces nine treaties on rotating 

loan from the National Archives. In 

development for nearly a decade, Nation 

to Nation assembles more than 125

historical and contemporary objects, 

archival photos and original videos 

to describe how the simple exchange 

of gifts evolved to complex negotiations, 

how land promises were kept, broken 

and renewed and how on this continent 

many nations have struggled to live 

side by side from the birth of the United 

States to the present. That all nine of 

the treaties included in Nation to Nation

remain in force today underscores 

how the story of U.S.-Indian relations 

is part of the history of all Americans. 

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We Inspire Lifelong Learning

The ability to inspire wonder may be the Smithsonian’s greatest 

strength. The campaign advances educational initiatives 

that ignite our desire to know more and support learners of all 

ages in their journeys of continual discovery. 

Smithsonian Conservation Biology 

Institute scientist and collaborator band 

shorebirds, including this Black-bellied 

Plover, North Padre Island, Texas.
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On the museum’s third floor, students from the New York City College of Technology use the 

digital pen on one of seven new touchscreen tables. The tables allow visitors to zoom in on 

collection objects and draw shapes that will bring up related collection objects. 

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when cooper hewitt, smithsonian design museum reopened in 2014

after a three-year renovation, design enthusiasts found more gallery 

space, a handsomely restored Carnegie Mansion home—and a transformed 

visitor experience. 

That experience starts with a digital platform that integrates the museum’s 

physical and online holdings, and it is delivered to visitors through a 

digital pen handed out at the entrance. The pen connects the real and 

virtual and invites visitors to touch, draw and play with design. They can 

tap a touchscreen table and pull up a Late Renaissance object, make their 

own designs in the Immersion Room or take a design challenge in the 

Process Lab. The pen lets them collect, save, and share their experiences. 

Bloomberg Connects, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ digital engagement 

program, helped fund the new visitor experience. “We work with innovative 

institutions to use technology and advance their missions. Transforming 

a standard object—such as a pen—to do unusual things is a great 

blend of design and technology,” says Kate D. Levin, who oversees the 

Philanthropies’ Arts program.

The Pen’s the Thing

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SHOWING, KNOWING, SHARING/ EDUCATION

Finding Their Story 

Asian Pacific American Center 

and Smithsonian Affiliations

These San Antonio, Texas, teens 

were among the young Asian Pacific 

Americans in eleven communities 

across the country who created short 

videos as part of Young Historians, 

Living Histories. The project engaged 

middle and high school students of 

Asian Pacific background, deepening 

their understanding of their com-

munities and imparting media and 

literacy skills. The students spent 

a week learning about their cultural 

heritage and how to gather oral 

histories and tell stories using digital 

technologies. Then they captured 

their experiences in videos. “Asian 

America is an unfinished atlas, and 

we are its cartographers,” say three 

young men from Little Rock Central 

High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, 

in their four-minute spoken word 

performance. This video and others 

from the program earned the honor of 

being screened at the 2014 Center for 

Asian American Media (CAAM) Film 

Festival in San Francisco, and can 

be seen at smithsonianapa.org/yhlh/.

Teaching the scientists of tomorrow 

Smithsonian Science 

Education Center

How do plants and animals differ? 

What makes a ball move? Why 

do puddles disappear? Our youngest 

learners explore these questions and 

more in the innovative Science and 

Technology ConceptsTM kindergarten 

curriculum developed by the Center. 

The inquiry-centered lessons align 

with the newest national science 

standards, introduce students to 

science as a process—making 

predictions, collecting data—and 

connect learning to the real world. 

So far, the lessons are sparking 

science learning in 39,000 students 

in 23 states.

America’s treasures speak

Smithsonian Enterprises

Fight beside George Washington, 

click your heels with Dorothy, watch 

the takeoff of Space Shuttle Discovery. 

These iconic moments come alive 

as Under Secretary for History, Art, 

and Culture Richard Kurin narrates 

American Experience, a 12-hour 

audio book that explores American 

history using objects in Smithsonian 

collections. The first offering in 

a 10-year partnership between the 

Smithsonian and publisher The Great 

Courses is based on Kurin’s bestselling 2013 book, The Smithsonian’s 

History of America in 101 Objects. 

Back to the garden

Smithsonian Gardens

Gardens can be lost to time—

washed out by storms, paved over 

by developers or simply forgotten 

by new generations. Community 

of Gardens, an online, digital archive 

hosted by Smithsonian Gardens, 

crowdsources photos, videos and 

essays that preserve our gardening 

heritage and share them with 

gardeners everywhere. The stories 

people upload to the growing 

collection reveal how passionately 

we Americans invest our ideals and 

heritage in the soil when we decide 

it is best to cultivate our gardens. 

Window on the world

National Postal Museum

Stamps offer colorful, accessible 

introductions to nations’ history and 

culture. Inspired by the exhibition, 

Stamps Around the Globe, the museum 

offers a downloadable, worldwide 

postage stamp album. Current and 

new collectors can use the album to 

gather stamps from 800 countries—

one for every country that has ever 

produced stamps, including many 

that no longer exist—as well as from 

other select stamp-issuing entities. 

Birds connect their classrooms

National Zoological Park

Fairfax, Virginia, may look little like 

the volcanic island of Ometepe, 

Nicaragua, but both places have one 

thing in common: migratory birds. 

Bridging the Americas/Unidos por las 

Aves connects Fairfax and Ometepe 

elementary and middle school 

classrooms, and others in the United 

States and Central America, through 

bird species that travel seasonally 

between their locations. With 

coordination from the National Zoo’s 

Migratory Bird Center, students 

videoconference and exchange 

letters and artwork to reach across 

cultures and learn about birds, 

conservation and each other.

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We Reach People Everywhere

The Smithsonian is far more than a destination in Washington, D.C. 

It is global. The campaign enables more people, wherever they are, to discover 

and connect with the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 

educators and dolphin researchers 

visit Buena Esperanza elementary school 

students, Panama.
A. James Clark Director of Education and Outreach Carrie Kotcho and her colleague, museum 

educator Naomi Coquillon, demonstrate “education boards” to Teach It Forward Institute

teachers. The boards were used in classrooms a century ago to teach spelling and grammar. 

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Reach People Everywhere

across america, our 8th graders spend an average of 3.5 hours each 

week studying American history. To make every classroom minute count, 

the National Museum of American History is reaching out to teachers 

to invigorate how they impart America’s story.

After a successful pilot, the museum rolled out two initiatives that use 

collections and storytelling to make history real. In the Teach It Forward 

Institute, the museum hosts intensive training workshops for experienced 

Washington, D.C.-area teachers, who then return to their schools and 

teach their peers. In the Let’s Do History Tour, a museum team travels 

to teachers in their cities to deliver workshops and connect via video-

conference with museum curators and living history characters.

A gift from the late A. James Clark established the A. James Clark Excellence 

in History Teaching Program and made possible the pilot institutes 

and tours. In 2014, his family’s foundation, the Clark Charitable Foundation, 

funded the program for seven years and endowed its director. Says 

foundation President Courtney Clark Pastrick, “We are pleased to further 

our support and bring excitement to teaching history.” Since 2011, the 

program has reached more than 8,000 teachers in 13 states.

Investing in America’s Teachers

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Every bit of it online

Freer

|Sackler Galleries 

The Galleries became the first 

Smithsonian museum to place its 

entire collection online, a milestone 

in institution-wide efforts to deploy 

technology to share holdings 

with scholars and the public. Visitors 

to open.asia.si.edu can search 

and download all of the Galleries’ 

40,000 objects. More than 90

percent of them are available in 

high resolution, some are scanned 

in 3-D and most have never been 

seen by the public.

A look at animation magic 

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service

“What’s up, Doc?,” Bugs Bunny’s 

unforgettable line, and characters 

like Pepé Le Pew and Wile E. Coyote, 

originated with the genius of a 

remarkable artist. The traveling 

exhibition, What’s Up, Doc? The 

Animation Art of Chuck Jones, explores 

his creative legacy using original 

sketches, storyboards and films. 

Traveling to 13 cities through 2019, 

the exhibition is a collaboration 

with The Academy of Motion Picture 

Arts and Sciences, the Chuck 

Jones Center for Creativity and the 

Museum of the Moving Image. 

Labs fuels invention

National Museum of 

American History

Plastic buckets and metal cans 

become tools for innovation and 

invention in Spark!Lab, opened at 

the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, 

Mass., and Science City in Kansas 

City, Mo. The spaces feature 

activities that challenge children 

to solve problems using resource-

fulness. The Lemelson Center for 

the Study of Invention and Innovation 

developed these Spark!Labs based 

on the original in the National 

Museum of American History. 

The fast track in digitization 

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Digitize 44,000 bumblebees in 

40 days? This ambitious goal was 

set, and achieved, by the National 

Museum of Natural History’s 

entomology department in partner-

ship with the Smithsonian’s 

Digitization Program Office. The 

Smithsonian is becoming a leader 

in rapid capture techniques, work 

flows that aid the quick digitization 

of objects and specimens. People 

everywhere now may access the 

bees online, with other collections 

coming faster and faster. 

Latino art travels

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Latino artists have for generations 

eloquently expressed their hopes 

and dreams, protests and celebrations, 

yet only recently have their works 

been broadly recognized. Our America: 

The Latino Presence in American Art

helped change things when it opened 

in 2013. Now the exhibition, which 

spans five decades and features 85

pieces, is traveling across the U.S. 

through 2017, sharing these works 

and the stories they tell.

Scientists ‘visit’ 

classrooms

National Museum of Natural History

Middle school students are visiting 

ocean depths in search of new 

organisms, uncovering whale fossils 

in Panama and time traveling through 

Hawaiian lava tubes to study birds—

all without leaving the classroom. 

They take these adventures through 

Smithsonian Science How: live, 

television-style webcasts featuring 

the museum’s accomplished 

scientists. Since launching in January 

2014, Smithsonian Science How has 

reached more than 150,000 viewers 

at hundreds of schools nationwide 

with content aligned with national 

science standards, student-submitted 

question and answer sessions and 

online activities for further learning. 

Each program is archived, too. With 

access to experts in paleontology, 

zoology and anthropology, to name 

a few, Smithsonian Science How also 

teaches students about opportunities 

for science careers through positive 

science, technology, engineering and 

math (STEM) role models. 

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Our Generous Donors

Make It Possible

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Known for his passion for America’s 

history and for his good works on behalf 

of nationally significant structures, 

Smithsonian Regent David Rubenstein 

gave $5.4 million for the restoration of the 

Renwick Gallery, home to the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum’s craft and 

decorative arts collection. Designed in 

1859 by James Renwick, Jr., the Gallery 

is a National Historic Landmark and 

a fine example of Second Empire architecture. When the Gallery reopens, its 

Grand Salon will be renamed in honor 

of David Rubenstein’s mother, Bettie 

Rubenstein. David Rubenstein co-chairs 

the Smithsonian Campaign and serves 

on the boards of the National Museum 

of American History and the National 

Museum of Natural History. He and his 

wife, Alice Rogoff Rubenstein, have made 

previous gifts to these two museums 

and the National Zoological Park. 

A National Treasure 

Restored 

david rubenstein

To further understanding of the Earth’s 

biodiversity, John and Ginger Sall have 

donated $6 million to help the National 

Museum of Natural History and its partners map nothing less than the genetic 

blueprint of life on Earth. In a clear 

example of the Smithsonian’s ability to 

catalyze discovery, and with the Sall’s 

help, the museum is leading the ambitious, 

collaborative project known as the Global 

Genome Initiative. The initiative aims to 

collect, share and study genomic samples 

of half of all the known, non-human 

species on the planet in the next five 

years, establishing a genetic reference 

library that will help unlock our understanding of the biology and diversity of 

life on Earth. John Sall serves on the 

museum’s board, and the Salls’ previous 

generosity has extended to other projects 

at the Natural History museum and 

at the National Air and Space Museum.

Gathering Life’s Code 

john and ginger sall

From spacesuits to spacecraft, artwork 

to engines, the National Air and Space 

Museum’s collection includes items 

of every conceivable size and material. 

To meet the special challenges of the 

nation’s collection, Travis Engen and his 

wife Anne have made a $6 million gift 

that establishes the Engen Chair of 

Conservation. The endowed position will 

ensure that the museum’s restoration 

head will have the resources to apply 

the most up-to-date techniques and 

expertise to a unique collection and its 

often spectacular objects. The gift 

also endows Engen Fellows, fueling the 

careers of promising young conservators. 

Travis Engen served on the Board of 

Regents Advancement Committee. The 

couple’s previous gifts have supported 

the museum and its Mary Baker Engen 

Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. 

Udvar-Hazy Center.

Ensuring Collection 

Excellence 

anne and travis engen

Using colors that fairly burst from the 

canvas, late artist LeRoy Neiman painted 

American athletes, singers and actors 

in a signature style. His foundation, 

which is dedicated to advancing the arts, 

made a $2.5 million gift to the National 

Museum of American History to support 

the museum’s Jazz Appreciation Month. 

The annual celebration honors jazz as 

a historical and living treasure. Part of 

the gift also funds the redesign and 

upgrade of the museum’s first-floor café. 

It will reopen as the LeRoy Neiman Jazz 

Café with the artist’s Big Band painting 

as its centerpiece. The depiction of 

16 legendary jazz artists was also a gift 

made by the foundation.

Jazz at the Museum

leroy neiman foundation

During their lives, Gerald Buck and his 

wife Bente developed an outstanding 

collection of California art. And, for more 

than a quarter century, Gerald Buck was 

involved with the Archives of American 

Art, including serving as a trustee. The 

Bucks deeply believed in the Archives’ 

mission of collecting and preserving 

the papers and primary records related 

to the visual arts in America, and they 

furthered it through gifts funding a 

position of West Coast Collector. Now a 

$2.5 million bequest through their estate 

has endowed this position, ensuring 

that the Archives will in perpetuity enrich 

its collections with original materials 

related to art in California. 

Investing in Their Passion

bente and gerald e. buck

Nancy Brown Negley has generously 

supported the arts and history at the 

Smithsonian for more than three decades. 

Her tradition of philanthropy continued 

in 2014 with her gift of $2.25 million to the 

renovation of the Smithsonian American 

Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. The 

Renwick is home to the Smithsonian’s 

craft and decorative arts program. The 

two-year, comprehensive renovation is 

the first in 45 years. When the Renwick 

Gallery reopens to the public in 

November, 2015, its foyer and grand stair 

will be named in her honor. Nancy Brown 

Negley is an alumna of the Smithsonian 

National Board, a past Honorary Trustee 

of the Archives of American Art and 

a former member of the James Smithson 

Society. She has previously given to 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 

the Archives of American Art and the 

National Museum of American History. 

Decades of Commitment 

nancy brown negley

Newly commissioned dance and musical 

performances, a film documentary, 

an online photography exhibition 

and hands-on art workshops—these 

enriching, cross-cultural programs 

are part of Connecting the Gems of the 

Indian Ocean: From Oman to East Africa, 

all made possible by a $1.8 million gift 

from the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 

to the National Museum of African 

Art. The largest gift in the museum’s 

history funds this program series that 

celebrates Omani and East African 

arts and culture and tells an epic story 

that began centuries ago when trade 

flourished along the East African coast 

and across the Arabian Peninsula. The 

museum’s partnership unites its goal 

of advancing understanding of Africa’s 

arts and cultures and the Cultural 

Center’s mission of educating American 

and Omani peoples about the richness 

of their two cultures. 

Connecting Cultures

sultan qaboos cultural 

center

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Leadership Gifts

We thank 2014’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more

Frank and Susan Mars put their 

deep concern for conservation and 

protecting endangered species into 

action through their steadfast support 

of the National Zoological Park, the 

Smithsonian Conservation Biology 

Institute and the Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute. Most recently, 

their 2014 gift of $1.34 million invests 

in finding solutions to sustaining life on 

Earth by supporting senior scientists 

in the Institute’s Biodiversity Genomics 

Initiative and Panama Amphibian 

Rescue and Conservation Program. 

The gift also provides general purpose 

funds for the three organizations, each 

a leader in global efforts to conserve 

species and train future generations of 

conservationists. Susan Mars serves on 

the National Zoo’s advisory board. 

Understanding Life 

on Earth 

frank and susan mars
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a+e networks 

A gift from A+E Networks and HISTORY will help build 

the National Museum of American History’s On With 

the Show!, a long-term exhibition that will explore 

the impact of American entertainment, music, sports 

and the arts. An in-kind portion of the gift provides 

video and media for 

the exhibition, 

which opens in 2018

in the museum’s west wing. A+E Networks Chairman 

Emeritus Abbe Raven is vice chair of the museum’s 

board. The company has previously supported the 

National Museum of Natural History, National Portrait 

Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service.

rodney and michelle adkins 

A $1 million gift from Rodney and Michelle Adkins 

helps realize the dream of constructing the National 

Museum of African 

American History and 

Culture, a place for visitors 

worldwide to learn about 

the richness and diversity 

of the African American 

experience. Rodney 

Adkins has served on the 

Smithsonian National Board since 2009, and the couple 

are members of the James Smithson Society. 

aetna foundation, inc. 

With its $1 million gift to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture, the Aetna 

Foundation supports the design 

and construction of the new 

museum on the National Mall. 

The gift furthers the museum’s 

mission of sharing the African American experience 

with the nation and the world and documenting the 

legacy of African American accomplishment. 

basil h. alkazzi 

British contemporary artist Basil Alkazzi’s gift of 

$1 million to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 

Garden will help the museum acquire 

paintings and drawings by emerging 

contemporary American and British 

artists and encourage dialogue 

about these artists and their work. In 

addition to this philanthropic support, 

the artist donated several of his 

own artworks to the museum’s collection. This is the 

first gift by Basil Alkazzi to the Smithsonian.

altria group 

Altria Group has supported arts and culture initiatives 

at the Smithsonian for many years. With its $1 million 

gift to the National Museum of 

African American History and 

Culture, the company helps 

build the newest Smithsonian 

museum on the National Mall, one that will give voice to 

countless stories about the African American experience, 

preserving and sharing them for generations to come. 

Altria Group has been a corporate member since 2008. 

jeff and mackenzie bezos 

With their gift to the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture, Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie 

support the design and construction of the National 

Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open in 2016. Through the stories it will present 

about persecution and struggle, and resiliency and triumph, 

the museum will highlight the centrality of the African 

American story in our nation’s past, present and future. 

the brown foundation, inc. of houston

A $1 million grant from the Brown Foundation, Inc., 

of Houston supports the renovation of the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. Scheduled to 

open in November 2015, the Gallery highlights American 

craft and decorative arts from the 19th century to the 

present. The foundation has supported the Smithsonian 

for more than 30 years, with gifts to the Archives of 

American Art, National Museum of American History 

and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

the morris and gwendolyn 

cafritz foundation

A $1 million gift from The Morris and Gwendolyn 

Cafritz Foundation helps the National Museum of 

African American 

History and 

Culture build its 

National Mall 

facility. The museum offers new perspectives on how 

African Americans have shaped our history and the 

challenges that remain. The foundation has supported 

important Smithsonian initiatives for more than 

five decades. 

amita and purnendu chatterjee

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee’s $1 million gift to 

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, supports 

its Immersion Room, an exhibition space in which 

visitors may use digital technologies to bring the 

museum’s collection to life. A portion of the gift also 

helped make possible exhibitions celebrating the 

December 12, 2014, reopening of the museum after 

its three-year renovation. In recognition of their 

generosity, the gallery in which the Immersion Room 

is located has been named in honor of the donors. 

The couple has supported Cooper Hewitt since 2002.

the chickasaw nation

A $1 million gift from the Chickasaw Nation of Ada, 

Oklahoma to the National Museum of the American 

Indian supports the museum’s 

new permanent exhibitions program 

and national outreach, helping 

the museum redefine how Native 

Americans are represented in 

the world. The Nation has supported 

the museum since 1994, and each year brings its 

members to the museum to celebrate their culture and 

heritage with the public. Chickasaw Nation Governor 

Bill Anoatubby serves on the museum’s board. 

michael and susan dell

With their $1 million gift, Michael and Susan Dell help 

the National Museum of African American History 

and Culture construct and open its new building on the 

National Mall. The museum will foster a greater 

understanding of America’s diversity through education, 

exhibitions, programming and collections. This is the 

couple’s first gift to the Smithsonian and the museum.

general mills foundation 

With its $1 million gift to the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture, the General Mills 

Foundation helps build the new 

museum that will highlight the 

African American experience from 

the earliest days of settlement on 

this continent through the Civil Rights movement and 

beyond. The gift is the foundation’s first to the museum. 

mellody hobson and george lucas 

The George Lucas Family Foundation’s $1 million 

gift to the National Museum of African Art creates 

the Mellody Hobson and George Lucas Education 

Endowment, named in honor of the foundation’s 

director and president. The fund furthers the museum’s 

visual and performing arts programs. Mellody Hobson 

and George Lucas serve on the Smithsonian Campaign’s 

honorary committee. The couple last year made a gift 

to the National Museum of African American History 

and Culture. George Lucas has loaned the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum artworks from his collection. 

His company, Lucasfilm, Ltd., has partnered in creating 

Smithsonian traveling exhibitions.

jpmorgan chase foundation

JPMorgan Chase continues its longstanding support 

of the Smithsonian with a $1 million gift through 

its foundation to the National Museum of African 

American History and 

Culture. The gift brings 

the museum closer 

to completion of its permanent home on the National 

Mall. The museum will tell the story of America seen 

through an African American lens. JPMorgan Chase 

is a Smithsonian corporate member.

Leadership Gifts

We thank 2014’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more
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kovler foundation

A $1 million gift from the Kovler Foundation will help 

the National Museum of African American History 

and Culture tell a compelling part of our nation’s story 

and offer a place of discovery and reflection about who 

we are as Americans. The foundation has supported 

the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and other 

Smithsonian museums and programs for more than 

three decades.

the reginald f. lewis foundation, inc. 

The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation’s 

gift furthers the mission of the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture to illuminate 

experiences and accomplishments 

of African Americans in the United 

States and beyond.

the links foundation, incorporated

The Links Foundation is the philanthropic arm of one 

of the nation’s largest organizations of professional 

women of color, The Links, 

Incorporated. The foundation’s 

$1 million gift for the design 

and construction of the 

National Museum of African 

American History and Culture helps the museum 

document and commemorate the role of African 

Americans in the nation’s history.

nancy a. marks

A gift from Nancy Marks to Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian 

Design Museum, supports the museum’s Arthur 

Ross Terrace and Garden. Nancy Marks is a vice chair 

of the museum’s board of trustees. She, her late husband 

Edwin and the Marks family have generously supported 

Cooper Hewitt since 1993, helping to renovate the 

museum and advance its mission of educating, inspiring 

and empowering people through design.

colin and leslie masson

Colin Masson began his career as an astrophysicist 

and for a number of years was a scientist at the 

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. With a gift of 

$1 million, he and his wife and family help support the 

observatory and further its efforts to explore and better 

understand the complexities of the universe. Colin 

Masson serves on the observatory’s board.

morgan stanley

With its $1 million gift, Morgan Stanley continues the 

momentum toward completion of the National 

Museum of African American History and Culture’s 

building on the National Mall. When it opens in 2016, 

the new facility will immerse visitors in the richness 

and diversity of the African American experience and 

share stories that unite us all. Previous philanthropic 

support by Morgan Stanley has benefited the National 

Museum of American 

History, National Museum 

of Natural History and other Smithsonian museums, 

research centers and programs.

the pepsico foundation

A $1 million gift from the The PepsiCo Foundation 

supports the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture. One 

half of the gift is for the 

design and construction of 

the new museum building. 

The other half of it establishes an outreach and 

education program for children up to 8 years old. 

colin and alma powell 

With their $1 million gift to the National Museum 

of African American History and Culture, Colin and 

Alma Powell bring this 

vital project closer 

to completion. The 

historic museum 

will examine how 

our nation has been, 

and continues to 

be, transformed by 

the African American experience. The couple has 

previously supported the museum, and Colin Powell 

serves on its Advisory Council.

the rockefeller foundation

A $1 million gift from The Rockefeller Foundation to 

the National Museum of the American Indian helps 

build imagiNATIONS, an education center in the 

museum’s New York facility in lower Manhattan. The 

interactive learning space 

will present the richness 

and diversity of Native 

innovations through stateof-the-art interactive exhibitions for K-12 audiences, 

educators and families. For more than 30 years, the 

foundation has supported Smithsonian programs and 

initiatives, including the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture and the Center for 

Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

walter and lucille rubin

A $1.1 million gift from Walter and Lucille Rubin adds to 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s endowment. 

Its proceeds fund research, 

exhibitions, collections, 

publications, education and 

public programs, helping the 

museum celebrate America’s 

artistic and cultural heritage. 

In recognition of their 

generosity, two second-floor 

galleries in the museum have been named for Walter 

and Lucille Rubin. The couple has supported the 

museum for almost a decade.

southern company charitable 

foundation, inc.

A $1 million gift from the Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation to the National Museum of African American 

History and Culture helps build the Smithsonian’s 

19th museum. When it 

opens in 2016, the 

museum will help visitors 

from across the globe 

recognize the central role African American history 

and culture plays in our lives. The Southern Company 

has been a corporate member since 1992 and has 

supported Smithsonian museums and programs for 

more than two decades.

stevenson family charitable trust 

A $1 million gift from Howard and Fredericka Stevenson, 

made through the Stevenson Family Charitable Trust, 

reflects their ongoing commitment to Smithsonian 

scientific research and education. The gift provides 

general purpose funds for the Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory that help it pursue its mission and 

strategic objectives. The gift also helps the Smithsonian 

Science Education Center further development of 

its science, technology, engineering and mathematics 

(STEM) curriculum materials. Howard Stevenson 

serves on the observatory’s board. Fredericka Stevenson 

is a member of the Smithsonian National Board and 

the center’s board. 

john templeton foundation 

The National Museum of Natural History’s exhibition, 

What Does it Mean To Be Human?, incorporates 

groundbreaking research to tell the story of our human 

origins. A $1 million grant from the John Templeton 

Foundation funds a traveling version of the exhibition 

that will visit 19 destinations nationwide, beginning in 

April 2015. Visitors will explore human evolution using 

the exhibition’s interactive kiosks, hands-on displays 

and 3-D skull casts, and the grant also funds public 

programs and study guides to spark discussion of the 

age-old question posed by the exhibition’s title. The 

grant is the first by the foundation to the Smithsonian. 

anthony and beatrice welters 

and the vincent wilkinson foundation

A $1 million gift from Anthony and Beatrice Welters 

and the Vincent Wilkinson Foundation, of which they 

are trustees, helps bring the 

National Museum of African 

American History and 

Culture’s new building closer 

to completion. The museum 

will highlight a wide arc 

of history, including slavery, 

reconstruction, the Harlem 

Renaissance, segregation, the Civil Rights movement 

and beyond. Anthony Welters serves on the museum’s 

Council and is an alumnus of the Smithsonian National 

Board. The Welters have supported Smithsonian 

programs and initiatives for more than two decades.

FOUNDATION

Leadership Gifts

We thank 2014’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more
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Endowment Report

Fiscal year ending September 30, 2014

The Smithsonian’s endowment objective is to generate 

sufficient returns over the long term to provide stable 

and growing payouts, with an acceptable level of risk. 

Over the past 10 years, the Endowment grew from 

$696.8 million to $1,279.9 million, with an annual net 

investment return of 7.3 percent. Annual payout from the 

Endowment increased from $34.9 million 10 years ago 

to $63.3 million this fiscal year, providing a cumulative 

$487.4 million for program support and operations. In 

fiscal year 2014, receipts from gifts and bequests added 

$45.3 million to the Endowment.

The Endowment continues to benefit from its strong 

investment returns and broad diversification. The asset 

allocation represents a high overall allocation to equities, 

investments in marketable alternatives to reduce risk 

and real asset investments to provide attractive returns 

and a hedge against inflation. The Endowment’s 

performance consistently compares favorably against 

the policy benchmark, which represents a blend of 

asset-weighted indices in the portfolio for each of the 

performance measurement periods.

Asset Allocation

as of september 30, 2014

■ Global Equity

■ Marketable Alternatives

■ Private Equity & Venture Capital

■ Real Assets

■ Emerging Markets

■ Fixed Income & Cash 27%

29%

7%

14%

12%

11%

Comparative Performance

as of september 30, 2014

14%

12%

10%

8%

6%

4%

2%

0%

Trailing 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years

■ Smithsonian Endowment

■ Policy Benchmark

Endowment Value Over Time

fiscal years

$1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

in millions of dollars

Board of Regents Report

Fiscal year ending September 30, 2014

In 2014, the Board of Regents provided 

strong leadership, forward-looking 

strategic oversight and sound fiscal 

guidance for the Smithsonian. 

The Board elected Dr. David J. Skorton, president of 

Cornell University, 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian, 

effective July 1, 2015. Secretary Dr. G. Wayne Clough 

completed six years of service on December 31, 2014, 

which the Board acknowledged by awarding him the 

James Smithson Medal, its highest honor. To ensure an 

orderly transition, the Board appointed Under Secretary 

for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial 

Officer Albert G. Horvath as Acting Secretary, to serve 

until Secretary-elect Skorton arrives.

The Board demonstrated its deep commitment to 

a strong and financially flexible Smithsonian through 

its oversight of the Smithsonian Campaign, the 

institution’s first comprehensive fundraising initiative. 

Co-chairs of the campaign are Regents Barbara M. 

Barrett and David M. Rubenstein, and Regent Emeritus 

Alan G. Spoon, who guided the campaign to its public 

launch on October 20, 2014. 

The Board extended the Smithsonian’s strategic 

plan through 2017, ensuring that the institution 

will continue to remain relevant, make important 

scholarly contributions and better communicate with 

its many constituencies. It addressed infrastructure 

improvements with a strategic facilities investment 

plan. It considered a sweeping, proposed South Mall 

Campus Plan, and it oversaw the stabilization of the 

historic Arts and Industries Building and the opening 

of energy-efficient facilities at the Smithsonian 

Conservation Biology Institute and the Smithsonian 

Environmental Research Center. 

Michael M. Lynton, of California, was appointed 

as a Citizen Regent in September 2014, replacing 

France A. Córdova. Recognizing their dedication and 

ongoing contributions to the Smithsonian, the Board 

conferred the title of Regent Emeritus on former 

Regents Christopher Dodd, Doris Matsui, Roger Sant 

and Patricia Q. Stonesifer. 

The Board’s guidance in establishing strong 

leadership, a successful fundraising initiative and forwardlooking measures that strengthen infrastructure and 

collections is a model of good governance and 

helps ensure a bright future for one of America’s most 

beloved institutions. 

Behind the scenes at the October campaign launch, a father and son examine field notes of famous explorers, National Museum 

of Natural History.

The Souper paper dress was one of the objects displayed at 

the National Museum of American History to recall the 1960s 

and mark the 50th anniversary of the museum’s opening on 

February 23, 1964. 
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4%

17%

15%

Financial Report

Fiscal year ending September 30, 2014

Philanthropy Report

Fiscal year ending September 30, 2014

smithsonian enterprises report

Smithsonian Enterprises provides general funds to 

the institution through the operation of museum 

stores, restaurants, theaters, the Smithsonian Catalog, 

Smithsonian and Air & Space magazines, Smithsonian 

Books, Smithsonian Channel, Smithsonian.com, 

education and consumer product licensing and travel 

programs for adults, families and students.

Smithsonian Enterprises contributed $35.6 million 

in net gain to the institution in fiscal year 2014, an 

increase of nearly 10 percent over 2013, on revenues of 

$146.8 million, the eighth consecutive year of net gain 

growth and third consecutive year of revenue growth. 

Smithsonian Magazine upgraded its design and 

continued to bring readers fresh looks at Smithsonian 

accomplishments through stories by award-winning 

writers, photographers and artists. Examples included 

an excerpt of illustrator Maira Kalman’s book on 

Cooper Hewitt and a breaking-news feature on National 

Museum of Natural History anthropologist Doug 

Owsley’s book on Kennewick Man. 

Smithsonian Digital redesigned Smithsonian.com, which 

enjoyed record levels of traffic. Its annual viewership 

of 45 million people, the majority of them “millennials,” 

was the Smithsonian’s largest single audience 

interaction. It collaborated with Smithsonian experts 

on Ocean Portal, Human Genome, Civil War and 

Anthropocene content. 

Smithsonian Channel’s audience grew to 34 million 

households. Programs Bible Hunters, Blondie’s New York, 

The Perfect Runner and Shark Girl won industry awards. 

President Obama introduced A Star-Spangled Story: 

Battle for America, the first appearance on the Channel 

by a U.S. president.

Smithsonian Books’ Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the 

National Collection topped year-end review lists by USA 

Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press and 

dozens more. 

Smithsonian Retail developed exhibition-specific, 

African-sourced, proprietary merchandise for the 

National Museum of African Art’s store and integrated 

the National Museum of the American Indian’s New 

York museum retail experience with its Glittering World

exhibition. It installed an HD digital projection system 

at the National Air and Space Museum’s planetarium 

and introduced Jerusalem 3D and D-Day 3D: Normandy 

1944 at three IMAX theaters.

Consumer and Education Products and Gale Cenage 

published thousands of pages of Smithsonian Trade 

and World’s Fair literature, making it easily available. 

Smithsonian Journeys expanded its offerings with 

SMITHSONIAN TAILOR-MADE JOURNEYS with Audley 

Travel. Other partnerships were launched with edX, 

MerchSource and Sterling Jewelers. 

The generosity of individuals, corporations and 

foundations giving to the Smithsonian Campaign 

enables the institution to realize the goals 

set forth in the strategic plan and achieve its 

full potential.

While federal appropriations provide the 

foundation of the Smithsonian’s operating budget 

and always will remain the core of its funding, 

private support ensures that the Smithsonian 

fulfills this potential and shares its learning and 

discovery with the nation and the world.

This report gratefully acknowledges the 

transformative generosity of our thousands 

of donors. Every gift to the campaign advances 

the Smithsonian’s ambitious vision to discover 

new knowledge and educate and inspire future 

generations.

The charts below provide information on the 

sources and uses of private dollars contributed 

to the Smithsonian in 2014.

Financial Activity

in millions of dollars, fy 2014 and 2013

2014 2013

Operating Revenue $1,355 $1,278

Operating Expenses 1,092 1,085

Increase in Operating Net Assets 263 193

Increase in Other Assets 84 9

Total Increase in Net Assets 347 202

Growth in Net Assets

in millions of dollars, over five years

2010

2011

2012

2014

2013

$2,676

$2,776

$3,039

$3,588

$3,241

Expenses

in percent, fy 2014

■ Salaries & Benefits

■ Other Operating Expenses

■ Capital Expenses

45%

39%

16%

The Smithsonian finished the year in sound financial 

position, benefiting from the continuing performance 

of its operations. Sustained strength in contributions 

and grants along with the strong performance of the 

endowment portfolio led to an overall increase of $347

million in net assets during the year.

The Smithsonian receives funding from federal 

government appropriations, other governmental 

entities and private sources. Public dollars conserve 

national collections, sustain basic research, educate 

the public, provide for administrative and support 

services and operate, maintain and protect the large 

Smithsonian museum and research complex.

Private funds leverage federal dollars and are an 

investment in the Smithsonian’s people, places, 

programs and collections. Private funds provide the 

critical difference for endowing positions, carrying 

out innovative research, developing and building 

new facilities, opening ground-breaking exhibitions, 

reaching out to America’s diverse communities and 

expanding and strengthening national collections.

The 2014 annual audit was conducted by KPMG LLP. 

To request audited financial statements, contact 

the Office of Finance and Accounting at 202.633.7250.

Revenues

in percent, fy 2014

■ Federal Appropriations

■ Contributions & Private Grants

■ Government Grants & Contracts

■ Investment Earnings

■ Other

■ Business Activities

2% 5%

15%

9%

5%

64%

Purpose of Funds Raised

in millions of dollars, fy 2014

■	 $71.6	 Exhibitions, Education 

 & Public Programs

■ 39.4 Museums & 

 Research Centers, 

 General Support

■ 34.4 Facilities & 

 Public Spaces

■ 25.1 Research

■ 17.0 Smithsonian,

 General Support 

■ 10.1 Acquisitions & Collections

$197.6 Total

Funds Raised by Source

in millions of dollars, fy 2014

■	 $127.2	 Individuals

■ 33.2 Corporations

■ 28.7 Foundations

■ 8.5 Other

$197.6 Total

64%

Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, gets a touch up before 

becoming the centerpiece of Once There Were Billions: Vanished 

Birds of North America, a collaboration of the Smithsonian Libraries 

and the National Museum of Natural History.

17%

5%

13%

9%

20%

36%

Financial Position

in millions of dollars, fy 2014 and 2013

total funds

Trust Federal 2014* 2013

Assets $2,661 $1,738 $4,400* $4,046

Liabilities 424 388 812 805

Net Assets 2,237 1,351 3,588 3,241

*Total does not match due to rounding.
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Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

$500,000 or more

Anonymous

Adobe Foundation

Ms. Carolyn Small Alper

Bank of America 

Barbara and Craig 

Barrett ■ ♦ ✱ ✚

China International Culture 

Association

Ms. Mary Claire Christensen

The Chubb Corporation

Dr. Camille O. Cosby and 

Dr. William H. Cosby, Jr. ●

Conservation International

Barbara G. Fleischman ●

General Motors Foundation

William Randolph Hearst 

Foundation

Mrs. Joan E. Hekimian

Joanna Lehmann

Peter and Paula Lunder ✚

Nion McEvoy ●

News Corp

Olympus American Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Reaves

James Renwick Alliance

Sara Roby Foundation

SC Johnson

Ted Slavin Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. 

Smith and Family

Smithsonian Women's 

Committee

The Speedwell Foundation

Michael and Jenny Messner 

and Family

State Farm Insurance Companies

Kevin B. Stone

Target

Nicholas F. and Eugenia 

Taubman ●

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

Windgate Charitable Foundation

$100,000 or more

Anonymous

1923 Fund

Mr. John B. Adams, Jr. 

(The Martin Agency) ●

Alcoa Foundation

Altman Foundation

American Council of Learned 

Societies

American Honda Motor 

Company

American Television 

& Communications

Apple Computer, Inc.

The Argus Fund

Autodesk, Inc.

BAE Systems

The David Berg Foundation

Eve Bernstein and 

Alex Gersznowicz ●

Max N. Berry ✚

Steve and Elizabeth Berry ●

Booth Ferris Foundation

Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd III 

and Family

The R.H. Boyd Company

Fleur Straus Bresler ●

Colonel Arthur L. Brooke (Ret.)

Ms. Molly Byrne 

(TurningPoint Foundation) ●

C.F. Foundation, Inc. ✚

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚ ●

Canadian Wildlife Federation

Carnegie Corporation 

of New York

Caterpillar Foundation

Joe Clark

The Coca-Cola Company

Fern and Hersh Cohen

Ms. Elizabeth J. Comstock and 

Mr. Christopher Travers ●

ConocoPhillips

Continental Building Products

France A. Córdova and 

Christian J. Foster ■ ♦

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. 

Cullman, Jr. ✚

Cultural Heritage Administration

The Arthur Vining Davis 

Foundations

DDB Worldwide

Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.

Jim and Janet Dicke ✱ ✚

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

Dennis O. Dixon

The William H. Donner 

Foundation, Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Eames ●

Education Collaboration Fund

EMC Corporation

John L. and Margot P. Ernst ●

Giuseppe Esposito, M.D. and 

Ms. Linda Hothem

Mr. Carl B. Fausey

Ms. Martha J. Fleischman ●

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Forney

Hope L. and John L. Furth

GCM Grosvenor

Genentech, Inc.

General Electric

Alice R. Gottesman ●

The Jerome L. Greene 

Foundation

James M. and Anita K. Guyette

The Hartford

Hasselblad Bron Inc.

Alexandra and Paul Herzan ✱ ●

Helen and Edward Hintz ✱ ✚

Laurence and Susan Hirsch

Mr. Charles W. Hirst

Susan and David Horowitz 

Foundation

The JoGayle Dillon Howard 

Trust by Stan Moore, Trustee

The Smithsonian gratefully acknowledges those donors who made gifts, pledges or pledge payments during the fiscal year 2014.

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

$1,000,000 or more

Anonymous

3M ▲

A+E Networks ▲

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Basil H. Alkazzi

Altria Group ▲

American Express

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos

Bloomberg Philanthropies 

The Brown Foundation, Inc. 

of Houston

Bente and Gerald E. Buck

Dr. Peter Buck

The Morris and Gwendolyn 

Cafritz Foundation ✚

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee ●

Kenneth I. and Kathryn Chenault ●

The Chickasaw Nation

Clark Charitable Foundation

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Maurice J. and Carolyn D. 

Cunniffe ●

Michael and Susan Dell

Anne and Travis Engen ♦

Ford Motor Company Fund

Friends of the National Zoo

The Funger Foundation, 

Norma Lee and Morton Funger ●

General Mills Foundation

Thomas W. Haas Foundation ●

Mellody Hobson and 

George Lucas

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Kaiser Permanente 

David H. Koch ●

Robert and Arlene Kogod ■

Kovler Foundation

The Reginald F. Lewis 

Foundation, Inc.

Life Technologies Foundation

The Links Foundation, 

Incorporated

Elizabeth and Whitney 

MacMillan ✚ ●

Barbara and Morton Mandel ●

Nancy A. Marks ●

Mars, Incorporated

Frank and Susan Mars ●

Colin and Leslie Masson ●

The Andrew W. Mellon 

Foundation

Morgan Stanley

Paul Neely ♦ ✱ ✚ ●

Nancy Brown Negley ✚

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

Oneida Indian Nation (New York)

The PepsiCo Foundation

Colin and Alma Powell ●

The Rockefeller Foundation

Alice and David Rubenstein ■ ♦ ✱ ●

Walter and Lucille Rubin

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Sakana Foundation ♦ ✱ ✚

John and Ginger Sall ●

Victoria and Roger Sant ✱ ●

Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.

Stevenson Family Charitable 

Trust ✚ ●

Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center 

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation ✚

John Templeton Foundation

Suzanne and Michael E. 

Tennenbaum ✚

Terra Foundation for 

American Art

UnitedHealth Group

The Walt Disney Company

Warner Bros.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Watson, Jr.

Anthony and Beatrice Welters 

and the Vincent Wilkinson 

Foundation ✚ ●

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

Daniel K. Inouye Institute 

Fund of Hawaii Community 

Foundation

Interface Media Group

John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd

Ms. Madeleine Rudin Johnson 

(The May and Samuel Rudin 

Foundation) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan

The Joan and Herb Kelleher 

Charitable Foundation

Mr. Ellsworth Kelly (Ellsworth 

Kelly Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan 

Kemper (William T. Kemper 

Foundation) ✚

William R. Kenan, Jr. 

Charitable Trust

Peter B. Kibbee

Mr. and Mrs. Gene K. Kim ●

Ms. Gayle King

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze

Leon Levy Foundation

Litton Entertainment

Lockheed Martin

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Foundation

The Henry Luce Foundation

The J. Willard and Alice S. 

Marriott Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John W. 

Marriott III ✱ ●

James L. and Juliette McNeil

Cindy Miscikowski 

Mark & Brenda Moore 

and Family

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse ●

National Fish and Wildlife 

Foundation

National Marine Sanctuary 

Foundation

Divers sampling seagrass, Carrie Bow Cay Field Station, Belize. The station is a site in the 

Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, an initiative that is helping advance understanding 

of the world’s coastal zones and all they contribute to life on Earth. 
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NC Science Mathematics 

and Technology Center

Newell Rubbermaid Inc.

Nissan North America, Inc.

Norfolk Charitable Trust

Northrop Grumman Corporation

NYSE Euronext Foundation

Amelia and Bayo Ogunlesi ●

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer ✚

Pearson Foundation

Ms. Margaret A. Pemberton

The Piton Foundation

Poor Richard's Charitable Trust ●

Ms. Penny Pritzker and 

Dr. Bryan Traubert (Pritzker 

Traubert Family Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. William M. 

Ragland, Jr. (Triangle 

Community Foundation) ✚ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. 

Richardson ✚ ●

Si and Betty Robin

Mrs. Heidi Roddenberry, 

The Roddenberry Foundation

Rolls-Royce 

Joseph Romito

Rose Community Foundation

Mr. Richard T. Russell, Jr.

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚

San Manuel Band 

of Mission Indians

Santa Barbara Foundation

Deborah Sara Santana

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel ✚

Frances and Michael Seay

Shell

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton ●

Robert H. and Clarice Smith ●

Robert H. Smith Family 

Foundation ●

Alan and Terri Spoon ♦ ✱

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford

The Stiller Foundation/

Artists for Haiti

Holly and George Stone 

and Family

Rich and Sue Sugden and Family

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

SVF Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Tearte

Time Warner

TV Asia

United Technologies 

Corporation

Esme Usdan and James Snyder ●

Verizon Foundation

Tina A. Walls

Craig and Diane Welburn 

and Family

Dr. Cheryl R. Whitaker and 

Dr. Eric Whitaker

Whole Foods Market

Mike Wilkins and Sheila 

Duignan ●

Dr. Michael C. Wolf

Paul R. Wood ●

Wool and Tusk

Wyeth Foundation for 

American Art

Zegar Family Foundation

Zoetis

$50,000 or more

Anonymous

3D Systems, Inc.

AAR Corp

Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Aaron

AGL Resources

Mr. M. Nader Ahari

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie ●

American Honda Foundation

API Services, Inc.

Mr. Andy Berndt ●

Jane and Raphael Bernstein/

Parnassus Foundation ●

Ms. Carolyn Billinghurst

Bio-Rad Laboratories

Biological & Popular 

Culture, Inc. (BioPop)

The David Bohnett Foundation

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boulos 

(Boulos Family Foundation) ●

Ralph Heath ✱ ●

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill ●

Houston Zoo, Inc.

Human Frontier Science Program

Embassy of Iceland

Mr. Jon C. Iwata 

(IBM Corporation) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Mustafa A. Jama ●

Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson and 

Mr. Charles Rumph

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. 

Jordan, Jr. ●

Mrs. Frances H. Kennedy

The Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman 

Family Foundation ●

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Lapham 

(BAND Foundation)

Dr. and Mrs. LaSalle D. Leffall Jr.

Aimee and Robert Lehrman ●

Mrs. Dorothy Lemelson, 

The Lemelson Foundation ✚

Life Technologies Corporation

LivingSocial

Mr. David Lubars 

(BBDO Worldwide) ●

Macy's Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin

Richard and Jane Manoogian 

Foundation

Margery and Edgar Masinter ✚ ●

Ms. Kathleen Maxwell

The Honorable Bonnie 

McElveen-Hunter

Mr. H. Bruce McEver

Robert E. Meyerhoff and 

Rheda Becker

Constance Corcoran Miller ●

Gus and Deanne Miller 

and Family ✱ ✚ ●

Lee and Saundra Minshull

Mitsubishi International 

Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. 

Moorehead

Morris Animal Foundation

Morris Louis Conservation Fund

National Air Traffic Controllers 

Association

National Geographic Society

The Nature Conservancy

Numismatic Guaranty 

Corporation

Mr. Godwin Obaseki

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

Mary and John Pappajohn ●

PEPCO 

Perkins Coie

PMX Industries, Inc.

PNC Bank Corporation

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling 

(Sylvia and Alexander Hassan 

Family Foundation) 

The Reed Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Avi Reichental ●

Ms. Betty Rodgers

The Honorable Ronald A. 

Rosenfeld and 

Mrs. Rosenfeld ✚ ●

Valerie and Jack Rowe ●

Mrs. Alison Wrigley Rusack ✚

Donna and Marvin Schwartz

Suzanne and Walter Scott 

Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Shiva 

(The Susan Isabel Foundation)

Dr. and Mrs. James H. Simons

Drs. Christopher C. and 

Ann Stalheim Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder 

Stack's Bowers Galleries

Dmitri Stockton and Renee 

Allain-Stockton

Ms. Mara Strock 

Charles and Geneva Thornton

Gary and Marie Thunem

Jay and Toshiko Tompkins

Toshiba International Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tull

Mr. Keith Underwood 

(Underwood Associates, Inc.)

United Launch Alliance

University of California at Irvine

H. van Ameringen Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Steven 

VanRoekel ●

Vault Structures, Inc.

Ms. Leslie Wilkes and 

Ms. Marzanne Claiborne

Ginny Williams ●

Judy Francis Zankel ●

$10,000 or more

Anonymous

AARP

Abramson Family Foundation

Accenture

Ms. Simone L. Acha

Ms. Yvette Adams

Mr. Paul Addison

Jan and Warren Adelson

Aerojet Rocketdyne

Air Traffic Control 

Association, Inc.

Airbus

Ak-Chin Indian Community

Alcone Marketing Group

Mrs. Zee Allred

Mr. William Alpert

Mr. R. Cotten Alston III

Lucy and Gordon Ambach ✚

American Academy of 

Achievement ✚

American Academy of Family 

Physicians

American Bankruptcy Institute

American Council of Life 

Insurance

The American Law Institute

American University

The Ammerman Foundation

Brandlogic

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz ✚

Candeo Fund at International 

Community Foundation

Capital One 

Carnegie Institution for Science

The Cascade Foundation

The Julia Child Foundation 

for Gastronomy and the 

Culinary Arts

Mr. Richard T. Choi and 

Ms. Claudia M. Perry ●

Dorothy H.V. Clarke

Dr. M. Annette and Alsie Cluff, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Cole ●

Ms. Ethel A. Collins

Guido Craveri

Mr. and Mrs. Ravenel Boykin 

Curry III (Ravenel and 

Elizabeth Curry Foundation)

DC Children and Youth 

Investment Trust Corporation

Design Within Reach

Deutsche Bank

Environmental Systems 

Research Institute Inc.

Mr. Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. ●

Facebook, Inc.

FedEx Corporation

Sakurako and William Fisher 

Family ♦ ✱ ✚

Ann and Richard Fudge ●

Horace W. Goldsmith 

Foundation

Ms. Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Google

Government Employees Ins. Co. 

(GEICO) 

The Grantham Foundation for the 

Protection of the Environment

Mr. Christie G. Harris

Ms. Myra M. Hart and 

Dr. J. Kent Hewitt ✚ ●

Anchorage Museum Association

The Anders Foundation ✱ ✚ ●

Anela Kolohe Foundation

ARISE Magazine (This Day)

Asian American Hotel Owners 

Association

Association of Zoos & Aquariums

Asurion

Atlas Air Worldwide

Ms. Susan Avarde

AZA Conservation Grants Fund

The Honorable Vicky A. Bailey

Baker Donelson Bearman, 

Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Banfield Pet Hospital

The Banks Association of Turkey

Ms. Elizabeth Barber

Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Barclay, Jr.

Ms. Latoya Barham

Barker Family Foundation Inc.

Barneys New York

The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation

Jeanne V. Beekhuis

Kenneth E. Behring Family ✚

Mr. Michael Beirut 

(Pentagram Design, Inc.)

Gabrielle de Kuyper Bekink ●

Bell Helicopter, 

A Textron Company

Tamra and Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. ●

Mr. Laurence Berger

Ann E. Berman and 

Daniel J. Feld ●

Tricia and Michael M. Berns

Diane and Norman Bernstein

Robert and Dawn Birmingham 

Governor James J. Blanchard 

and Mrs. Janet Blanchard

The Honorable Richard 

Blumenthal and 

Mrs. Cynthia Blumenthal ●

The Bodman Foundation

John and Carol Boochever

Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

The National Air and Space Museum exhibited The Great Picture, the world’s largest photograph, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. 

Shown are volunteers lifting into place the muslin cloth backing for the photo. 

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

Agnes C. Bourne ●

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Bracey, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brierley ●

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Mr. Gordon J. Brodfuehrer

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie ●

Elizabeth Broun

Marilyn L. Brown and 

Douglas N. Morton

Buccellati

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi

John and Rebecca Budd

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka

Ms. Sheila P. Burke/

Baker Donelson

Peggy and Ralph Burnet ✱ ✚ ●

Mr. Edward Ogden Cabot ✱ ●

Bill and Dianne Calderazzo

Calista Corporation

Mr. Bruce Campbell ●

Mr. and Dr. Roel Campos ●

Donald A. Capoccia and 

Mr. Tommie L. Pegues ●

Capstrat

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Carlson Wagonlit Travel/

TGI Fridays

The E. Rhodes & Leona B. 

Carpenter Foundation

Mildred Square Carrethers

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Carter ●

Mr. and Ms. Richard M. Cashin

Mrs. David Challinor

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chalsty

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Christie's

Citibank N.A.

Mr. and Mrs. A. James Clark

Dr. Johnny and Carol Clark

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & 

Hamilton

The Coby Foundation, Ltd., 

New York

Ms. Andrea Cochran 

(Andrea Cochran Landscape 

Architecture)

Abby Joseph Cohen ✚

Mr. Arthur Cohen 

(LaPlaca Cohen, Inc.) ●

Bernard C. Coleman III & 

Edda Collins Coleman 

Malcolm Collins, Miles Collins 

and Catherine Collins 

Masterson

Ashley Jackson

Michael and Sandy Collins 

Con Edison

Ms. Roberta Leigh Conner ●

Crane & Co., Inc.

CrossCurrents Foundation

Joseph & Joan Cullman 

Conservation Foundation Inc.

The Nathan Cummings 

Foundation

Jeffrey P. and Mariko I. Cunard ✱ ●

Ms. Lavinia M. Currier and 

Mr. Joel McCleary 

(Sacharuna Foundation)

Cushman Realty Corp.

Cvent Inc.

Danaher Corporation

Mr. Eric Daniels ●

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr. ✚

Mr. Walter Deans

Ms. Jane DeBevoise

Jeffrey and Joan DeBoer ●

Paul and Becky Dhyse

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Digital Transitions

Valerie and Charles Diker ●

Mr. James C. Dinegar ●

Disney Worldwide 

Conservation Fund

Ms. Dorene C. Dominguez 

(Vanir Construction 

Management)

Donald J. and Helen D. Douglass 
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Dow AgroSciences LLC

The Dow Chemical Company

The Richard H. Driehaus 

Foundation

Elizabeth and Richard Dubin

Helen and Ray DuBois

Dun & Bradstreet International

DuPont Pioneer

E. & J. Gallo Winery

EarthShare

Ms. Nancy L. Eaton ●

eBay

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi ●

ECS Federal, Inc.

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation

Ms. Kimberley Egonmwan

EIPBN

Mr. Steven A. Elmendorf ●

Encore Live, LLC

Entertainment Software 

Association Foundation

The Erkiletian Family Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Leobardo F. 

Estrada ●

Etsy

Eurocopter Communications 

Directorate

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. 

Evans, Jr. ●

Exelis, Inc.

ExxonMobil 

FactSet Research Systems

Mr. and Mrs. John Fahey ■ ●

Family Firm Institute

FBB Capital Partners

FBR

Mrs. Carol Feinberg and 

Mr. Ken Gilman

Winnie and Michael Feng

Mr. and Mrs. Raul J. Fernandez ✚

Mr. Harve A. Ferrill and 

Ms. Karla Scherer

The Fertilizer Institute

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

Fiduciary Trust Company 

International

Jane and Bernard Finn

Roger S. Firestone Foundation 

(Mr. John D. Firestone, 

Ms. Gay F. Wray) ✚ ●

First National Bank Alaska 

First Stewards

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 

Foundation 

Flos USA, Inc.

FLOW Group, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Flynn ✚

Diane and Blaine Fogg ●

The Ford Family Foundation

Cynthia and Edsel Ford

Mr. David B. Ford

Mr. Walter Forsberg

Dr. Ella M. Foshay and 

Mr. Michael B. Rothfeld ●

Foundation of the American 

Institute for Conservation

Michael and Berit Francis ✚

Fredericks Peebles and 

Morgan LLP

Mrs. Florence Free 

(Free Family Foundation)

Bob and Jill Fri

Mr. Cary J. Frieze and 

Mrs. Rose Frieze

Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Fuljenz

Kathryn Fuller ●

Dr. George Fulton, Jr.

Vicki A. Funk

Furthermore: a program 

of the J.M. Kaplan Fund

Ms. Caroline D. Gabel

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚

Shelby and Frederick Gans ✚

Mr. and Mrs. E. K. 

Gaylord II ✚ ●

George Mason University

The George Washington 

University

Georgia-Pacific 

Giant Food Foundation, Inc.

Giesecke & Devrient 

America, Inc.

The Honorable Joseph and 

Alma Gildenhorn

The Girl Friends Incorporated

Ms. Kathryn Gleason and 

Mr. Timothy Ring ●

Global Payments, Inc.

S. Taylor Glover

Ms. Joanne M. Gold and 

Mr. Andrew A. Stern

Mrs. Dorothy Tapper Goldman ●

Mr. David Gonzalez

Mr. Linda R. Gooden and 

Mr. Laird Russell Lott ●

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. 

Goodyear

Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon Gould III

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gover

Mr. Graham C. Grady 

(Lloyd A. Fry Foundation)

Graham Holdings Company

Grand Hyatt Washington

Peter and Rhondda Grant

Lisa Sharf Green and 

Eric A. Green ●

Greif

Miljenko Mike Grgich

Mary Livingston Griggs and 

Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

Group SJR

Agnes Gund

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer B. Haber

Ms. Bette Hagan

Ms. Lindsey Hagan

Sonny and Kathy Hagendorf ●

Halogen Software, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. 

Hamp ✱ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hanlon

The Keith Haring Foundation

Robert Harris and Susan 

Rothermund

Jane Hope Hastings 

Philanthropic Trust UAD

Michael R. and Marlys G. 

Haverty Family Foundation ✚

Mr. Thad Heartfield

Drue Heinz Trust

Jeff and Linda Hendricks

Ms. Laura J. Hernandez

Mr. Rod Hildebrant and 

Mr. Matthew Meehan

The Hillside Foundation—

Allan and Shelley Holt

The Hoch Family ✚

Steven and Jane Hoch ✚ ●

Elizabeth Jackson Hodges and 

C. Howie Hodges

Mr. John R. Hoke III (Nike, Inc.) ●

Ruth S. Holmberg ✚

G. Scott Hong Charitable 

Trust ✱ ●

Mr. Larry Hooks

Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horning, Jr. 

The Horowitz Family

Mr. Eric R. Horowitz

Virginia Hough ●

Bannus and Cecily Hudson

Mr. Christopher Hughes and 

Mrs. Susan Chapman-Hughes

IBM Corporation 

ICF International, Inc.

Immordino Charitable 

Foundation

Incentive Technology 

Group, LLC

Government of India 

Tourist Office

Embassy of the Republic 

of Indonesia

Intel Foundation

Interactive Institute 

Swedish ICT AB

International Elephant 

Foundation

Iran Heritage Foundation

The Island Fund in the New York 

Community Trust

The J.M. Foundation

Jamestown Properties

Ms. Wendy Jeffers and 

Mr. Anthony Orphanos ✱ ●

Mrs. Indu Jindia

JMA Solutions

Carolyn Johnsen and 

Richard Nye ●

Gregory D. and Jennifer 

Walston Johnson ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnson

Mrs. Kathleen Q. Johnson

Mr. Robert N. Johnson ✱ ●

Mrs. Judith G. Jones 

(Steaven K. and Judith G. 

Jones Foundation) ●

Mr. and Ms. Terry L. Jones ●

Dr. Walter F. Jones and 

Ms. Cheryl L. Rash Jones ●

David and Pam Joyce ●

Dr. Alice Kandell

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan 

Family Foundation, Inc./

Scott Kaplan Belsky ●

Mrs. Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan 

and Dr. Louis D. Kaplan ●

Mr. Alexander Kaplen 

(The Kaplen Brothers Fund)

The Katzenberger 

Foundation, Inc.

KCG Americas LLC

Henry B. & Jessie W. Keiser 

Foundation, Inc.

Connie and Dennis Keller ✚

Clinton and Missy Kelly

The John F. Kennedy Center for 

the Performing Arts

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough

The Hagop Kevorkian Fund

Ms. May Liang and 

Mr. James Lintott ●

Ms. Dorothy Lichtenstein

Mr. John M. Liebes

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Liss

Martha G. Locke

Steve and Betsy Loranger

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe

H. Christopher Luce and 

Tina Liu ●

George and Kristen Lund

Ms. Kayrene Lunday

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. 

MacDonald ✚

The Robert Mapplethorpe 

Foundation, Inc.

Jacqueline Badger Mars

John and Adrienne Mars ♦ ✚

Linda A. Mars

Mary Martell and Paul Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci ✚ ●

Dr. Enrique Matabar

Mr. and Mrs. T. Allan McArtor ●

Terry and Susan McCallister ●

Mr. and Mrs. John W. 

McCarter, Jr. ■ ✱

Bruce and Jolene McCaw 

Family ●

Duncan and Ellen McFarland

Amy and Marc Meadows ✱ ●

Mr. James R. Mellor 

(Mellor Family Foundation)

Meredith Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Barry M. Meyer 

(The Barry and Wendy Meyer 

Foundation) ●

Ms. Elizabeth E. Meyer and 

Mr. Michael McCaffrey

Microsoft Corporation

Ms. Caroline Milbank

Arnold Miller

E. Eugene Miller

Debbie Millman/Sterling Brands

Jane Mitchell and Jeffrey Bland

Ms. Jo Ann Mitchell

Ronald and Deborah Monark

Mondelez International 

Foundation

The Ambrose Monell Foundation

Ms. Bridget Moore 

(DC Moore Gallery) ●

The Claude Moore Charitable 

Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore

Morongo Band of Mission 

Indians

Catherine Morrison Golden

Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz

Ms. Carol M. Mulcox

Mr. Henry R. Muñoz III ✚ ●

Mutual of America

National Association of 

Home Builders

National Beer Wholesalers 

Association

National Fund for Culture and 

the Arts (FONCA)

National Park Foundation

Native American Rights Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Natow

Navajo Nation

NetScout Systems

Katherine Neville ●

New Breed Corporate Services

The New York Community Trust 

Ms. Caroline Niemczyk

NIKE, Inc. 

The Honorable and 

Mrs. William A. Nitze

Northern Trust

Noyce Foundation

Nutrients for Life Foundation

Libby and Matt O'Connell ✱ ●

Office

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

O'Keefe Communications, Inc.

State Chamber of Oklahoma

Ms. Cerissa M. O'Neal, Esq.

Mr. Ziad Ojakli ✱ ●

Omega Watches

Phillip H. Omohundro, MD ●

Janice Carlson Oresman

Ms. Christine Ortega 

(Southwest Airlines)

Gordon Osterheld

Pace University ●

Walter C. Parkins

Ms. Joan A. Payden

Clarence and Connie Pearson

Laura Peebles and 

Ellen Fingerman

Arthur and Linda Pelberg

Daphna Peled

Perlin Family Foundation

Debbie Petersen and the James 

F. Petersen Charitable Fund ●

Pfizer Inc.

Ms. Josephine Phelps

Mr. Carter Phillips 

(Sidley Austin Foundation)

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Dr. and Mrs. Michael 

Pillsbury, Ph.D.

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Pat and Bill Podlich

Mrs. Vivian L. Pollock

Ms. Faith Popcorn

Stephen and Benita Potters ●

Leonard and Denese Powell

Power Home Remodeling 

Group, LLC

Ms. Marla Prather and 

Mr. Jonathan Schiller ●

Mr. and Mrs. Terry W. Prather ●

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Pro Helvetia

Prudential Financial

Thomas and Jamie Pumpelly

Puyallup Tribe

Mr. Mir Maqbook Alam Khan 

(Napean LLC)

Vince and Becky King ●

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney ✱ ●

Mr. Christopher M. Kinsey

John S. and James L. Knight 

Foundation

Marion K. Kochi

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kolitz 

(Kolitz Foundation, Inc.)

Koniag, Inc.

Korean Association for Science 

and Creativity

Claudia B. Kotchka ●

Colleen and John Kotelly ●

KPMG LLP

George and Barbara Kramer

Todd and Debbie Krasnow ✱ ●

Mr. Michael N. Kreitzer and 

Mr. Chris Wheeler

The Kresge Foundation

Kroll Factual Data

L-3 Communications 

Corporation

Land O'Lakes Foundation

Susan T. and Allan R. Landon ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Langson

Laureate Education Inc.

Betsy and David Lawer ✚ ●

Learning Ally

Ledo Pizza System, Inc.

Mr. Larry Lee (Coin and 

Bullion Reserve)

Dr. Egbert G. Leigh, Jr. 

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin

Annette and Theodore Lerner 

Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. George Levert

Drs. Jerrold Levy and 

Maria Arias

Ms. Ann Lewnes 

(Adobe Systems)

Cheryl Winter Lewy and 

Glen Lewy ✚

Ratner Companies

Razoo Foundation

RE/MAX Gateway

Joseph Regenstein

Relman, Dane & Colfax

Mrs. Lucy S. Rhame 

(The C.K. Williams Foundation)

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice

R. Lucia Riddle ●

Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Riley ●

Ms. Rosemary L. Ripley 

(Rosemary L. Ripley 

Foundation)

Toni A. Ritzenberg

Riverside Church in the City 

of New York

Richard H. Robb and 

Rebecca E. Crown

Dr. Dorothy Robins-Mowry

Mr. Harold Robinson

Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Group ●

Ms. Gloria Rodriguez ●

Mr. Narciso Rodriguez

John F.W. Rogers ●

Mark C. Rogers, M.D. 

(Rogers Family Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.)

Matt and Lisa Rose ●

Susan and Elihu Rose

Ms. Trude S. Roselle

Rosenthal Jaguar/Land Rover 

Robert and Marion Rosenthal

Dr. Wayne Rosing

Mr. Mark Rosman ●

Mr. Richard Rosman and 

Ms. Fran Morris Rosman 

Tom and Bonnie Rosse 

(Rosse Family Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Larry 

Rouvelas (Falls Run Family 

Foundation) ●

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Royall, Jr.

Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

Sun Face Bolo by Raymond C. Yazzie, is featured in Glittering 

World: Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie Family, an exhibition at the 

National Museum of the American Indian’s New York facility 

in lower Manhattan. 

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas C. Ruffin

The Rural School and 

Community Trust

Ralph and Dorothea H. 

Rushworth

Dame Theresa Sackler

Safran

Glenna R. Salyer, D.V.M.

The Honorable Robin Renee 

Sanders ●

Sansom Foundation

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer ✚

The Schlinger Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. 

Schlosberg III ✚

Donna L. Scott, Esq., Col., USA (Ret.)

Ms. Pam Scott and 

Mr. Timothy Koogle

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones

Mrs. Bronwyn Helena Sechrist

Nina and Ivan Selin ✚

The Selz Foundation ●

The Seven Trees, Inc.

Mr. Asif M. Shaikh ●

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community of Minnesota

Share Fund

Mr. Frederic A. Sharf (Jean S. 

& Frederic A. Sharf Fund)

Mrs. Norma Gudin Shaw

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sherman

Hal and Sandy Shevers
56 / smithsonian annual report today. tomorrow. forever. / 57

Ms. Clara J. Shin ●

Ruth Jean Simmons, Ph.D. ●

Susan Simmons

The Gertrude E. Skelly 

Charitable Foundation

Mr. James C. Small and 

Mr. John A. Fry

Mr. and Mrs. Greg A. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. W. Dean Smith ●

Smithsonian Networks

Snack Food Association

Society for Human Resource 

Management

SodaStream

Southwest Airlines

ST Paper

St. Croix Valley Foundation

Mr. Jack L. Stahl

Foster and Coco Stanback

State Chamber of Oklahoma

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stayner

Margaret and Terry Stent

Dr. Paul G. Stern ●

Stephanie Stokes

Patty Stonesifer and 

Michael Kinsley ●

Mr. David P. Storch ●

Mr. Jerry Straus (Hobbs, Straus, 

Dean & Walker)

Hattie M. Strong Foundation

Ms. Cathy Sulzberger and 

Joseph G. Perpich, M.D. ✱ ●

The Sumitomo Foundation

Mr. David M. Sundman and 

Mrs. Christine Sundman

SunTrust Bank-MidAtlantic

Swatch Watch, U.S.A.

Mr. H. Patrick Swygert ●

Mr. and Mrs. Ranjan Tandon 

(Tandon Family Foundation)

Patricia P. Tang ●

Taronga Conservation Society 

Australia

Taronga Foundation

Phyllis M. Taylor ✚

TD Bank Financial Group

TED Conferences LLC

The Tewaaraton Foundation

Thales USA, Inc.

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw 

Charitable Trust

Ms. Julia Thieriot 

(Cedar Hill Foundation)

Dr. F. Christian Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. Samme L. Thompson

Jim and Sharon Todd

Towerbank

Trellis Fund

Ann and Marshall Turner ●

Ms. Kathryn C. Turner ●

Sharon and Thurston Twigg-Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse J. Tyson

UBS

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Uhler ●

Mr. Joseph P. Ujobai and 

Mr. Eduardo Ardiles ●

Univision Communications, Inc.

Ms. Sue Van ●

Antoine and Emily van Agtmael ●

Mr. Michiel van Breugel

Mr. James G. Vella ●

The Volgenau Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Adalbert von 

Gontard III ●

Ms. Valaree Wahler

The Waltham Foundation

The Walton Family Foundation

Washington Gas Light Company

Mr. Todd Waterbury (Target) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Gulab Watumull

The Honorable Wellington E. 

Webb and The Honorable 

Wilma J. Webb

Ms. Madeline Weinrib

Wells Fargo Foundation

Ms. Paige West and 

Mr. Christopher Cooper

The Honorable and Mrs. Togo D. 

West, Jr.

Nadine and Bill Westcott

Ms. Leslie A. Wheelock ●

Mrs. Donald W. White 

Coralyn Wright Whitney

Sue and John Wieland

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. 

Willard ●

Jane Willcox and Bobby Dyal, Jr.

Kevin and Diane Wilshire

Edgar Wilson Trust

Ms. Anita Winsor-Edwards

Otto Winzen Memorial Advised 

Fund of the Catholic Community

Wrinkle in Time Foundation

Irene and Alan Wurtzel

YANUA International

Dr. Soon-Young Yoon and 

Mr. Richard M. Smith 

(The Pinkerton Foundation)

Mr. Fred Young

Mr. William Youngerman

Margot and Paul Zimmerman

Phil Zollner, Jersey Aero Club

Zoo New England

The Zug Family: George, Pat, 

Jon and Erin

$5,000 or more

Anonymous

Ms. Lauren Abplanalp

Ms. Stephanie Ackler and 

Mr. Peter Chapin

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 

Indians

Shahara Ahmad-Llewellyn

Alaska Airlines, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Alexander

Claudia R. Allen and 

Willis M. Allen, Jr. ✚

Ms. Susan Marie Allen

Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Alvarez

American Association of 

Neurological Surgeons

Capital Alert

The Capital Group Companies 

Charitable Foundation 

Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas and 

Ms. Dolores Garcia ✱ ●

Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. 

and Jacqueline Copeland 

Carson, Ph.D.

Jacqui and Tom Castro ✚

Mr. Vincent R. Castro 

(The CDM Group, Inc.)

Century Limited, Inc.

Capt. Eugene A. Cernan

Mr. and Mrs. James Cerruti ●

Gautam and Varsha Chandra

Mrs. Kevin P. Charles

CIBC

Savanna and Charles Warfield 

Clark, M.D.

Ms. Cathrine Coberly

Dr. Bruce B. Collette

The Columbus Foundation

Comcast

Commercial Bank of Africa

Compton Foundation

Wilfred N. Cooper and 

Kay L. Cooper Trust

Christopher Cope and 

Jamie Shaw

Ruth Covo Family Foundation

Crystal Family Foundation

The Cuatrecasas Family 

Foundation

Mr. Frederico Curado ●

Mr. Santhosh Emmanuel Daniel

Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

The Davidson Institute for 

Talent Development

Catherine V. Dawson

DC Energy Management, LP

Mr. Paul Deemer

Mr. and Mrs. Willie A. Deese

The Charles Delmar Foundation

Dr. Marion Deshmukh and 

Dr. Ashok Deshmukh

Mr. Paul Dickson

Mr. Derrick Diggs and 

Ms. Rashida La Lande

Mr. Aaron Dignan (Undercurrent)

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. 

Donnelley II (The Donnelley 

Foundation)

Mr. Albert E. Dotson, Jr.

Dr. William G. Doty

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Downs

Ms. Mary N. Dryden

Educational Testing Services 

Ms. Raquel Egusquiza ●

Kim and Al Eiber ●

Mr. George W. Elliott

Mr. Loyd E. Ellis

Mrs. Miriam F. Ellsworth

Emirates NBD

Emory University

Energy Dialougues LLC

EQT Foundation

Ergotron, Inc.

Dr. Linda S. Ferber ●

Alan and Lois Fern

Ms. Susan Fine

Mr. L.R. Fischer and 

Ms. Anne Lavigne

Mrs. Shirley M. Fisher

Dr. Daniel W. Fort

Sarajane Foster

J. S. Frank Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Frankel 

(Maxine and Stuart Frankel 

Foundation)

James Larry Frazier, Esq. ●

Dr. and Mrs. William J. Frazier

Kenneth W. and Janice W. 

Freeman Family Foundation

Ms. Christine M. Freidel and 

Mr. Douglas Varley

Sheila Fridovich

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fuentes ●

Mr. Larry Gagosian 

(Gagosian Gallery, Inc.)

Ms. Donna J. Gambrell ●

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Garfield ●

GE Foundation

Sumner Gerard Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty 

(Ann & Gordon Getty 

Foundation)

John A. and Lile R. Gibbons

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Alfred C. Glassell, III

Gluckman Mayner 

Golden Boy Promotions

Mr. Michael Goldfarb and 

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly 

(Michael Goldfarb Associates)

Ms. Dawn K. Good Elk

Drs. Mark Graham and Laneta 

Dorflinger and their Family

The Honorable C. Boyden Gray

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Mr. Edward L. Greer

Mr. and Mrs. Fred F. Gregory

Mr. Alan D. Grinnell

Dr. Christiaan Grootaert

Marilyn Grossman

Mr. Erwin M. Gudelsky

Mr. Elmer A. Guerri

Ms. Marge Newcomer Guilfoil

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole

Embassy of the Republic of Haiti

Mrs. Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Mr. Collier Hands

The Honorable Herbert J. Hansell

Mr. Perry B. Hansen ●

Mr. Robert L. Harwell II and 

Leslie Morgan Harwell

Roger D. Hathaway

Victor and Takako Hauge

Kate Haw

Ms. Margot R. Heckman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hermanos

Paul Hertelendy ✚

American Stamp Dealers 

Association, Inc.

Mr. Perry M. Amsellem

Amway Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. Kim C. Anderson

Arianespace Inc.

Ms. Ruth Arnold

Milton and Sally Avery Arts 

Foundation

Mr. Jerry Bailey

Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnet

Ms. Mercedes Bass 

(Mercedes T. Bass Charitable 

Corporation)

Mr. William Bast and 

Mr. Paul Huson

Dr. Susan Battley ●

S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

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

Mr. C.P. Beler

Mr. and Mrs. Morton A. Bender 

(Dorothy G. Bender 

Foundation)

Catherine Benkaim and 

Barbara Timmer

Craig and Susan Berrington

Bhungalia Family

Barbara and James Block ●

Ms. Priscilla Bosworth

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Robert 

Mills Boyle

Ms. Patricia A. Bradley

The Honorable Stephen F. 

Brauer and Mrs. Brauer ✚

Joan Brazier

Dara and Dan Brewster ●

Agnes M. Brown

Stephen and Kathryn Brown ●

Mr. and Mrs. Todd C. Brown

Mr. Eric Buehrens

Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend 

Burden III ●

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Burka

Uschi and Bill Butler

Ms. Allison Hicks 

(Agile Consulting & 

Environmental Services)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. 

Higgins ✚

Frederick D. Hill (Collisart, LLC)

Mrs. Olga Hirshhorn ●

Ms. Elizabeth Hisey ●

Hogan Lovells

JunAnn Holmes

Hong Kong Economic and 

Trade Office

William L. Hopkins and 

Richard B. Anderson 

Dr. Nina Horowitz and 

Dr. Richard Sussman

John and Anne Howat

Nora Hsu and Barry C. Davis

Elizabeth Ann Hylton

The IanThom Foundation ●

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Jaffe 

(The Jaffe Family Foundation)

James Cohan Gallery

The Japan Foundation

Johns Hopkins University

Leslie and Conway B. Jones, Jr.

Michael and Diane Jones

Thomas and Elizabeth Jones

J. Lisa Jorgenson and 

David Doniger

Lou Josephs and Susan Koonin

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. 

Joynt, Sr. ●

Mr. Alan Robert Kabat

Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason 

Foundation

Sheldon and Audrey Katz 

Mr. and Mrs. Pradman Kaul 

(The Kaul Family Foundation)

Dr. and Mrs. Ashok Kaveeshwar

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp ●

Robert E. Keith, Jr.

Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

Students collect water sample data as part of the Anacostia Community Museum’s Citizen 

Scientist program. 

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

Mr. and Mrs. Zackeree 

Sean Kelin

Joseph and Paula Kerger ●

John and Susan Klein

Mr. Carl W. Knobloch, Jr.

Ms. Robyn S. Kravit

Ada Kugajevsky

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurin

Mr. and Mrs. Vello Kuuskraa 

(Advanced Resources 

International)

Mr. Jerry H. Labowitz

Amb. and Mrs. Philip Lader ●

Laksvim Gems LLC

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lally

Landor Associates

Ms. Ann E. Larimore

Lazarus Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Lee ●

Bruce Lee Foundation

Mr. Richard H. Levi and 

Ms. Susan Perry (The HechtLevi Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Linton

Mr. Blake Lipham

Jan Lipkin

Bruce M. Lisman and 

Kyla Lisman ●

Ms. Gwendolyn Lohse and 

Mr. James Assey

David E. Longnecker, MD ✱ ●

Richard Lounsbery Foundation

Macedonia Baptist Church

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Creighton R. Magid

Ms. Natasha Maidoff

Ms. Phyllis Mailman (The 

Mailman Foundation, Inc.)

Ms. Gloria Manning

The Marstine Family Foundation

Mr. Mariano Martinez

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Massie 

(Mountain Laurel Foundation)

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Mattox

Mr. and Mrs. Sean McCabe

Ms. Victoria McCreary-Levay

Mr. Stephen McDonough

Mr. and Ms. Michael McGonigal

Mrs. Harriet C. McGuire 

(The Troy Foundation)

Kasey and Jamie McJunkin ●

Denise Medd

Mr. and Mrs. David Menachery

Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Menezes

MetroPCS

The Michelson Foundation

Lawrence and Iris Miller

Scott Miller and Tim Gill

Mitre Corporation

Melissa and Robert Mittman

Clemmer and David Montague

Mr. Frank Montague

Paul G. Moorehead, Esq. 

(Powers Pyle Sutter & 

Verville, PC)

Wendy Burden Morgan

Mrs. Marjorie B. Morris

Douglas and Susan Morrison

Mr. Scott Murray and 

Ms. Mihail Lari

Mrs. Lori Nalley 

(Tiger Natural Gas)

National Audubon Society

National Japanese American 

Memorial Foundation

National Presbyterian Church

Nationwide Mutual Insurance 

Company

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neal

Jeffrey C. Nelson

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt

Nichols Foundation, Inc.

Nightingale Code Foundation

Robert and Nancy Nooter

NOVA Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Obering

Mr. Martin E. O'Brien ●

Mr. Robert P. Odenweller ●
58 / smithsonian annual report today. tomorrow. forever. / 59

Andrew Oliver and 

Melanie Du Bois 

Daniel and Louise Oliver

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos

Dennis and Trudy O'Toole ●

Ambassador Mary and 

Mr. Mandell J. Ourisman ✚

The David and Lucile Packard 

Foundation

Pala Band of Mission Indians

Mr. Paul Patton 

(CACI, International, Inc.)

Mr. C. Jason Payne ●

Peco Foundation

Pendleton Woolen Mills

H.R. Perot, Jr. ●

Ms. Barbara Rescher Perry

Ms. Stephanie Phillipps and 

Mr. George E. Murray

Phillips Energy Partners, LLC

Mr. and Ms. Wilson Pipestem ●

Ms. Jayne H. Plank

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Poses 

(The Poses Family Foundation)

Mr. Timothy D. Proctor

Quad/Graphics

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raines

Ms. Azita Raji and 

Mr. Gary Syman ●

W. Clinton Rasberry, Jr.

Rauch Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Abbe Raven and 

Mr. Martin Tackel ●

Mr. Robert Rea

Regions Financial Corporation

Mr. and Mrs. David P. Rehfuss

The Ritz-Carlton

Mr. Caroline Robbins

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins

Mr. Charles J. Robertson

Ms. Jane Washburn Robinson

Leila and Lowell Robinson ●

Mr. Robert W. Roessel, P.E.

Mr. Marcos Ronquillo ●

Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters

Matthew V. Roswell

Mr. Mark Rothman ●

Ms. Roberta Ong Roumel

Nancy and Clive Runnells ✚

The Honorable and 

Mrs. Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. ●

The Arthur M. Sackler 

Foundation

Salt River Project

Charles E. Sampson 

Memorial Fund

Mr. Ernest Scheller, Jr.

Beverly Schnitzer Charitable Trust

Dr. Henry F. Sears

Ruth O. Selig

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Seligson

Ms. Shelby Settles Harper

The Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer 

Foundation

Mr. Charles F. Shreve ●

Mr. Raymond G. Simpson 

Janet H. Sledge

Dr. and Mrs. Lindley T. Smith ●

Ms. Mildred Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Smith 

(The Smith Family Trust)

William B. Snyder

Ms. Elizabeth H. Solomon

Southwest Research Institute

Fredda Sparks and 

Kent Montavon

Mr. James Spindler

Mr. John C. Stamato ●

R. Julian and Margaret A. 

Stanley Charitable Trust

K. David Steidley, Ph.D.

H. Peter Stern and 

Helen W. Drutt English ●

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

Joan and Marx Sterne

Chairman Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., 

National Indian Gaming 

Association

Mr. David Stoler

Mrs. William C. Storey

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Strauss

Student Government 

Association SAIS

Sullivan Insurance Agency

Mr. and Mrs. Balamurugan 

Sundaralingam

The Surdna Foundation

Mr. David Sutherland (David 

Sutherland Productions)

Patricia S. Swaney

Sweet Meadow Fund

David and Lorraine Swerdloff

Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation

Synnex Corporation

Ms. Maylene M. Syracuse 

and Mr. Michael Trenner

Ruth and Vernon Taylor 

Foundation, MT ✚

TECRO

Royal Thai Embassy

Donna Thal

Ms. Deanna Thomas 

(The Brown Family Children's 

Foundation)

George D. and Mary 

Augusta Thomas

William E. Thomas, Jr.

Mr. Spencer Throckmorton

Dr. Asili Yesim Toduk

Transamerica Life Insurance Co.

The Trull Foundation

Two Marines

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

Mr. Jan van der Lande 

(Kikkerland Design, Inc.)

Ms. Rebecca Van Dyck and 

Mr. Christopher Thomsen

Van Vanderwal

Gene Waddell 

(Waddell Trading Company)

Mr. Kirk Wagar and 

Mrs. Crystal Wagar

Ms. Leah Ann Walker

Ms. Sarah Walter and 

Mr. Al West

Cheryl and Charles Ward

David Webber and Joelle Faucher

The Honorable and Mrs. Frank 

Weil (Hickrill Foundation) ✚

Mr. and Mrs. James Weinberg

Candace King Weir

Mrs. Franc Wertheimer

The Honorable Deborah 

Wince-Smith and 

Mr. Michael B. Smith ✚

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Wittliff

Wolf-Gordon

Mr. and Mrs. S. Roy Woodall, Jr.

Woody Guthrie Center

$2,500 or more

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Adler

Africa Union Mission to USA

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn

Alexis Albion

Mr. and Mrs. Jaime E. Aleman

Ms. Aida Alvarez and 

Dr. Raymond J. Baxter ●

American Federation of 

Government Employees

American Folk Art Society

American Solar Direct, Inc.

Ammunition

Anacostia Coordinating 

Council, Inc.

Anacostia Development 

Association

Ms. Nancy Anderson

Anime USA

Mr. Ralph Appelbaum 

Ms. Helen Jean Arthur-Dunn

Ashnu International Inc.

The Aspen Institute

Phillip and Ruth Backup

Ms. Jamie Lee Baldinger and 

Ms. Lola Goldring

Marcie L. Bane and 

Michael X. Imbroscio

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry

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

Mr. Jeffrey Bauman 

(The Beech Street Foundation)

Susan and Thomas Baxter

Dr. Janice M. Beaverson and 

Mr. Michael C. Buckler

Dr. Tyson E. Becker and 

Ms. Katie Sutcliffe Becker

Carmen Bell

John and Marinka Bennett

Mr. Philip D. Berlin and 

Ms. Olivia Adler

Ruth B. Berman

Mr. Robin Berrington

Randy and Nancy Best

Mr. George M. Beylerian

Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Foundation

Richard and Eugenia Bodnar

Boeing

Haise R. Borgmann

Ms. Linda Bosetti White

Mr. Austin Box

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brady

Ms. Carolyn L. Brehm and 

Amb. Richard Boucher

Ms. Nancy Goodman Brinker

The British Council, USA

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brodsky ●

Dave and Judy Bronczek ●

Mr. and Mrs. Travis Brown, Jr.

Dr. Michael J. Brownstein and 

Dr. Eva M. Mezey

The Brukardt Family

Melva Bucksbaum and 

Raymond Learsy

Ms. Bonnie Burns and 

Ms. Joyce Hamel ●

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

Ms. Sheryll D. Cashin and 

Mr. Marque Chambliss

Cerveceria La Rana Dorada, S.A.

The Challenge Fund

Mrs. C. Stanley Chapman, Jr.

Chevron

Ms. Cecilia H. Chin

Ms. Susanna Choy

Mr. and Mrs. Henry 

Christensen III

Ms. Li Chu

Marilyn M. Cinal

City First Bank of DC

Clear Channel Media and 

Entertainment

Thea Cohen

George and Nina Cois

Community Foundation of 

Anne Arundel County

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Conant ●

Conjo Studios

Paula Cooper

Coty Inc.

Council of American Overseas 

Research Centers

Melissa Courtney

Charles A. Coverdale

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crawford

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis

Karen L. Daigle, MD

General and Mrs. J.R. Dailey

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Davis

Jim and Barbara Demetrion

Ms. Sharon F. Denton

Mr. and Mrs. Dhansukhlal Desai

Mr. Ronak Desai 

Mr. Eduardo Díaz

Mr. Damon Dillon and 

Ms. Marcia McCarthy

Discovery Communications, Inc.

Ms. Kathleen M. Doyle 

(Doyle New York)

Mr. and Ms. Robert Doyle

Ms. Phyllis Kay Dryden and 

Mr. Charles A. Ferguson ●

Ms. Anita Dunn

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dyer

Ecotrend Ecologics Ltd.

Amanda Edens

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Richard 

England, Sr.

Enviroissues Inc.

Mr. Timothy Evanson

Christopher Feldman and 

Laura Beauchamp

Dr. and Mrs. Horace Z. Feldman

Clinton and Elaine Fields

Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

In March, the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with dance, music, film 

and food. The event marked the Persian year 1393.

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

Paul Fitzgerald

Ms. Debra J. Force (Debra Force 

Fine Art, Inc.) ●

Mrs. Roxanne Daniels Ford

The Honorable Barbara 

Hackman Franklin

Bonnie S. Franklin

Freddie Mac Foundation

Linda and Jay W. Freedman

Dr. Alan F. Frigy

Martha Seeligson Gaffney

Jeanne Gang

Dr. Cheryl R. Ganz

Jeff and Mary Lynn Garrett ●

Ms. Joan B. Gates

Ms. Linda George

Mrs. Gladys Navarro Gerbaud

Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Gewirz

Drs. James Lowell Gibbs, Jr. 

and Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Mr. Jeffrey Gibbs and 

Ms. Jody Katz

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson

Goldman Sachs Gives

Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Gooden

Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Goodrich

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 

Goodwin, Jr.

Ms. Julie W. Gordon

Cheryl Gorelick

Dr. David Granite and 

Dr. M.L. Oster-Granite

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Gray

The Greater Washington 

Board of Trade

Keith J. Greene

Raymond W. Gundlach

Bruce Guthrie

Hailo

Hakuta Family

Ms. Virginia Hamister

Mr. and Mrs. M. Hill Hammock

Mr. Jefferson Y. Han

Mark and Stephanie Handwerger

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Harden

Harney & Sons

Felicie and Paul Hartloff

HBP, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Heras

Catherine and Richard W. 

Herbst ✚

Dr. Tomás Herrera

James Hickman

Mr. Daniel Hidding (Daniel and 

Janet Hidding Foundation)

Mr. James A. Hitt

Adrienne and Karl Hopkins

Mary Hopkins

Nettie A. Horne

Ruth Horwich Marital Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Howard

Dr. Richard Isaacson and 

Dr. Louise Shelley

Jill and Kenneth Iscol

Mr. John H. Jacobus

Mr. Robert E. Jacoby, Jr.

Robert L. and Anne K. James ✚

Ms. Merit E. Janow and 

Mr. Peter Young

Dr. Helen I. Jessup ●

Tim and Pamela Jock

Johnson & Johnson

Charlene K. Johnson

Mr. and Ms. Bruce J. Jones

The Kanakia Foundation

Jacqueline T. Karel

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. 

Kassinger

Ms. Margaret H. Kavalaris

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Mr. Thomas G. Klarner

Ms. Rachel Kohler and 

Mr. Mark Hoplamazian

Mr. George R. Kravis II

Mr. Harsha Krishnappa

Mr. Fred Kuenstler

Sachiko Kuno and Ryuji Ueno 

Innovation Fund
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Mr. Albert G. Lauber, Jr. and 

Mr. Craig W. Hoffman

Ms. Gloria T. Lauriano

The Honorable Eugene Lawson 

and Mrs. Stephanie Lawson

Ms. Anna Lee 

(Phila China Limited)

Mr. and Mrs. Rensselaer W. Lee III

Dr. Egbert G. Leigh, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Noel Levine

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lieberthal

Mr. Lance E. Lindblom ●

Miss Marilyn C. Link

Mr. Michael Littleford

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Livingston

Hunter J. Loftin

Mr. and Mrs. William Lomicka

James L. Long

Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long

Mr. Peter Looker

Mr. Felix Lorenz

Audrey Love Charitable 

Foundation

The Lucelia Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle B. Lukins ●

Roderick MacNeal

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Maeda ●

Sara E. Maner

Nancy and John Mannes

Mr. and Ms. Greg Marchand

Mr. and Mrs. James S. Marcus 

(James S. Marcus Foundation)

Mr. George McKinley Martin 

(Washington Art Library 

Resources Committee)

The J. P. Martin Foundation

Mr. Craig E. Martinez

Mr. Mark L. Martinez

Mr. and Mrs. Toshi Masuoka

Mrs. Barbara Mathes 

(Barbara Mathes Gallery, Inc.)

Linda L. Mayer

Joan and Peter McAllister

Merck & Co., Inc.

Mr. J. H. Meyer

Ms. Pamela G. Meyer

Mrs. Judith G. Mich

Dennis and Patricia Miller

Ms. Marjorie R. Miller

Rick Miller

Linda A. Mills ●

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan ✚

Moroccan Tourist Office

Ms. Rupal K. Mortensen

Multiples, Inc./Marian 

Goodman Gallery

Ms. Joan H. Murdock and 

Ms. Ruth Jagodzinski

Mr. Marvin J. Nakashima

Mrs. Frances Nation

National Association of State 

Treasurers Foundation

National Cable Satellite 

Corporation

Joan and Michael Nelson

Dr. Larry D. Nelson

Network for Good

New Belgium Brewing Company

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Newbill

NewDealDesign LLC

Stephan F. Newhouse

Mr. and Dr. Ronnie A. Nichols

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Nolen

Randy A. Noranbrock

Ms. Yvonne D. Norton

Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. 

Oldenburg

Onondaga Indian Nation

Dr. Peter Orenski

Mr. and Ms. Patrick O'Rourke

Lee and Carol Orr

Maureen Orth

Otakorp, Inc.

William and Anne Overbey

Ms. Maryam Ovissi 

(BelovedYoga)

Ozarks Chapter of the American 

Association of Zoo Keepers

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Page IV

Brian Parry

Mr. Alan Parsons

Nancy and Theron Patrick

Paul Peck ✚

Susan B. Perry

Antoinette Peskoff

Mrs. Mechthild "Mitzi" E. 

Peterson

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Nicole and DeMargo 

Petrosky-Hopson

Ralph L. Phillips and 

Alice J. Hall-Phillips

Barry and Beverly Pierce

PNC Foundation

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

Loretta P. Polk and 

Bradley P. Holmes

Ms. Monica Ponce de Leon

Mrs. Anna Lisa Porras

Mrs. Peter G. Powers

Ms. Joyce E. Pratt and 

Mr. Jeffrey K. Harris ●

John H. Price

Mr. Richard James Price

David and Cheryl Purvis ✚

Anne Quinn

QW Wine Experts

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ramsey

Vicki and Walter Ray

Reem Acra Boutique

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Mr. and Mrs. James L. Reinish

Repass-Rodgers Family 

Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Cedrick Reynolds

Sonya Ricketts

John F. Ring

Dr. and Mrs. R. Perry Robinson ●

Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnathan A. Rodgers

John Anthony Rossi

Ms. Elizabeth Rossman

Robert P. Rotella Foundation

The Honorable Stanley O. Roth

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Rubin

Running Strong for American 

Indian Youth®

Ms. Amy R. Sabrin and 

Mr. G. Evans Witt

Ms. Kim Sajet and 

Dr. Anthony Meadows

Mr. Daniel H. Sallick (Home 

Front Communications) ●

Ms. Patricia J. Sawvel

Capt. Mary Ann Poteat Schaffer

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz

David Schwartz Foundation, Inc.

Seamon Corporation

Security Moving and Storage 

Company

Madge Warden Selinsky

Mary Sexton

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Murray 

Seymour, Jr.

Diyva Shroff

Elena Shuvalov

Mr. John Silberman

Dr. Mary Slusser

Judith Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smoyer

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Snead ●

Ms. Janet W. Solinger

Southern Ute Cultural Center 

and Museum

Mr. Richard Southwick 

(Beyer Blinder Belle)

Sanya Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. L. Bradley Stanford

Mr. Stanley Staniski

Jean and Robert Steele ●

Ms. Taffy J. Stern

Mrs. Barbara Stock

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stoecker

Mike & Corky Hale Stoller 

Foundation

The Straetz Foundation

Major Willard H. Strandberg, Jr. 

and Mrs. Ann Strandberg

Mrs. Richard Stratton

Mrs. Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas

Alan & Katherine Stroock Fund

Delores T. Sumner

Mr. and Mrs. Trevor W. Swett III

Marsha E. Swiss and 

Ronald M. Costell, M.D. 

Embassy of Switzerland

Mr. Hollis C. Taggart

Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred 

Taubman ✱ ✚

John Thomann

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Tober 

(Barbara and Donald Tober 

Foundation)

Ms. Maria de los Angeles Torres 

(Inter-University Program 

for Latino Research)

Ms. Laurel Touby

Ms. Elizabeth Jane Townsend

Mr. and Mrs. Ranvir K. Trehan 

(Trehan Foundation, Inc.)

TRUIST Foundation

Jack E. Turner

Uber Technologies

The Honorable Lynn R. Valbuena 

and Mr. Stephen Valbuena ●

Susan A. Vallon and 

Andrew Beyer ●

Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Vaughn

Mr. and Mrs. David M. 

Velazquez ●

Mr. Michael Ventura

Ruth and Jerry Vurek

Wendy S. and John T. Wall

Yueh-Chin Wang

Ruth Lawson Webb

Eric and Kathleen Weisblatt

Ms. Judith S. Weisman

Linden H. and Judith A. Welch

Laura M. Welsh

Mr. Gregory Wernert

Mr. Thomas A. Wheaton

Paula McCaskill Whitehouse 

and Michael Whitehouse

Dr. Terry L. and Faye A. 

Whitworth

Wiley Rein LLP

Dr. Sharon Wilks

Robert Willasch

Blanch Spruiel Williams

JoAnn V. Willis

Ms. Anne Wright Wilson 

Ms. Jeanne Wilson

The Honorable Curtin Winsor, Jr. 

and Mrs. Ann Winsor

Mr. Carl Yahnig

Ms. Gail Yano

Jerry and Susan Zanandrea

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen

Ms. Katie M. Ziglar and 

Mr. Dickinson Jenkins Miller

smithsonian 

corporate members

Corporate memberships forge 

dynamic ties with businesses 

nationwide and provide 

important unrestricted support 

to Smithsonian education, 

research and exhibition 

initiatives.

3M

AbbVie 

Altria Group

Bloomberg

Booz Allen Hamilton

BP America

Clark Construction Group, LLC

The Coca-Cola Company

Deutsche Bank

DIMA Educational 

Experiences LLC

Express Scripts, Inc

ExxonMobil

Fidessa Corporation

The Financial Services 

Roundtable

Honeywell

IBM Corporation

India Abroad Publications, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

KMPG LLP

Mars, Incorporated

Metropolitan Transportation 

Authority

Motorola Solutions

Napean, LLC

Nissan North America, Inc.

Nyack College

PEPCO

Pfizer, Inc.

Pratt Institute

SC Johnson

School of Visual Arts, Inc.

Sony Corporation of America

Southern Company

Texas Instruments

Time Warner

UBS

The Walt Disney Company

White & Case, LLP

Xerox Corporation

Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection featured works including Ernesto 

Neto’s The Dangerous Logic of Wooing, 2002.

■ smithsonian regent ♦ smithsonian regents’ advancement committee member ✱ campaign steering committee member

✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus ● smithsonian advisory board member ▲ in-kind gift (full or partial)

bequests

We remember with appreciation 

the following generous donors 

whose gifts through bequests 

from their estates were received 

this year.

Anonymous

Hugh Trumbull Adams

Sandra Carroll Berger

Dorothy H. Bolton

James Bond

Bente and Gerald E. Buck 

Claude Preston Burt

Katharine Coley

Elizabeth C. Davis

Roy A. Dorsey

Grace T. Farjeon

Carolyn Fostel

Harriet L. Freeman

Louise H. Gallop

John T. Goldthwait

Herbert H. Hamilton

Rita N. Hansen

Frances Clarine Hard

William C. Hauber

Carol A. Holland

Roberta C. Hossbacher

Chang-Su Cho Houchins

Archer M. Huntington

Blanche M. Koffler

Ms. Nancy Konkol

Cynthia Kowert

Leslie Leonelli

Mary Kay McMunn

Ellen Cole Miller

Lois M. Naylor

Gordon M. Odegaard

Jerry Pasek

Marguerite V. Schneeberger

George Schnitzer

Anne Copeland Silberman

Raymond G. Simpson

Dwight R. Smith

Merrill and Hedy Thruston

Jean M. Trubey

Anne van Biema

Donald W. White

Edward J. Zoladz

memorial and 

commemorative 

gifts

The following were honored by 

their families, friends and other 

donors to the Smithsonian.

Mohammad Nasser Ahari

Karen E. Chandler

The Children's Africana 

Book Awards

G. Wayne Clough

Ms. Martha J. Fleischman

Kevin Gover

Carolyn J. Johnsen

Laine R. Katz

Cornelia R. Levin

Joyce F. Menschel

Bill Moggridge

Douglas W. Owsley

Gerald C. and Gloria Quinlan

William M. Ragland, Jr.

Ralph H. Redford

Doug Sheffer

Martin E. Sullivan

Alice L. Walton

David C. Ward
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smithsonian legacy 

society

The Society honors those who 

carry on James Smithson’s 

tradition by making legacy gifts, 

such as bequests, charitable 

gift annuities, charitable 

trusts, gifts of retirement plans 

or donations through other 

planned gifts.

Anonymous

Lucian Abernathy

Ms. Simone L. Acha

Mr. Michael C. Adams, Jr.

Doctors Joseph and Seena 

Aisner

Ralph Albers

Mrs. Roberta M. Alden

Stephen T. Alexieff

Claudia R. Allen and 

Willis M. Allen, Jr.

Ms. Ruth Alliger

Ms. Aurora R. Almendral

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Alward

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Mr. Richard C. Andersen

William S. and Janice R. 

Anderson

Ms. Rae R. Anderson-Marsh

Dr. Carlos Araoz

Ms. Beryl E. Arbit

Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Ardis

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

Ms. Ruth Arnold

Rudolph E. and Frances B. Atmus

Mr. Robert J. Atwater

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery

Rose Marie Baab

Mrs. Christine Bach

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baecht

Dr. Sheryl R. Bair

Mrs. Nellie N. Baker

Lorraine Idriss Ball

Mrs. Phyllis T. Ballinger

Ms. Kimberly C. Barden

Mr. Roger Barnes

Mr. Dale S. Barnett, Jr.

Captain Celia Barteau

LeRoy T. Baseman

Betty Passmore Bass

Mrs. Florence Baston

Susan and Thomas Baxter

Mr. Gary F. Beanblossom

Cristina McGee Beard

Ms. Gisela Beker

Leslie Ellen Beller

Ms. Joan Benson

Mr. and Mrs. Jason R. Beresford

Mrs. Susanna Berger

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold

Mr. Richard P. Bland

Mrs. Carolyn Boday

Mr. Howard Bodner

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Boggs

George and Bonnie Bogumill

Margaret W. and William 

J.D. Bond

Ms. Barbara L. Bonessa and 

Mr. Alan L. Perkins

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

Mr. Robert G. Bragg and 

Mr. George M. Muldrow

Ms. Annelise Brand

Mrs. Linda Ann Brass-Terry II

Mr. James Brendel

Colonel Arthur L. Brooke (Ret)

Randall Brooks

Ms. Virginia Lou Brooks

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown

Harris and Diane Bruch

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bruns

Rogene A. Buchholz

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi

Nomie Budelier

Mr. Donald S. Budowsky

Robert F. Bulens

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka

Mr. Scott C. Bushnell

Mr. Warren F. Buxton, 

Ph.D., CDP

Café Nicholson Fund

Ms. Margaret Capuder, RN

Mrs. Ruth Ogden Carroll

Ms. Joyce L. Carter

Michael W. Cassidy

Mr. and Mrs. James Catalano

Mr. James K. Cavanaugh

Kathleen A. and William J. 

Cavanaugh

Mrs. Fenner A. Chace, Jr.

Mr. Eric Chandler

Patricia and Samuel Charache

Ms. Mary Claire Christensen

Mr. Roland H. Cipolla II

Ms. Linda C. Clark

Ms. Tanya Marie Clark

Mr. Thomas L. Clark

Dorothy H.V. Clarke

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Claussen

Earl F. Clayton

Mr. Orville Clayton

Colleen Cleary

Mr. Jason Clock

Robert and Betsey Clopine

Dr. Karen Weaver Coleman

Ann and John Collins

Ms. Ethel A. Collins

Mr. Douglas Comerdinger

James M. Compton

Mrs. Mary Gendernalik Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Mr. Curtis E. Croom

Ms. Carol Ann Crotty

Phillip and Betty Crum

Linda B. Cullen

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culley

Mr. Hal J. Cunningham

Mr. James Curry

Miss Pauline R. Cushing

Ms. Candi Cutrell

Mrs. Phyllis Daderio

General and Mrs. J.R. Dailey

Mr. Carmen J. D'Angelo

Ms. Patricia Daniels

Doris M. Darmopray

Mrs. Lucile Daubner

James and Dorothy Davis

Mrs. Aila G. Dawe

Mr. Walter Deans

Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave

Mr. Alan R. Dellinger

Ms. Sue A. Delorme

Ms. Patrice Kathleen Denman

Ms. Elaine A. Dependahl

Baroness Yvonne de Vilar

Paul and Becky Dhyse

Kenneth G. and Sherry L. Dietz

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

Dennis O. Dixon

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dixon

Ralph and Patricia Dixon

Alycia and Bruce Doctor

Alan and Elizabeth Duckett

Dr. Harold A. Dundee

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Dutton

Robert L. Dwight

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eacker

Eleanor O. Earle

Jason and Marci Eaton

Ms. Nancy L. Eaton

Mr. Gabriel H. Ebersole

Frances A. Edmonds (Mohr) 

and Michael D. Mohr

Dr. Kay Edwards

Mrs. Ruth F. Effron

Mr. George W. Elliott

Valerie A. Emerson

Mrs. Joan Engberg

Ronald W. and Sophie M. Enger

Mr. Carl B. Fausey

FBB Capital Partners

Alan and Lois Fern

Ken Ferrara

Miss Grace C. Ferrill

Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Fincke

Ms. Rosemarie Fiorilli and 

Mr. Thomas A. Berglund

Mrs. Helen Flanagan

Ms. Emma Flitsch

Mr. Fred R. Fonck

Ms. Norma L. Forbes

Ms. Brandon Brame Fortune 

and Mr. Terence J. Fortune

Mr. Ronald J. Foulis

Mrs. Marilyn C. Frantsov

Howard and Shirlee Friedenberg

Albert and Marion Friedlander

Ms. Wendy Frieman and 

Colonel David E. Johnson, 

Ph.D., USA (Ret.)

Ms. Patricia K. Frontz

Gudrun Fruehling

Dr. Martin A. Funk and 

Mr. Eugene S. Zimmer

Ann Reed Gaines

Mr. Tim Gaines

Mrs. H. Clay Gardenhire

Mr. Tim Garner

David E. Garrett

Ms. Lois Gartlir

Ms. Suzanne M. Gartz

Jane W. Gaston

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Gazzola

Dr. Albert Gelderman and 

Dr. Martha Gelderman

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Gilbert

Mr. and Mrs. William Gjodesen

Mr. Gilbert W. Glass

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Godfrey

Ms. Gaylynn Golden and 

Mr. James Basara

Mr. Charles Goldsberry

Ms. Margaret K. Goldsmith

Ms. Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Ms. Mary Anne Goley

Ms. Ann M. Goode

Mrs. Ruth H. Gooding

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman

Mrs. Renee Goodstein

Cheryl Gorelick

Gerald and Sheila Gould

Peter and Rhondda Grant

Ms. Margaret J. Grasston

Nancy Barclay Graves

Mrs. Aline K. Grayson

Mr. James A. Greco

Ralph Greenhouse

Joanne T. Greenspun

Mrs. Ruth Gresham

Alice L. Grindstaff

Marilyn Grossman

Mr. Donald J. Guiles

Lt. Col. and Mrs. Milton R. 

Gunther, USAF (Ret.)

Mr. Robert S. Guthrie

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole

Valerie J. and D. Wilson Gyton

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton

Mrs. Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Ms. Josephine B. Hammond

The Tom and Char Hand 

Foundation

Mr. Ralph Hansen

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

Myra Maloney Hart

Miss Jeannine Hartley

Ms. D. L. Hasse

Roger D. Hathaway

William C. Hauber

Patricia and Michael Hausknost

Ms. Jennifer E. Hawley

Mr. Geoffrey F. Hayes

Ms. Helen Heidgerd

Wilbert A. Heinz

Mrs. Joan E. Hekimian

Mr. Richard D. Henderson

Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Herold

Martha Hertelendy

Paul Hertelendy

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herzog 

(Herzog Family Fund)

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess

Mr. Jeff Hill

Mr. Charles W. Hirst

Edward J. and Ruth W. Hodge

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart 

Hodgekinson-Price

Miss K. T. Hoffacker

Sallie Holder

Debra Hollander

Ruth S. Holmberg

Robert W. Holmes

Ms. Hanna Lore Hombordy

Dorothy Post Hoover

Ms. Edna M. Hoover

Mary Hopkins

William L. Hopkins and 

Richard B. Anderson

Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.

Catherine Marjorie Horne

Ms. Brenda Howard

John and Anne Howat

Mrs. Edgar McPherson Howell

John A. Hoyda

Nora Hsu and Barry C. Davis

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel

Mrs. Jean Humburg

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hunt

Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Hyatt

Keith Jackson

Karel & Virginia Jacobs 

Living Trust

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

Dr. Karen Jespersen

Ms. Janice M. Johnson

W. Johnson

Diane B. Jones

Ms. Heather Jones

Mr. Leonard H. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Jue

Mr. Nelson Kading

Stephen and Linda Kamen

Ms. Carol Kapheim

Ms. Judy Kaselow

Steven Kazan and Judy 

Heymann Kazan

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp

Miss Rajinder K. Keith

Robert F. and Nancy L. Kempf

Mr. John B. Kendrick

Ms. Kelly A. Kendrick-Bailey

Ms. Marjorie C. Kennedy

Jack L. Keyes

Peter B. Kibbee

Mary Jane Kilhefner

Mr. James W. Kinnear

Drs. Susan and Perry Klein

Mrs. Elise H. Knight

Dr. C. Wilson Kniseley

Mary Ann Knyff

John and Mary Lu Koenig

Richard and Marilyn Kolesar

Ms. Nancy Konkol

Lt. Col. William K. and 

Mrs. Alice S. Konze

Ms. Amy Kotkin

Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kownacki

Dr. Ellen Kreighbaum

Richard I. Kuehl

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kurin

Margo Kurtz

Ms. Lee L. Kush

Dr. Geraldine E. La Rocque

Mrs. James Spencer Lacock

Mr. Travis S. Lamberton

Mrs. Robert H. Lando

Jane Lanham

Mrs. Mary E. Lanham

Cynthia Muss Lawrence

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lawrence

M/SGT. Lionel L. Leblanc

Ms. Maryann D. B. Lee

Mr. Bruce Leighty

Ms. Rosealie Lesser

Theodore W. and Barbara 

Ann Libbey

Jeanie Linders

Daniel M. Linguiti and 

Teri A. Smurl

Ms. Eleanor L. Linkous

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Liss

Ms. Anne R. Litchfield

Ms. Nina Liu

William and Katherine 

Livengood

Dr. and Mrs. Pichon P.Y. Loh

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Long

Shirley Loo

Kurt M. Loos

Dr. and Mrs. Burton N. Lowe

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe

Frank J. Lukowski

Glen and Sally Lunde

Mr. Bradley Lutz

Marion Maia da Cruz

Kim and Mark Mailloux

Commander and Mrs. Charles 

Maluzzi

Nancy and John Mannes

Christian L. and Edna M. March

Margery and Edgar Masinter

Mr. David J. Mason

Mr. John L. Mason

Mr. Paul Maxim

Ms. Kathleen Maxwell

Mr. Ronald W. McCain

Robert and Cynthia McCallum

Ms. June W. McCarron

Mr. and Mrs. Brandon McCrary

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary

Mr. Stephen McCrary

Ms. Iris McDonald

Ms. Lowen McKay

Colonel Billy McLeod

Mr. Andrew McMahon

Alison McNally and 

Bobby German

Scott and Hella McVay

Miss Nora L. Melville

Ms. Mae Mercereau

Mr. Rodney R. Midlam

Hans and Mary Miesler 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mikuletzky

Mrs. Elaine Milestone

Gus and Deanne Miller 

and Family

Dennis and Patricia Miller

E. Eugene Miller

Jerry Miller

Mr. George Mitchell

Ms. Jo Ann Mitchell

Mr. Emmet V. Mittlebeeler

Mr. Sidney Mobell

Dr. Judith A. Monte

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan

Charles H. and Helen S. 

Moriyama

Marie L. Morrisroe

Jill Morrow-Gorton and 

Christopher Gorton

Robert E. Mortensen

Mr. and Mrs. David Moskowitz

Ms. Carol M. Mulcox

Joan C. Muzzillo and 

Paul R. Popick

Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Myers

Mr. Marvin J. Nakashima

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

Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

The Asian Pacific American Center exhibition, Beyond Bollywood: 

Indian Americans Shape the Nation, examined the history and 

contributions of Indian Americans. It included this 1983 photo, 

Sharma Family in San Francisco. 

David A. Neiss

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson

Ms. Arlene R. Newby

Ms. Myrtle S. Nord

Jane Strauss Northern

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Novak

Mr. Homer C. Ogles and 

Mrs. Pasqualina A. Ogles

Ms. Setsuko Oka

Daniel and Rebecca Okrent

Nancy L. O'Neal
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Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our Benefactors

Ms. P. Gail Osburn

Don and Lynn Owen

Mrs. Irma Padgett-Haaland

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer

Stephen Parks

Mr. Robert Pastorino

John R. Patterson, Jr.

Mrs. Mary Marvin Patterson

Wesley Patterson and 

Linda Pritchard Patterson

Dr. Robert C. Patton

Mary Ann and Carl Pearson

David and Diane Pearson

Paul Peck

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Pehta

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley 

Pendlebury

Elaine and Patrick Perkins

Ms. Barbara Rescher Perry

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Ms. Nicole Petrosky

Ms. Nancy Phillips

Ms. Barbara Ann Pike

Mr. Don Polan

Mrs. May N.H. Porter

Mrs. Ann M. Potter

Bob and Janice Pound

Mrs. Lakhbir Purewal

Ms. Martha Puricelli

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanley 

Purvinis

Frank and Betty Quirk

Mrs. William Rader

Mrs. Mildred F. Rafaj

Ms. Beverly Ramsay

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling

Francis H. Rasmus, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel 

Reaves

Mr. Michael F. Reed

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Mr. Jerrold H. Rehmar

Carol A. Reich

Mr. Donald Reinking

Helen M. Reinsch

Larry D. Reser and 

Kathleen L. Toyoda

Dr. Suzanne Resnick

Jon and Emilee Reynolds

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice

Mrs. Robert A. Rice

Miss Elizabeth Candida Ridout

Janice Stultz Roddenbery and 

Thomas Peale Roddenbery

Ms. Betty Rodgers

Mr. Scott Roeth

Ms. Laurel Rohrer

Dr. Ruth A. Roland

Mr. Norman Roscilo

The Honorable Ronald A. 

Rosenfeld and Mrs. Rosenfeld

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Ms. Shari Rothstein

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Mr. and Mrs. John Ruby

Owen F. Ruggles

Ralph and Dorothea Hoffman 

Rushworth

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

Dr. Janice E. Sanders

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. 

Santa Barbara

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

Donald and Marilyn Schlief

Norma Schmid

Miss Lois K. Schmidt

Ms. Deborah Schneide

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider

Ms. Jane Scholz and 

Mr. Douglas C. Balz

Mr. Russell L. Schoudt

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz

Dr. Deanna Schupbach

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

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton

Ms. Louise Sherman

Col. and Mrs. Robert S. 

Sherman

Dr. Gerry Shigekawa

Mrs. William H. Shopp

Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Shumante

Shirley Phillips Sichel

Mary Hudson Siciliano

June and Harold Siebert

Mrs. Joan S. Siedenburg

Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Silberstein

Ms. Mary F. Simons

Mr. James C. Small and 

Mr. John A. Fry

Sandra and Lawrence Small

Dr. Barbara J. Smith

Denny G. Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Soldoff

Siewchin Yong Sommer

Dr. Alex M. Spencer

Mr. and Mrs. George S. 

Sproesser

Ms. Marcia L. Sprules

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

Ms. Sandra Sterling

Ms. Judith Stoeri

Kevin B. Stone

Miss Irma Story

Ms. Amanda J. Stott

Miss Iris M. Strauss

Mrs. Joan Streckewald

Robert and Gail Strong

Joseph and Elizabeth Suarez

Delores Sullivan

Dr. and Mrs. Martin E. Sullivan

John A. and Janet Swanson

Marsha E. Swiss and 

Ronald M. Costell, M.D.

Ralph Edward Tamper

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Tanner

John Thomann

George D. and Mary Augusta 

Thomas

Dr. F. Christian Thompson

Ms. Johanna W. Thompson

John and Ellen Thompson

Gary and Marie Thunem

Mrs. Diane D. Tobin

Mr. David E. Todd

Jim and Sharon Todd

Mr. Robert Bruce Torgny

Anna Mary Tossey

David and Linda Tozer

Ms. Selena M. Updegraff

Fred G. and Lelia R. Valdivia

Susan A. Vallon and 

Andrew Beyer

Caroline E. Van Mason Col (Ret)

Wouter K. Vanderwal

Dr. Lorna VanderZanden

Ms. Carol Vangelos

Dr. Alban Varnado

Trust of Dan and Marty Vega

John Vernet

Jean and Davis H. 

von Wittenburg

Mr. Randall Wadsworth

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

Dr. Winfred O'Neil Ward

Ms. Roberta Joan Warren

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Watson, Jr.

Mrs. Mary Watts

Mary Alice Waugh

Susan G. Waxter

Ms. Virginia C. B. Webster

Mrs. Mary E. Weinmann

Mr. Les J. Weinstein

Angela Caveness Weisskopf

DarEll T. Weist and 

Diane Kenney

Mr. Paul E. Wellington

Dale (Billie) L. Welton

Mrs. Harriet K. Westcott

Craig and Catherine Weston

Mrs. Donald W. White

Jason Sean White

Mr. Richard Whitekettle

Mr. Dale A. Whiteside

Ms. Duncan Whittome

Ms. Vivian Wilder

Ms. Jeanne Wilson

Dr. Michael C. Wolf

Sue Ann Wolff

Gerald L. Wood

ADCS Scott B. Wood, USN, 

Retired

Mr. Phillip S. Woodruff

David F. Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wynbrandt

Mrs. Lillian Yamori

Ms. Gail Yano

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. 

Yohannes

Judy Yoss

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen

John and Sherry Ziegler

Margot and Paul Zimmerman

Mrs. Nancy Behrend Zirkle

Ms. Flavia P. Zorgniotti

The Zug Family

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. 

Zygielbaum

Additional Support

Partners to the Smithsonian

contracts and 

grants

In addition to philanthropic 

support, the Smithsonian 

received from the organizations 

below government contracts 

and grants and non-government 

contracts of $100,000 or more 

in fiscal year 2014.

Air National Guard

State of Alaska, Department 

of Fish and Game

Boston University

State of California

California Institute of 

Technology

Cementos Argos S.A.

Chemonics International

Chevron

The People's Republic of China

Exponent, Inc.

Export-Import Bank of the 

United States

Fairfax County, Virginia

Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Commission 

George Mason University

Giant Magellan Telescope 

Organization

Harvard University

Hunt Oil

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Johns Hopkins University

Lockheed Martin 

Maryland Sea Grant 

Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration

National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, Ames 

Research Center

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, Goddard 

Space Flight Center

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, Marshall 

Space Flight Center

National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, 

Shared Services Center

National Science Foundation

ReliaCoat Technologies, LLC

San Diego State University 

Research Foundation

Shell Gabon

Space Telescope Science 

Institute

St. Johns River Water 

Management District

United Nations Development 

Programme 

United States Postal Service

U.S. Department Of Agriculture, 

Farm Service Agency

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Commerce, 

National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Department of Defense, 

Department of the Air Force

U.S. Department of Defense, 

Department of the Army

U.S. Department of Defense, 

Department of the Navy

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management

U.S. Department of the Interior, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Department of the Interior, 

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Virtual Astronomy 

Observatory

University of Arizona

University of California, Davis

University of Chicago

University of Florida

University of Illinois at 

Urbana-Champaign

University of Maryland

State of Virginia, Department 

of Game and Inland Fisheries

State of West Virginia, 

Department of Transportation

WildTeam

Yale University

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute fellow Nicolas Perez, of the Universidad de los Andes, 

Colombia, is studying lower Central America’s fossil plant record to determine when the area 

became a hotspot for plant biodiversity. Here he examines a rock outcrop exposed by the ocean 

in Torio, Panama.

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James Smithson Society

And Friends of the Smithsonian

Members of the Smithsonian’s highestlevel, institution-wide giving circle 

form a diverse, national community 

of committed philanthropists. Their 

annual giving provides critical support 

for every Smithsonian museum and 

research center. 

Deeply curious, Smithson Society members enjoy a wide 

range of opportunities that enable them to explore their 

passion for learning and make new discoveries across 

the institution. In 2014, members enjoyed a private 

reception at the National Museum of Natural History’s 

Ocean Hall, attended Food for Thought lectures and 

previewed the Smithsonian Craft Show. In New York, 

West Palm Beach, San Antonio, Pasadena, Los Angeles 

and San Francisco, members were invited to exclusive 

Smithsonian events. In May, 500 members and guests 

from across the nation attended the Annual Smithsonian 

Weekend. They mingled with Smithsonian curators, 

scholars and leaders, were inspired by behind-the-scenes 

tours and gathered Saturday evening for an elegant 

black-tie dinner hosted by the Secretary in the Robert 

and Arlene Kogod Courtyard of the Donald W. Reynolds 

Center for American Art and Portraiture. The Smithson 

Society’s 476 member households, from 44 states, 

the District of Columbia and overseas, contributed $1.9

million in general support to the Smithsonian and its 

campaign. Smithson Society members also generously 

supported 18 individual Smithsonian museums and 

centers with $1.2 million in additional contributions made 

through Giving Circles and special projects. 

friends of the smithsonian

Friends of the Smithsonian is a national community of 

members who for nearly five decades have generously 

supported the Smithsonian with general funds provided 

through their dues and gifts. In 2014, 80,475 Friends 

member households contributed more than $13 million. 

Friends experience the whole Smithsonian through 

books and publications, and they enjoy exclusive access 

to Smithsonian’s expertise and collections through 

evening gatherings that enlighten and inspire. 2014

Friends events included learning about the rich history 

of the American banjo and exploring the universe at 

the National Air and Space Museum’s exhibition, Spirit 

& Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars. 

The Annual Smithsonian Weekend in May 2014 brought together 

James Smithson Society and other giving circle members 

from across the nation. Shown at the Saturday night dinner are 

Smithson Society members, from left to right, Agnes Brown 

(Virginia) and Tom and Susan Baxter (California).

james smithson 

society

Members share a deep 

commitment to the 

advancement of the 

Smithsonian through their 

dues and special gifts. This 

list shows members as of 

September 30, 2014.

john quincy adams 

circle

Anonymous

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

The Anders Foundation ✚

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M. 

Cullman, Jr. ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Jim and Janet Dicke ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Raul J. Fernandez ✚

Sakurako and William Fisher 

Family ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory G. Flynn ✚

Michael and Berit Francis ✚

Mr. Cary J. Frieze and 

Mrs. Rose Frieze ▼ = Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚

Mrs. Gloria Shaw Hamilton ▼

Drs. J. Michael Hamilton and 

Myung H. Ham ▼

Ms. Myra M. Hart and 

Dr. J. Kent Hewitt ✚

Helen and Edward Hintz ✚

The Hoch Family ✚

Steven and Jane Hoch ✚

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

Gregory D. and Jennifer 

Walston Johnson ✚

Connie and Dennis Keller ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan 

Kemper (William T. Kemper 

Foundation) ✚

Susan T. and Allan R. Landon ✚

Cheryl Winter Lewy and 

Glen Lewy ✚

John and Adrienne Mars ✚

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse ▼

Paul Neely ✚

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer ✚

Nancy and Theron Patrick ▼

Mr. and Mrs. William M. 

Ragland, Jr. (Triangle 

Community Foundation) ✚

Mrs. Alison Wrigley Rusack ✚

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚

Ambassador and Mrs. Rockwell 

Schnabel ✚

Fredda Sparks and 

Kent Montavon ▼

Stevenson Family Charitable 

Trust ✚

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

Mary and Steven Swig ▼

Phyllis M. Taylor ✚

Mr. Clifford J. Walker ▼

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

joseph henry circle

Anonymous

Dr. Tyson E. Becker and 

Ms. Katie Sutcliffe Becker ▼

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold ▼

Robert and Dawn Birmingham ▼

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚

Abby Joseph Cohen ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton ▼

Dr. Paul T. Davis ▼

Richard Ditton ▼

Mr. Douglas D. Durst 

(Durst Organization L.P.)

Christopher Feldmann and 

Laura Beauchamp ▼

Alfred C. Glassell, III ▼

The Frederic C. Hamilton Family 

Foundation ✚

Michael R. and Marlys G. 

Haverty Family Foundation ✚

Laurence and Susan Hirsch ▼

Galen and Patricia Ho

Ruth S. Holmberg ✚

David and Pat Jernigan ▼

Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. 

Konze = Betsy and David Lawer ✚

Drs. Jerrold Levy and 

Maria Arias ▼

Ms. May Liang and 

Mr. James Lintott ▼

Mr. Robert R. Little ▼

Dr. and Mrs. David Machuga ▼

Elizabeth and Whitney 

MacMillan ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. 

MacDonald ✚

Forrest E. Mars, Jr. ▼

Ms. Leda McIntyre-Hall

Mr. James D. Parker ▼

Everett P. and Andrea Paup ▼

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. 

Richardson ✚

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock ▼

The Honorable Ronald A. 

Rosenfeld and 

Mrs. Rosenfeld ✚

Tony Rosenthal and 

Ruth Ganister ▼ = Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. 

Schlosberg ✚

Madge Warden Selinsky ▼

Ruth and Vernon Taylor 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. H. Thomas 

Watkins ▼

samuel pierpont 

langley circle

Anonymous

Ross Anderson ▼

The Arctica and Abbey 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery ▼

Susan and Thomas Baxter ▼

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Beggs ▼

Besson/Cooper Fund

William M. Bomar ▼

James E. Borleis ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bradley ✚

The Honorable Stephen F. 

Brauer and Mrs. Brauer ✚

Mark and Janice Buffler ▼

Robert F. Bulens ▼

Mr. Alan Cannon

Jacqui and Tom Castro ✚

Judith L. Cherwinka ▼

Ms. Cathrine Coberly ▼

Christopher Cope and 

Jamie Shaw

Karen L. Daigle, MD ▼

Julia and Jim Davidson

Ms. Carol Deane ▼

Cheryl Dronzek ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Ekman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Forster

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Frechette ▼

Dr. Willliam A. Geffen

Gwen and Howard Goodkin

Arlene F. Greenfield ▼

Joanne T. Greenspun ▼

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton ▼

Ms. Claire L. Hampton ▼

Felicie and Paul Hartloff ▼

▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus = endowed life partner

Dean and Penny Hatten

Mrs. David Heebner ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins ✚

Ms. Wilhelmina Holladay ▼

Mary Hopkins ▼

Dave and Jayne Horner

John A. Hoyda ▼

Nora Hsu and Barry C. Davis ▼

The IanThom Foundation

Diane and John Ippolito ▼

Lou Josephs and Susan Koonin

Mr. Edward Kashian

Mary Jane Kilhefner ▼

Susan L. Klaus

Michael and Gretchen Kriss ▼

Mr. Wayne E. Kurcz ▼

Susan Lindemuth ▼

Glen and Sally Lunde

Jacqueline Badger Mars ▼

Mary Martell and Paul Johnson ▼

Mr. Joseph K. McLaughlin and 

Ms. Jeanne Rosenthal ▼

John A. McQuown and 

Leslie McQuown ▼

Dennis and Patricia Miller ▼

Gus and Deanne Miller and 

Family ✚

Mr. Michael Mitrow, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Moran ▼

Mrs. Marjorie B. Morris ▼

Marie L. Morrisroe ▼

Richard and Cheryl Moxley

Drs. James and Pamela 

Mulshine ▼

Robert Oaks ▼

Gilman Ordway

Kent and Jean Papsun ▼

Marianne and David Pastor

Marra E. Peché, Lt. Col. 

USANC, Ret

Alan Perkins and 

Barbara Bonessa ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ramsey ▼

Toni A. Ritzenberg ▼

Ms. Jean A. Roberts ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Andrew 

Rothkopf ▼

Edward H. Sachtleben ▼

Ms. Susan Scanlan

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz ▼

Bob and Welmoed Sisson ▼

Mrs. Camilla M. Smith

Mrs. Lois E. Stebbins ▼

Mrs. Richard Stratton ▼

Patricia S. Swaney ▼

Mr. Dennis Swartz

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Takvorian ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tanner

Ruth and Vernon Taylor 

Foundation, MT ✚

William E. Thomas, Jr. ▼

Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking ▼

Ms. Linda Vandeloop ▼

Mary Jo Veverka ▼

A. Duane Webber ▼

Craig and Catherine Weston ▼

The Honorable Deborah 

Wince-Smith and 

Mr. Michael B. Smith ✚

Ms. Sinclair Winton

Jim and Richie Wright ▼

Ellen and Bernard Young ▼

Doctors Rodney and 

Deborah Zeitler ▼

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen ▼

Nancy Zverina ▼

s. dillon ripley 

circle

Anonymous

Lucian Abernathy ▼

David and Beryl Adcock ▼

Ralph Albers = Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn ▼
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Mr. Terry G. Aldridge and 

Ms. Patricia Thomas

Mr. Joseph F. Azara, Jr. ▼

Mr. Malcolm G. Balfour ▼

Ms. Penny Bank

Ms. Eleanor Baria

Ms. Terri L. Barry

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry ▼

Rhoda and Jordan Baruch ▼

Sally and John Beals

Thomas F. and Kathleen M. 

Beddow

Michael and Tootie Beeman ▼

Candice Bennett and 

William Hewitt

Brian and Betty Benson ▼

Pegi and Kent Bernard ▼

Craig and Susan Berrington ▼

Susan Holden Blaha ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blanchard

Mr. John H. Blazek ▼

Margaret W. and 

William J.D. Bond = Mr. Robert Boydston

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brady

Eric Briggs

Mr. Andrew Brill

Mr. Christopher Broga

Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Otis M. Brooks ▼

David and Lois Brown

Agnes M. Brown

Patricia Budka and Kristofer Lafko

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka = Kathryn T. Campbell ▼

Donald W. Carl ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan L. Chang ▼

Dr. William A. Chantry, Jr.

Ms. Li Chu ▼

Elaine Church ▼

Virginia Clark and Lane Taylor

Kay L. Clausen ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Cline ▼

Bruce E. Cobern ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Paul D. Ekman

Mark A. and Jean M. Elste 

Family Foundation

Mrs. Lois England ▼

Jean M. Esswein ▼

Ms. Heather Ewing

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Farrall ▼

Christine R. Faser ▼

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ferguson, Jr.

Michael Finan and Pamela Frazier

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Fischer

Kevin J. Flynn

Mary and Henry Flynt ▼

Mrs. Walter J. Fogarty ▼

Sarajane Foster ▼

Jacqueline Fowler ▼

Bonnie S. Franklin

Mr. Jason E. Free

Ms. Wendy Frieman and 

Colonel David E. Johnson, 

Ph.D., USA (Ret.)

Mr. and Mrs. David Morgan 

Frost ▼

Ms. Kerry Galvin

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson ▼

Mr. Daniel Gilbert = Karyn C. Gill and 

George McC. Gill, M.D. = Mr. Charles Goldsberry ▼

Mr. Jim Goldschmidt

Max and Jeanne Gonzenbach ▼

Cheryl Gorelick ▼

Dr. David Granite and 

Dr. M.L. Oster-Granite ▼

Mrs. Mary J. Graves ▼

Mrs. Alton B. Grimes ▼ = Stuart Grossman

Mr. Michael John Gunther

Mr. Robert G. Gutenstein

Dr. Shawn Hadley

Donald J. Hall ▼

Ms. Virginia Hamister ▼

Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Hancock ▼

Hansan Family Foundation

Mr. Shawn Hansen

Ms. Karen Harrell ▼

Andrew Harris

Mr. Christie G. Harris ▼

Mr. Daniel W. Harris ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Herbert A. 

Hartman, Jr.

Ms. Jill Hartman

Mona L. Hayford

Mrs. Lucia M. Heard ▼

Mrs. John Hechinger, Sr. ▼

John E. Hennessey

Catherine and Richard W. 

Herbst ✚

Robert and Ann Herman

Major Barbara E. Hiatt, 

USAF (Ret)

Captain Deborah Hinkley, USN ▼

Carol and Mike Hoepner

David and Eileen Holm

Ms. Elizabeth Homan

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Hoover

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. 

Hopkins ▼

William L. Hopkins and 

Richard B. Anderson = Mr. Eric R. Horowitz

Katherine and Joseph 

Householder ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard

Ms. Vicki Howard

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel ▼

Mr. Larry A. Hultberg ▼

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Jackson

Drs. Jay A. and Mary Anne 

Jackson ▼

Ms. Susan C. Jackson

Susan L. Jenkins

Carolyn Johnsen and Richard Nye

Wells Jones and Donna Ceravolo

Ms. Margaret E. Jones ▼

Michael and Diane Jones

Dr. Kenneth L. Jordan ▼

Dr. Arnold and Ms. Marcia 

Kaplin ▼

Sheldon and Audrey Katz ▼

Ms. Marilyn Katzman

Stephen C. Keeble and 

Karen Depew = Mrs. Nancy B. Kelly ▼

Mr. Thomas S. Kenan III

Mr. John B. Kendrick

Dr. Rebecca Kenyon ▼

Peter B. Kibbee ▼

Mr. Christopher M. Kinsey ▼

Mr. Steve Kitchen ▼

Ms. Lauren S. Kogod

Ms. Leslie S. Kogod

Richard S. Kraus and 

Leona B. Kraus ▼

Mrs. Gwen G. Krivi ▼

Mr. Jeremy Kuester

Dr. Rachel Lange

Mr. James Larkin

Cynthia Muss Lawrence

L.L. Lawson ▼

James and Beverly Leach ▼

Mr. Douglas K. Le Bon

Les and Janice Lederer

Ken and Ruthann Lehr ▼

Ms. Ann E. Leininger ▼

Donald J. and Marcy Leverenz

Canice Kelly Levin ▼

Mr. Jeffrey M. Lewis-Oakes and 

Mrs. Nicole Lewis-Oakes ▼

David Lloyd

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lohmann

Kirill Lokshin

Dr. Dan Longo ▼

Shirley Loo ▼

Mr. Francis S. Luecke ▼

Captain Kathleen M. Lyman, 

USN (Ret) ▼

Mr. Carl Lynch, III

Matthew and Laura Maasdam

Mr. Robert Mack ▼

Dr. Hugh Mainzer and 

Mrs. Jill Jarecki Mainzer = Patricia A. Maloney

Merriel F. Mandell, Ph.D.

Mr. Joseph V. Mani

Drs. Susan and Daniel Mareck ▼

Mr. Reed Michael Marquand

Virginia Cretella Mars ▼

Mr. David J. Mason ▼

Ms. Jennifer Mason

Colonel Billie G. Matheson, 

USAF, Retired = Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Mathews ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Mattox

Mr. Robert Mattox ▼

Terence and Laura McAuliffe ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. 

McCrary ▼

Ms. Barbara J. McDonald

Mrs. Bettie McElroy

Mary F. McFadden ▼

Ms. Carole McFee

John R. McIntyre

Richard T. McMurray ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Melvin ▼

Ms. Eleanor Miller

Mr. and Mrs. W. Todd Miller

Mr. Thomas Miree ▼

Zareen Taj Mirza ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell

Mrs. Betty M. Montgomery

Lois and W.T. Moran III ▼

Robert E. Mortensen ▼

Dr. Gary L. and 

Dr. Carolyn R. Mueller ▼

Dr. Joel Mulhauser

Dr. Lynda Mulhauser

Dr. William A. Murphy ▼

Mrs. Don Carr Musick ▼

Linda and J.N. Musto

Joan C. Muzzillo and 

Paul R. Popick

Charles B. Nam ▼

Rear Admiral David J. Nash, 

CEC/USN/Ret. and 

Carolyn K. Nash

Mrs. Frances Nation ▼

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson

Werner E. and Judith Neuman ▼

Randy A. Noranbrock

Ms. Deborah A. Norton ▼

Mrs. Susann Norton ▼

Melanie and Larry Nussdorf ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Merlin G. Nygren ▼

Mike O'Dell and Judy Grass ▼

Tim and Debra Osburne

Ambassador Mary and Mr. 

Mandell J. Ourisman ✚

Ms. Patricia A. Papas and 

Dr. Ray E. Tully ▼

Robert S. Parker ▼

Barbara A. and Michael L. Pate

Mr. Roy Peck ▼

Laura Peebles and 

Ellen Fingerman

Ms. Barbara Rescher Perry

Susan Peters and Richard Lee ▼

Ms. Kirsten Peterson Johansen

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Dr. Bob Pettapiece

Mr. James Pigott (Moccasin 

Lake Foundation) ▼

Carol Pochardt = Sydney M. Polakoff and 

Carolyn Goldman

Ernest J. Porter ▼

Dr. Robert C. Prentice ▼

Judy Lynn Prince

Jack and Pat Pruitt

David and Cheryl Purvis ✚

Mrs. Jenine Rabin

Dr. William James Raduchel ▼

Dr. Matthew J. Raymond and 

Mrs. Sonya Raymond ▼

Carol A. Reich

Mr. Paul A. Renard ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice ▼

Carlyn Ring ▼

Ms. Cynthia Rizzo

Ms. Nancy J. Robertson and 

Mr. Mark N. Cookingham ▼

Mr. and Mrs. William P. 

Romenius ▼

Mr. David J. Rosenthal and 

Ms. Jennie Scholick = Howard and Janice Rosser ▼

Maryà Rowan ▼

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz ▼

Jon and Judy Runstad ▼

Noel Salinger and 

LeAnne Sawyers

Alan and Florence Salisbury ▼

John and Ginger Sall ▼

Ms. Patricia J. Sawvel

Charles Schaefer ▼

Mr. Frederic W. Schaen

Catherine F. Scott = Donna L. Scott, Esq., Col., 

USA (Ret.)

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones

Mr. Leroy Segundo ▼

Mr. Shelby Shapiro = Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shealy

Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Sheffield = Mr. John W. Shepard, SR.

Mr. Thomas A. Sherard, Jr. ▼

Barbara L. Shortridge ▼

Frank Shrontz ▼

Ms. Nancy Shuman ▼

Mr. David K. Shumway, Jr.

Mary Hudson Siciliano ▼

William and Sally Siegel 

Foundation

Ms. Nanette P. Smelter

Dr. Karl A. Smith

Michael and Meg Smith

Robert D. Smith ▼

Tanya K. Smith

Mr. Robert Sokolowski ▼

Marianne and V. James 

Solfronk ▼

Siewchin Yong Sommer

Ms. Lisa L. Soto

Ms. Lucinda Spaney

Mrs. Jennifer P. Speers ▼

Mr. Jonathan Spencer

Jack B. St. Clair ▼

Gustav E. Staahl

Mr. Carl W. Stephens

William and Mary B. Sterling ▼

Sidney Stern Memorial Trust

Mr. James K. Stewart

Mr. and Mrs. David D. Stirrett ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stoecker ▼

Shepard and Marlene Stone ▼

Dr. Larry Tabatchnick

Peter and Ann Tanous ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Teerlink ▼

Tom and Catherine Tinsley

LTC Charles E. and 

Mrs. Lois J. Toomer ▼

Jack and Claire Tozier

Mrs. Helen Brice Trenckmann ▼

Mr. and Mrs. John Trent

Harvey S. Trop ▼

Joseph and Cynthia Urbano ▼

Amy and Horacio Valeiras

David and Karen Van Buren

Captain and Mrs. Dennis Van 

Buskirk, USN Ret

Araceli R. Vargas ▼

▼ james smithson society sustaining fellow ✚ smithsonian national board member or alumnus = endowed life partner

Ms. Rebecca Cody

Joan and Harvey Cohen ▼

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation ▼

Gene and Elizabeth Colice ▼

Ms. Ruth Boyer Compton = Ms. Mary Ann Condon

Lori Cooke-Marra ▼

Mr. Putnam L. Crafts = Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Crawford

Patrisha Creevy and 

Albert Del Negro ▼

Pandora and Bob Crippen ▼

Mr. William K. Cromwell IV

Mr. Curtis E. Croom

Kitty and David Crosby

Dr. William R. DeFoor, Jr.

Gloria Foller Dehart ▼

Arthur and Isadora Dellheim 

Foundation ▼

Bernard G. and Susan Dennis, Jr. ▼

Geert M. DePrest and 

Laura Travis-DePrest ▼

Mr. Denis J. Deutsch

Lee and Mary Alice Dickerson

Mrs. Cindy Dill

Dennis O. Dixon ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Downs

Drs. Joseph and Carolyn Drage ▼

Debbie Driesman and 

Frank F. Islam

Diane Dudley ▼

Claudia and Dennis Dulmage

The Ralph and Laura Durso 

Foundation ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Eacker

Jason and Marci Eaton

Mr. Jonathan W. Ebbeler

The Eberly Family Charitable 

Trust = Adrienne M. Edens

J.S. and E.E. Edmonds ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Dean S. Edmonds = Miss Babs Eisman

James Smithson Society

And Friends of the Smithsonian

M.A. Verso, MD ▼

Colonel Harold W. Vorhies ▼ = Ms. Jacqueline Vossler

Ms. Gretchen Wagner

Susan G. Waxter ▼

Ms. Sylvia Weaver

Ruth Lawson Webb ▼

Eric and Kathleen Weisblatt ▼

Angela Caveness Weisskopf ▼

Linden H. and Judith A. Welch ▼

Gregory Werden ▼

Mr. Gregory Wernert

W.A. Wheeler

Mrs. Donald W. White = Janice Wilson ▼

Harry and Patricia Wimbrough

Mr. Neal L. Wood ▼

Dianne and David Worley

Mr. Walter R. Wright ▼

Dr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Wu ▼

Dolores Yankauskas ▼

Linda J. Young ▼

Lieutenant Colonel and 

Mrs. Michael J. Youngson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Ms. Kathleen M. Ziffer

Mr. Thomas Zoufaly

Mr. Donald Zucker

The U.S. Air Force Band gave a four-minute, holiday “flash mob” performance at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. 

Udvar-Hazy Center. The unannounced event featured more than 100 instrumentalists and vocalists.
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Campaign Steering Committee

Sharing the Campaign With the Nation

The all-volunteer committee helps 

guide the Smithsonian Campaign and 

share it with the nation. 

The committee’s members represent the volunteer 

advisory boards of all Smithsonian museums, research 

centers and programs. They bring their expertise, 

knowledge and relationships to the campaign, and they 

share its progress and messages with their boards and 

with prospective friends and donors. 

The committee plays a vigorous leadership role in 

the campaign’s success. Committee members and their 

boards contributed one-third of the total funds raised 

by the campaign in its quiet phase, an accomplishment 

they celebrated at the campaign launch weekend in 

October 2014. The committee is now strongly invested 

in bringing the campaign to every American.

Members 

Valerie Anders

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service

Stuart H. Bohart

National Museum of African Art

Peggy P. Burnet

Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden

Edward Ogden Cabot

Archives of American Art 

Gilberto Cárdenas

Smithsonian Latino Center

Marshall P. Cloyd

Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory

Jeffrey P. Cunard

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. 

Sackler Gallery

Harold R. Denton

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center 

James F. Dicke II

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sakurako D. Fisher

Smithsonian National Board 

Steven K. Hamp

National Portrait Gallery 

Ralph D. Heath

National Air and Space Museum 

Paul K. Herzan

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian 

Design Museum 

Edward R. Hintz

Smithsonian National Board 

Erin K. Hogan

Smithsonian Science 

Education Center 

2014 campaign steering committee

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Terry Hong 

Asian Pacific American Center

Wendy Jeffers

Archives of American Art

Bennie F. Johnson

Anacostia Community Museum 

Robert N. Johnson

Asian Pacific American Center 

Gilbert H. Kinney

Archives of American Art 

Todd Krasnow

Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory 

Frank H. Levinson

Smithsonian Tropical Resources 

Institute

David E. Longnecker

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center 

Angela Marriott

National Zoological Park 

and Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute 

Amy Meadows

National Portrait Gallery 

Augustus C. Miller

Smithsonian Libraries

Paul Neely

National Museum of 

American History 

John M. Nolan

National Postal Museum 

Libby Haight O’Connell 

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service 

Ziad S. Ojakli

National Zoological Park 

and Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute 

Jack J. Pelton 

National Air and Space Museum

Franklin D. Raines

National Museum of African 

American History and Culture 

Kristin M. Richardson 

Assistant Secretary for Education 

and Access 

Gloria Rodriguez

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service 

Marcos L. Ronquillo*

Smithsonian Latino Center 

Roger Sant

National Museum of 

Natural History 

Cathy Sulzberger

Center for Folklife and 

Cultural Heritage 

Nicholas F. Taubman

National Museum of 

American History 

Randall L. Willis 

(Oglala Lakota)

National Museum of the 

American Indian 

Suzanne Woolsey 

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center

Opposite: October 

campaign launch gala. 

Left: The October campaign 

launch brought together 

all Smithsonian advisory 

boards for the first time. 

Here National Zoological 

Park board members, left to 

right, Terry Prather, Angela 

Marriott, Ziad S. Ojakli and 

Jim Dinegar join Campaign 

Co-Chair Barbara M. Barrett, 

center. Angela Marriott 

and Ziad Ojakli serve on 

the Campaign Steering 

Committee. 

All members who served 

in fiscal year 2014

*Began serving in fiscal year 2015
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Smithsonian National Board

Leadership, Counsel and Philanthropic Support

Through its 41 members and 178 alumni, 

the Smithsonian’s institution-wide 

advisory board acts as an ambassador, 

provides advice to the Secretary and 

other Smithsonian leaders and is a 

vital source of philanthropic leadership 

and support. 

In 2014, the board embraced the Smithsonian Campaign 

and worked vigorously to spread word of it across 

the nation. Its members and alumni hosted 21 events 

in their home communities, introducing hundreds 

of people to the campaign and its opportunities and 

Sakurako D. Fisher, Chair

Edgar M. Cullman, Jr., 

Vice Chair

Robert D. MacDonald, 

Vice Chair

Members

Rodney C. Adkins 

Gordon M. Ambach

Valerie Anders

Judy Hart Angelo

William H. Bohnett

Peggy P. Burnet

Jane Lipton Cafritz

Thomas H. Castro

Abby Joseph Cohen 

Suzi Cordish*

Roger Crandall*

Wendy W. Dayton*

Vin Di Bona

Raul J. Fernandez 

Julie Applebaum Flynn

Michael R. Francis 

Brenda J. Gaines, 

2015 Vice Chair-elect

Shelby M. Gans

Ronald Gidwitz*

Rick Goings*

Bonnie W. Gwin*

Myra M. Hart

Edward R. Hintz

Nancy Hogan*

Emily Z. Huebner (ex-officio)*

Judy S. Huret

John C. Jay 

Jennifer Walston Johnson 

Dennis J. Keller

Jonathan M. Kemper

David S. Kidder

Allan R. Landon

Betsy Lawer

Cheryl Winter Lewy

David M. Love*

Kevin M. McGovern*

Sarah E. Nash*

Russell E. Palmer, Jr. 

Jorge G. Puente*

William M. Ragland, Jr. 

Kristin M. Richardson 

Alison Wrigley Rusack 

Philip K. Ryan 

Marna Schnabel 

Elisa Stephens* 

Fredericka Stevenson 

Phyllis M. Taylor 

Michael E. Tennenbaum

John K. Tsui* 

L. John Wilkerson 

Emily B. Willey (ex-officio)

Deborah L. Wince-Smith

Honorary Members

Robert McC. Adams

William S. Anderson

Max N. Berry

L. Hardwick Caldwell III

Frank A. Daniels, Jr.

Patricia Frost

James M. Kemper, Jr.

Jean B. Mahoney

Paul Neely

Sandra Day O’Connor

Francis C. Rooney, Jr.

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Lloyd G. Schermer

Frank A. Weil

Gay F. Wray

*Term began October 2014

identifying many new Smithsonian friends and 2014 smithsonian national board

volunteers. In October 2014, 65 members and alumni 

attended the campaign launch, at which the board 

hosted a Friday night reception that was a highlight 

of a weekend of celebration. The board met twice in 

Washington, D.C. and conducted a mid-winter study 

trip to Hawaii, where the Smithsonian undertakes 

a wide range of scientific and cultural work. Continuing 

a 45-year tradition of philanthropy, members and 

alumni gave $15.8 million to projects across the 

institution, a figure that includes $1.3 million in annual 

giving. In addition, 26 members and alumni served 

on other Smithsonian advisory boards and Board of 

Regents committees, further sharing their expertise 

and deep belief in the Smithsonian and the important 

work that it does. 

Opposite: The National 

Board hosted the Wonder 

Starts Here opening 

reception at the October 

campaign launch.

Left: Smithsonian National 

Board leadership, from left, 

Robert D. MacDonald, 

Vice Chair; Brenda J. Gaines, 

2015 Vice Chair-elect; 

Sakurako D. Fisher, Chair; 

Edgar M. Cullman, Jr., 

Vice Chair.
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Distinguished Benefactors

Recognizing Our Most Generous Donors

The Distinguished Benefactors Room 

in the Smithsonian Institution Castle 

building 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

Hugh Trumbull Adams

M. Clay Adams

Rodney and Michelle Adkins 

A+E Networks 

Aetna Foundation, Inc.

Aflac Incorporated

The Aga Khan Trust 

for Culture

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie

Airbus

Alcoa

Basil H. Alkazzi

Altria Group

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

Jahangir and Eleanor 

Amuzegar

Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Valerie and William Anders 

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Apple Computer, Inc.

Arcadia Fund

Art Research Foundation

Association of American 

Railroads

Lily Auchincloss 

Foundation, Inc.

Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod

Bank of America 

Laura Barney

Barbara and Craig Barrett

Kenneth E. Behring Family

Max N. and Heidi L. Berry

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos

Barbara and James Block

Mary and Leigh B. Block

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Winton M. “Red” Blount

Boeing

Bombardier

Mrs. Virginia O. Boochever

F. Otis Booth, Jr.

Agnes C. Bourne

Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd III 

and Family

The R.H. Boyd Company

Fleur Straus Bresler

 The Bresler Foundation

The Brown Foundation, Inc. 

of Houston

Hildegard Bruck and 

Alfred Egerter

Bente and Gerald E. Buck 

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

Margaret A. Cargill 

Foundation

Susan and Jim Cargill 

Meghann and 

Patrick Harker

Christian Harker

The E. Rhodes & Leona B. 

Carpenter Foundation

Cessna Aircraft Company

Amita and Purnendu 

Chatterjee 

Kenneth I. and Kathryn 

Chenault

The Chickasaw Nation

CIGNA

Clark Charitable Foundation

Clear Channel Media and 

Entertainment

The Coca-Cola Company

Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin 

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation

The Comer Foundation

Joseph and Robert Cornell 

Memorial Foundation

Wallace H. Coulter 

Foundation

Lee H. Cruse Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. 

Cullman, 3rd

The Daniels Fund

Peggy and Richard M. 

Danziger

Richard Darman

Marcel and Serge Dassault

Florence Coulson Davis

Michael and Susan Dell

Luisita L. and Franz H. 

Denghausen

Bern Dibner

Frances K. Dibner and 

the Dibner Family

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

Dorothy E. Ebersbach

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi

EDS

Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz

EMC Corporation

Anne and Travis Engen

Joseph Manfred Ennis

John L. and Margot P. Ernst

Charles H. Ettl

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. 

Evans

ExxonMobil

FedEx Corporation

The Fertilizer Institute

Nancy B. and Hart 

Fessenden

Sakurako and William 

Fisher Family

Barbara G. Fleischman

The Lee and Juliet Folger 

Fund

Ford Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Martha Parks Forrest

Charles Lang Freer

Friends of the National Zoo

Patricia and Phillip Frost

Fujifilm

The Funger Foundation, 

Norma Lee and 

Morton Funger

Hope L. and John L. Furth

Bill & Melinda Gates 

Foundation

General Mills Foundation

General Motors Company

The Glenstone Foundation, 

Mitchell P. Rales, Founder

Goldman Sachs

Google

J & AR Foundation

Johnson Publishing 

Company, Inc.

Christian A. Johnson 

Endeavor Foundation

James A. Johnson and 

Maxine Isaacs

Robert L. Johnson

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

The JSM Charitable Trust, 

James S. McDonnell III, 

John F. McDonnell

Kaiser Permanente

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

Peter B. Kibbee

John S. and James L. Knight 

Foundation

David H. Koch 

Robert and Arlene Kogod

The Korea Foundation

Kovler 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

Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin

Frank Levinson Family 

Foundation

Leon Levy Foundation

The Reginald F. Lewis 

Foundation, Inc.

Rod Lewis and Family

Life Technologies 

Corporation

Life Technologies 

Foundation

Lilly Endowment Inc.

The Links Foundation, 

Incorporated

Lockheed Martin

Jeffrey H. Loria

Los Alamos National 

Laboratory Foundation

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 

Richard and Jane 

Manoogian Foundation

Christian L. and Edna M. 

March

Nancy and Edwin Marks

Alice S. Marriott Lifetime 

Trust/The J. Willard 

and Alice S. Marriott 

Foundation

Acquired by the National Postal Museum in 2014, this letter is the only known piece of mail 

postmarked July 4, 1776. It is from lawyer William Bant to John Hancock.

Mars, Incorporated

Frank and Susan Mars

John and Adrienne Mars

The Mashantucket Pequot 

Tribal Nation

Margery and Edgar Masinter

Colin and Leslie Masson

McDonald’s Corporation

Nan Tucker McEvoy

Nion McEvoy

MCI WorldCom

James L. and Juliette McNeil

The Andrew W. Mellon 

Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co. 

Foundation, Inc.

Microsoft Partners in 

Learning

Gus and Deanne Miller 

and Family

Sidney Mobell

The Mohegan Tribe of 

Indians of Connecticut

The A.P. Møller and 

Chastine Mc-Kinney 

Møller Foundation

Monsanto 

The Claude Moore 

Charitable Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore 

Foundation

Mark & Brenda Moore 

and Family

Morgan Stanley

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse 

Susan and Furman Moseley

Motorola Foundation

Robert O. Muller

NAMM—International 

Music Products Association

Alice R. Gottesman

Arvin Gottlieb

Katharine Graham

Dr. Leonard M. Greene

William H. Gross

The George Gund 

Foundation

George Gund III and Iara Lee

James E. Gysin

Thomas W. Haas Foundation

Karl H. Hagen

Myra M. Hart

The Hartford

Enid A. Haupt

William Randolph Hearst 

Foundation

Drue Heinz Trust

Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

Edward P. and Rebecca R. 

Henderson

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Ikuo Hirayama

Joseph Hirshhorn

Mellody Hobson and 

George Lucas

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
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Distinguished Benefactors

Recognizing Our Most Generous Donors

Ways to Give

Your Support Helps Educate, Inspire and Bring People Together

National Asphalt Pavement 

Association

National Association of 

Realtors

National Business Aviation 

Association, Inc. 

National Mining Association

National Stone, Sand & 

Gravel Association

Paul Neely

Nancy Brown Negley

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

H. Duane Nelson

News Corp

The Nippon Foundation

Nissan North America, Inc.

Nordic Council of Ministers

Northrop Grumman 

Corporation

NYSE Foundation

Occidental Chemical 

Corporation

Ocean Conservancy

Carroll O’Connor and 

Nancy Fields O’Connor

Oneida Indian Nation 

(New York)

Timothy and Linda O’Neill

Yoko Ono

Orkin Exterminating 

Company, Inc.

Bernard and Barbro Osher

The David and Lucile 

Packard Foundation

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer

Richard D. and Laura A. 

Parsons

Pearson Foundation

Paul Peck

The PepsiCo Foundation

Peterson Family Foundation

John L. Peterson

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Pioneer Electronics 

(USA), Inc.

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Robert W. Pittman

Polo Ralph Lauren 

Corporation

Poor Richard’s Charitable 

Trust

Colin and Alma Powell

The Principal Financial Group

The Prudential Foundation

Franklin D. Raines

Rasmuson Foundation

Raytheon Company

Reve Foundation

Donald W. Reynolds 

Foundation

Rice Family Foundation

Si and Betty Robin

Robinson Helicopter 

Company

Sara Roby Foundation

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock

David Rockefeller

The Rockefeller Foundation

Rolex

Rolls-Royce

Samuel G. Rose and 

Julie Walters

Susan and Elihu Rose

Arthur Ross Foundation

Valerie and Jack Rowe

Alice and David Rubenstein

Walter and Lucille Rubin

Arthur M. Sackler

Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Dr. Elizabeth Sackler/

The Arthur M. Sackler 

Foundation

Else Sackler

Dame Jillian Sackler, D.B.E.

John and Joy Safer 

John and Ginger Sall

Victoria and Roger Sant 

Deborah Sara Santana

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco

Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis 

Saul II

Lloyd G. and Betty A. 

Schermer

SC Johnson

Nina and Ivan Selin

Seneca Nation of Indians

Shell

Frank B. and Faye Sherry

Shirley Phillips Sichel

Paul Singer

Sketch Foundation

Ted Slavin Family Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Albert and Shirley Small

Small World Institute 

Fund at Silicon Valley 

Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. 

Smith and Family

Robert H. and Clarice Smith 

Robert H. Smith Family 

Foundation

Soil Science Society 

of America

Guenther and Siewchin 

Yong Sommer

Southern Company 

Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Speedwell Foundation

 Michael and Jenny 

Messner and Family

Alan and Terri Spoon

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford

The Starr Foundation

State Farm Insurance 

Companies

Margaret and Terry Stent

Stevenson Family 

Charitable Trust

Patty Stonesifer and 

Michael Kinsley

Rich and Sue Sugden 

and Family 

Sultan Qaboos Cultural 

Center

The Summit Fund of 

Washington

Target

Nicholas F. and Eugenia 

Taubman

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

John Templeton Foundation

Suzanne and Michael E. 

Tennenbaum 

Terra Foundation for 

American Art

Eugene V. and Clare E. 

Thaw Charitable Trust

Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Time Warner Foundation

Timex Corporation

TRW

Earl S. Tupper

Turner Foundation, Inc.

TWA

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. 

Udvar-Hazy

Richard O. Ullman Family 

Foundation

UnitedHealth Group

United Soybean Board

United States Mint

United States Postal Service

United Technologies 

Corporation

UPS

The Upton Trust

Esme Usdan and James 

Snyder

Anne van Biema

Van Cleef & Arpels

Reginald Van Lee

Verizon Foundation

Teodoro Vidal

The Commonwealth 

of Virginia

VOLVO

Jean and Davis H. von 

Wittenburg

Lila Wallace-Reader’s 

Digest Fund

Walmart

The Walt Disney Company

Warner Bros.

Craig and Diane Welburn 

and Family

Anthony and Beatrice 

Welters and the Vincent 

Wilkinson Foundation

Alexander and Annie B. 

Wetmore

Coralyn Wright Whitney

John and Barbara Wilkerson

Mike Wilkins and Sheila 

Duignan

Norman C. and Catherine 

M. Willcox

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The Oprah Winfrey 

Foundation 

Harry Winston Hope 

Foundation, Inc.

Harry Winston Research 

Foundation, Inc. 

Ronald Winston

The World Bank

Xerox Corporation

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board of regents

The Chief Justice of the 

United States

Ex officio, Chancellor

John W. McCarter, Jr.

Citizen of Illinois, Chair

Shirley Ann Jackson

Citizen of New York, Vice Chair

The Vice President of 

the United States

Ex officio

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Senator from Arkansas

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Representative from California

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Representative from Texas

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Citizen of Washington, D.C.

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Citizen of Washington, D.C.

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Citizen of Pennsylvania

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Citizen of California

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Citizen of Maryland

Porter N. Wilkinson

Chief of Staff to the Regents

Cathy Helm

Inspector General

As of May 30, 2015

administration

Albert G. Horvath

Acting Secretary

John Kress

Interim Under Secretary 

for Science

Richard Kurin

Under Secretary for History, 

Art, and Culture

John K. Lapiana

Acting Under Secretary for 

Finance and Administration, 

Chief Financial Officer

Claudine K. Brown

Assistant Secretary for Education 

and Access

Patricia L. Bartlett

Chief of Staff to the Secretary

Virginia B. Clark

Director, Advancement and 

Philanthropic Giving

Judith Leonard

General Counsel

Evelyn S. Lieberman

Director, Communications 

and External Affairs

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President, Smithsonian 

Enterprises

Era L. Marshall

Director, Office of Equal 

Employment and Minority Affairs

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Anacostia Community Museum

Camille Giraud Akeju, Director

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202.633.4839

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian 

Design Museum

Caroline Baumann, Director 2 East 91st Street

New York, N.Y. 10128-0669

212.849.8400

Freer Gallery of Art and 

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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The Dame Jillian Sackler Director 

of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 

of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art

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Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.0456

Hirshhorn Museum 

and Sculpture Garden

Melissa Chiu, Director

MRC 350, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2824

National Air and Space 

Museum and The Steven F. 

Udvar-Hazy Center

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research centers

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Photo Captions Inside front cover, Smithsonian campaign launch participants, October 2014; pp. 10–11, 

Children’s Chorus of Washington performs at campaign launch, October, 2014; pp. 12–13, campaign 

launch celebration, Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard; pp. 16–17, top row, left to right, Laura E. 

Waters, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; Katherine Jentleson, 

Douglass Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Patrick 

Hagopian, Patricia and Phillip Frost Senior Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Vanessa L. 

Moorer, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, National Museum of African American History and 

Culture; Laura E. Fravel, George Gurney Predoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum; 

LaStarsha D. McGarity, Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Intern, National Museum of African American 

History and Culture; Mauren Turcatel, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural 

History; Cheryl Lewis Ames, Peter Buck Predoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; 

Eliécer E. Gutiérrez, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; Maria 

Heikkilä, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; Elizabeth S. Herrelko, 

David Bohnett Cognitive Research Fellow, National Zoological Park; Tanya L. Richardson, Andrew W. 

Mellon Conservation Intern, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Eduardo 

Rivail Ribeiro, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; Simon Rettig, 

Iran Heritage Foundation Curatorial Fellow (2014), Curatorial Fellow for the Arts of the Islamic World (2015), Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; Monica M. Carlsen, Peter Buck Postdoctoral 

Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; bottom row, left to right, Shermin R. de Silva, James 

Smithson Fellow, National Zoological Park and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Nina 

Schleif, Terra Foundation Senior Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum; Jae-Cheon Sohn, Peter 

Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; Graham Slater, Peter Buck Postdoctoral 

Fellow, National Museum of Natural History; Clark S. Rushing, James Smithson Postdoctoral Fellow, 

National Zoological Park; Natalia A. Prado-Oviedo, Took Crowell Research Fellow, National Zoological 

Park and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Fred A. Davis, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, 

National Museum of Natural History; p. 25, left to right, Gwendolen Cates, Guest Curator Suzan Shown 

Harjo (Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee), National Museum of the American Indian Director Kevin 

Gover and Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy 

Oren Lyons, Ph.D. examine the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua; p. 31, Young Historians, Living Histories

workshop, University of Texas San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures; p. 37, left to right, Smithsonian 

Science How Host Maggy Benson, Smithsonian Human Origins Program Paleoanthropologist Briana 

Pobiner; p. 38, participants in the Smithsonian campaign launch, October 2014; p. 40, second photo 

from left, Helldiver restoration, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center; p. 41, far right, Panamanian golden frog.

Photo Credits Cover: John Deputy; inside front cover, Joyce Boghosian, Shealah Craighead, John 

Deputy, Stephanie Ewens, Steve Sniteman; pp. 2–3, Joyce Boghosian; pp. 4–5, John Deputy; p. 6, Steve 

Sniteman; pp. 8–9, Joyce Boghosian; pp. 10–11, Joyce Boghosian; pp. 12–13, Stephanie Ewens; p. 14, Sean 

Mattson; pp. 16–17, James Kegley; p. 19, rendering courtesy of Giant Magellan Telescope Organization; 

p. 20, Mark Gulezian; pp. 22–23, Eric Long; p. 25, Kevin Wolf/AP Images; p. 26, Tim Romano; pp. 28–29, 

Matt Flynn, p. 31, Angela Docog; p. 32, Sean Mattson; pp. 34–35, James Kegley; p. 37, Eris Qian; p. 38, 

Stephanie Ewens; p. 40, far left, Ken Rahaim, second from left, Dane A. Penland, fourth from left, LeRoy 

by Jamison Moon 2008; p. 44, Masson family, Joyce Boghosian; p. 46, Stephanie Ewens; p. 49, John 

Gibbons; p. 51, Sat Gavassa; p. 52, Jacques Garnier; p. 55, Scott Hill; p. 56, Susana Raab; p. 59, Cory Grace; 

p. 60, Cathy Carver; p. 63, Prithvi Sharma; p. 65, Sean Mattson; p. 66, Joyce Boghosian; p. 69, Mark 

Avino; p. 70, John Deputy; p. 71, Stephanie Ewens; p. 72, Stephanie Ewens; p. 73, Joyce Boghosian; p. 78, 

Tony Barthel; other photos, Smithsonian. Leadership Gifts photos, pp. 40–45, courtesy of donors, unless 

otherwise noted.

The Smithsonian’s 2014 annual 

report is available online at 

www.si.edu.

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Front cover: A Dixieland procession 

by members of the Smithsonian Jazz 

Masterworks Orchestra celebrates 

the Smithsonian Campaign’s launch, 

October 2014.