Smithsonian/ 2017 Annual Report 
A Road Map to Our Future

Convening Conversations

Engaging Audiences

Campaign Sets Record

Recognition and Reports 

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Left: Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors offered 

visitors a unique sensory experience—

a chance to step into six kaleidoscopic rooms 

that created the illusion of infinite space. 

An Instagram favorite, the exhibition helped 

the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 

Garden attract more than 10,000 new 

members in 2017 alone.

Front Cover: In artist Yayoi Kusama’s The 

Obliteration Room, the Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden invited visitors to obliterate 

an entirely white space with multicolored 

polka-dot stickers. The installation is part of 

the museum’s blockbuster exhibition Yayoi 

Kusama: Infinity Mirrors, which is touring five 

North American cities through 2019.

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A Road Map to Our Future

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A ROAD MAP TO

But while it is important to 

reflect on the past year, 

we must also redirect our eyes

from the rearview mirror 

to the road that lies before us.

This annual report is a terrific opportunity to look back 

and recognize all of these impressive achievements 

and many more brought to life by the Smithsonian’s 

dedicated and talented staff and volunteers.

Whenever I have a chance to visit our museums on

the National Mall or beyond, I’m always struck 

by our visitors’ incredible diversity: geographic, 

cultural and generational. However, not everyone 

can venture to our museums, nor can our traveling 

exhibitions reach everyone where they live. 

That is why, in an effort to expand our reach and 

impact, an important goal of the strategic plan is to

reach one billion people a year with a “digitalfirst” approach. Although technology will never 

take the place of the traditional museum-going 

experience, it can supplement and add context to 

the experience, allowing people to do a deeper 

dive into our exhibitions, collections and programs. 

And we can exponentially improve our access by 

making our expertise and artifacts available on every 

mobile device.

This is especially true now, since 2017 saw the 

unveiling of our bold new strategic plan that will 

guide us through the year 2022. 

he year 2017 was successful for the Smithsonian by 

any measure. Our curators opened insightful and 

inspirational exhibitions. Our scientists continued to do 

groundbreaking research that benefits humankind. 

Our educators are reaching more people than ever before with 

compelling programming. The years-long, Smithsonian-wide 

campaign soared past its goal, setting up success for decades 

to come. 

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David J. Skorton

Secretary, 

Smithsonian Institution
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A Road Map to Our Future

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A Road Map to Our Future

 e have to do so, given the way today’s 

 audiences, irrespective of generation,

  consume their education and 

 entertainment. If we are to engage more 

people locally, nationally and globally, we 

must also foster a more inclusive culture by reaching 

out to traditionally underserved audiences and by 

telling an American story truly reflective of who we 

are as a nation.

One of the ways we have already expanded our 

relevance with audiences and engaged them more 

deeply is with our stunning new addition to the 

Smithsonian family, the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture. Since the day it 

opened, the museum has represented the best of 

the Smithsonian and embodied our commitment 

to revealing new chapters in the American narrative. 

Not only does it tell poignant stories of tragedy 

and triumph, it has inspired a larger discussion about 

social inequities, the role of societal diversity, and 

the path forward if we hope to heal our racial divisions. 

I believe that respectful dialogue with people who have 

opposing viewpoints leads to solutions, which is why 

the strategic plan lays out a goal to be known as one of 

the leading conveners of conversations on global and 

national issues. The Smithsonian’s breadth and depth of 

expertise and well-earned trust give us a unique ability 

to bring together leaders from all endeavors to search 

for solutions to complex problems.

Above: A cylindrical fountain rains into the center of the 

Contemplation Court, in honor of John Hope Franklin, 

at the National Museum of African American History and 

Culture. The museum tells stories of tragedy and triumph.

One such platform is our website called Smithsonian 

Second Opinion. Thus far, it has fostered dialogue 

about two topics close to my heart, immigration and 

earth optimism. Another recent event, December’s

Long Conversation, welcomed a procession of leaders

in the arts, humanities and sciences to talk about 

what causes them to be optimistic for the future. 

Finally, no discussion of optimism would be complete 

without including the Earth Optimism Summit, 

a three-day event centered around Earth Day 2017 that 

explored solutions to global conservation problems. 

It featured more than 150 scientists, thought leaders, 

philanthropists, conservationists and civic leaders 

from across the political spectrum.

Above: The American 

Women’s History Initiative 

brings together curators 

and educators from across 

the Smithsonian to amplify 

women’s voices and 

deepen understanding 

of women’s contributions 

to the nation. The 

Smithsonian Learning 

Lab offers a collection 

of digital images on 

themes in women’s history. 

learninglab.si.edu

Left: Secretary of the Smithsonian 

David J. Skorton attends the 2017 

Earth Optimism Summit. The threeday event explored solutions 

to global conservation problems.

For all the external collaboration that is needed to 

maximize our institutional potential, we realized 

that we needed to first look inward. That is why the 

strategic plan’s first goal is simple, yet challenging, 

given the size of the institution and the scope of our 

activities: Be One Smithsonian. 

Two forthcoming projects will be examples 

of “One Smithsonian” in action: the Smithsonian 

Latino Center’s Latino Gallery in the National 

Museum of American History and the American 

Women’s History Initiative.

The Latino Gallery will serve as the focal point 

and intellectual hub for Latino scholarship, 

connecting programs and exhibitions across the 

Institution’s museums and research centers. It will 

expand national dialogue about, and the world’s 

appreciation for, what it means to be an American.

I also see many talented and dedicated people who 

justify my own optimism about the bright future of 

this hallowed institution. As we take steps to increase 

our relevance, reach and impact, I am confident 

that the Smithsonian is primed to take advantage of 

our opportunities in the years and decades ahead. ●

go.si.edu/whatsnext

Looking around the Smithsonian, 

I see many opportunities like these to create, 

collaborate and innovate. 

The American Women’s History Initiative will 

amplify women’s voices, reach diverse audiences 

and empower people from all walks of life. 

Curators and educators from across the Institution 

will work together to create new exhibitions, 

programs and symposia centered on women’s 

myriad contributions to the nation. The initiative 

also will support research, educational and public 

programs, a collections survey and acquisitions.
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Earth Optimism 

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IT’S HARD NOT TO BECOME DISCOURAGED by pervasive “doom-and-gloom” environmental 

messages these days. And with few proposed solutions on offer, many people are left feeling 

that nothing they can do will make a difference. On Earth Day in 2017, the Smithsonian took 

a more hopeful approach — we hosted the inaugural Earth Optimism Summit to focus on what 

works in conservation and why, and how we can learn from success to do even more. 

Steven Monfort

Acting Director, National 

Zoological Park, and 

John and Adrienne Mars 

Director, Smithsonian 

Conservation 

Biology Institute

● Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute scientists

studied the movement patterns of humpback whales

and then worked with the Panamanian government

to create a traffic separation scheme designed

to reduce the likelihood of collisions between 

whales and ships in the Gulf of Panama.

● Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and

its partners successfully reintroduced the previously

“extinct in the wild” scimitar-horned oryx back

into their ancestral grassland habitats in Chad.

Herds of this iconic species are once again 

thriving and growing rapidly for the first time 

in more than 30 years.

● Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

scientists are using acoustic tags to track 45 sharks,

including blacktip, bull, dusky and smooth dogfish

sharks—from New York to Florida. The project is

uncovering the mysteries of shark migrations

along the Eastern Seaboard, and helping us to

better understand potential threats to the survival

of these species.

 ne year later, #EarthOptimism has 

 gained momentum as a new mechanism 

for collecting, curating and sharing best 

practices and stories of success in conservation with 

millions of people worldwide. Some examples of 

the Smithsonian’s conservation successes include:

Above: A humpback whale breaches the Pacific Ocean near the entrance to the Panama Canal. Smithsonian scientists are working to reduce 

the likelihood of collision between whales and ships in the Gulf of Panama.

“...the Smithsonian builds 

on its trusted reputation and 

interdisciplinary work

in the arts, humanities and 

science to tackle the 

world’s biggest challenges.”

CONVENING 

CONVERSATIONS

go.si.edu/conservation
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Convening Conversations

Becoming American 

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SECRETARY DAVID J. SKORTON created Second Opinion in 2017 as a digital platform 

to explore challenges facing our nation and the world. “The Smithsonian can and 

should take a more prominent role in convening discussions important to people, 

even when these reveal differences,” he said. 

● Smithsonian Marine Station’s Healthy Reefs for 

Healthy People partnership—an international 

collaboration of 70 organizations—has measured 

reef conditions during the last 10 years, and 

used these data to support the development of 

new management actions that have resulted 

in improved reef health.

Building on this Smithsonian-wide momentum, 

we will continue to convene conversations using our 

Earth Optimism platform to focus on making 

positive change. We are growing a global community 

of conservation practice, and in 2020 we will 

convene the second global Earth Optimism Summit 

in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 

50th anniversary of Earth Day.

The Earth Optimism Summit and its social media 

outreach is an example of how the Smithsonian builds 

on its trusted reputation and interdisciplinary work 

in the arts, humanities and sciences to tackle the 

world’s biggest challenges. We are thrilled that it set 

in motion a movement of people and organizations 

across sectors who, based on evidence, are 

now thinking about what works in conservation. ●

Above: With international partners in Austrailia, Smithsonian scientists study coral reproduction in hopes of supporting large-scale restoration efforts 

for the world’s coral reefs. 

Above: Nancy Fukuhara Nitta and Kay Nitta, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Director Lisa Sasaki’s nisei (American-born 

citizens of Japanese descent) grandparents, stand in front of their tar-paper barracks in Jerome, Ark., circa 1943. After losing 

the family business in Sacramento, Calif., due to internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, they resettled in Denver, following 

the war, where they raised their five children.

CONVENING 

CONVERSATIONS

go.si.edu/immigration
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Convening Conversations Right: In The Dominican York, 

artist Scherezade García 

invokes a term adopted by 

Dominican American 

artists living in New York to 

reflect their hybrid culture. 

García’s work focuses 

on migrations that have 

populated the Americas.

Above: Lisa Sasaki’s grandmother Nancy Nitta (far left) 

stands with her sister-in-law, two sisters and nephew in front 

of their tar-paper barracks in Jerome, Ark., c. 1943. Originally 

incarcerated at the Tule Lake internment camp in Calif., 

the sisters were moved to the camp in Jerome when Tule 

Lake became a segregation center.

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n one session, Secretary Skorton asked a range of 

thinkers about how immigrants contribute to our country, 

how that might differ today from the past, and what is 

gained and lost when someone immigrates to America. 

Here are the opinions from two Smithsonian directors.

Because of circumstances beyond their control, 

especially during World War II, my family was 

forced to make a choice between their identity as 

Americans and their connection to their cultural 

heritage. Sadly, that was the case for every family of 

Japanese ancestry on the West Coast who were in 

the area affected by Executive Order 9066, mandating 

their relocation to remote internment camps. 

Coming to America 

What continues to bring many immigrants to 

the United States is the promise that has been 

bringing immigrants to the United States since 

before it was a country itself, which is the idea of 

a land of opportunity where you can change 

your circumstances and better your financial, social, 

economic and cultural well-being in the process.

Telling Their Own Stories

My viewpoint is that America is both continent and 

country, which helps understand the Latino 

experience in the United States. The majority of the 

Latino community is not immigrant; it’s native-born, 

including myself. In 1848, when Mexico and the United 

States signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, all of 

these Mexican citizens suddenly became U.S. citizens. 

So, in some ways, you could say, we didn’t cross 

the border—the border crossed us. 

It’s a complex process of developing perspectives 

around identity or immigration. You have to dig deeper 

and ask a lot of questions, some of them penetrating 

and uncomfortable. I think it’s the only way you can 

understand the multiplicity of settlement, immigration 

and migration experiences that are being lived out 

every day in this country. That’s our job, illuminating 

the Latino experience.

“You have to dig 

deeper and ask a lot of 

questions, some of 

them penetrating and 

uncomfortable.”

I think the American public would do well to take 

notice of what’s happening in their communities, 

look at the histories of established Latino communities 

and demographic shifts, and understand the diverse 

heritage that has informed the building of this nation 

and the shaping of national culture. If they do, they 

will find this is a very diverse country, historically and 

culturally, dating back to its early stages. ●

It is the very promise that’s written on the Statue 

of Liberty. I think of many immigrants throughout 

American history who are coming from places 

that repressed innovation, repressed free thinking, 

repressed all of those rights we as Americans 

now sometimes take for granted.

After decades of education and activism—with the 

civil rights movement, the ethnic studies movement—

mainstream museums now are able to allow 

voices other than the dominant narrative to be heard.

I think we’re so much closer to understanding that 

everybody has a right to their own stories, to their own 

histories, or to their own culture, and that America 

is big enough to accept all of this. ●

Eduardo Díaz

Director, 

Smithsonian 

Latino Center 

Lisa Sasaki

Director, 

Smithsonian 

Asian Pacific 

American Center 
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Culture at 

Risk in Puerto Rico —HURRICANES. FIRES. FLOODS.

For most of us, natural disasters 

bring worries for safety of 

home and family. For museum 

directors and conservationists, 

those worries extend to 

keeping historic treasures safe. 

A community’s shared 

heritage can hang in the balance.

hen Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit 

Puerto Rico last year, causing widespread 

damage and threatening priceless 

artworks and archives, the Smithsonian 

sprang into action. We immediately pooled funds 

from across several Smithsonian museums to cover 

the cost of diesel fuel for the Museum of Art of Puerto 

Rico in San Juan—a Smithsonian Affiliate and the largest 

museum on the island—to keep its generator and air 

conditioning running.

Once power was restored, and the immediate risk 

had passed, the museum became a critical 

temporary storage resource for other museums 

across the island, many of which remained 

without power for weeks. At one point, the museum 

housed more than 200 artworks and artifacts from 

seven different collections.

The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, which 

protects cultural heritage threatened or impacted 

by disasters worldwide, also helped bring Puerto 

Rico’s cultural community together to organize 

a response. A Smithsonian conservator joined 

two U.S. government emergency response missions 

to meet with Puerto Rican conservators at several 

museums. The teams provided expert advice on 

mitigating immediate damage to artworks and 

documents and helped develop a comprehensive 

conservation strategy that all Puerto Rican 

museums could use. W

Corine Wegener

Director, 

Smithsonian 

Cultural Rescue 

Initiative 

Right: Puerto Rico’s Museum of 

Art in Ponce was one of many 

museums damaged by Hurricane 

Maria. Following the hurricane, 

the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue 

Initiative helped the island’s 

cultural organizations mitigate 

damage to artworks and 

artifacts and plan for the next 

natural disaster.

“This kind of coordination is critical 

to cultural heritage rescue work 

and helps broaden the discussion 

of what can be done in response 

and recovery.”

CONVENING 

CONVERSATIONS

go.si.edu/culturalrescue
Convening Conversations

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Kevin Gover

Director, National 

Museum of the 

American Indian 

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Rethinking Native Stereotypes

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AMERICANS HAVE BEEN FASCINATED BY and conflicted about Native 

Americans since the founding of this country. George Armstrong 

Custer was a hero—until he wasn’t. Andrew Jackson is not the person 

today that our grandparents remember. The story of Pocahontas 

changes with each retelling.

Above: The National Museum of the American Indian’s Americans exhibition reveals the deep connections 

between Americans and American Indians.

For example, the Smithsonian and the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency co-chair the 

Heritage Emergency National Task Force—a 

public-private partnership of 58 federal agencies and 

service organizations. Through the task force, we 

organized the first annual Heritage Emergency and 

Response Training (HEART) workshop for U.S. cultural 

heritage professionals and emergency managers in 

November 2017. Four months later, we convened a 

second HEART workshop specifically for Puerto Rican 

cultural heritage professionals, supported by the 

MKM Foundation, to strengthen their recovery 

and help plan for the next natural disaster. 

One of the most gratifying moments in our Puerto 

Rico response came when one of our 2017 HEART 

graduates—a conservator from the Museum of Art 

in Ponce—participated as a leader in the HEART Puerto 

Rico training. Our long-term vision is to continue to 

grow our global network of cultural stewards to be a

resource for helping their communities at home 

and abroad. ●

Left: Puerto Rico’s Museum of Art in 

Ponce was able to reopen its 

doors days after Hurricane Maria 

swept the island. Other museums 

and archives remained without 

power for weeks, putting artworks 

at risk of deterioration.

By participating in the U.S. government response to 

protect cultural heritage impacted by disasters and by

offering training, the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue 

Initiative is preparing the next generation to be the 

first line of defense in the face of disaster, with 

the aim of preserving communities’ identities and their 

cultural way of life. 

This kind of coordination is critical to cultural heritage 

rescue work and helps broaden the discussion 

of what can be done in response and recovery.

These participants now join a global group 

of “superheroes” who use their knowledge of risk 

and damage assessment, documentation, 

and salvage and evacuation techniques to save 

cultural heritage at risk.

CONVENING 

CONVERSATIONS

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Convening Conversations

owhere is the nation’s ambivalence toward 

Native Americans more evident than in 

the debate over sports teams and logos.

Some hold that naming teams after 

Native American caricatures recognizes the strength 

and fortitude of Native peoples. History tells us 

otherwise. In fact, the use of Native Americans as 

mascots arose during the allotment period, 

a time when U.S. policy sought to eradicate Native 

sovereignty, and Wild West shows cemented the 

image of Indians as plains warriors. 

When it comes to sports, fans’ deep loyalty to a 

hometown team can perpetuate a name or logo that 

would certainly meet any dictionary definition 

of racist. This, in turn, constrains Native Americans’ 

self-identity and limits self-esteem, especially 

among youth.

But the tide is turning. The Cleveland Indians’ recent 

decision to part ways with their mascot, Chief Wahoo—

the infamous red-faced caricature of an American 

Indian—is a big step in the right direction. Teams that 

reject outdated stereotypes make a clear statement 

in favor of a more diverse and inclusive America.

As a nation, we still live with symbols of racism 

in our public spaces and popular culture. But 

we are also at a stage where we can have an honest 

discussion about their origins and impact and 

address the harm they do.

Our hope is that sports fans will find joy in the game 

at the same time they consider their team name and 

mascot. Our hope is the day will come when we don’t 

have to explain and defend negative images and 

names to our children and grandchildren. Our role 

at the Smithsonian is to help citizens find the 

way forward. ●

“Teams that reject outdated 

stereotypes make a clear 

statement in favor of a more 

diverse and inclusive America.” Above: The Kansas City Chiefs football team is one

of many American sports franchises to adopt 

Native American imagery. In recent years, some 

teams have begun to rethink such practices.

American Indians are less than one percent 

of the U.S. population, yet their images are 

everywhere—on sports logos, automobiles 

and everyday consumer brands. Americans, 

a major exhibition at the National Museum of 

the American Indian, highlights the ways 

in which American Indians have been part 

of the nation’s identity since before the 

country began. N

At the National Museum of the American Indian, 

we engage the public on complex issues such as 

the debate surrounding team names and mascots. 

Our Americans exhibition, on display through 2022 

in Washington, D.C., includes objects branded with 

Native American sports logos to get visitors thinking 

about the meaning behind images they see every 

day. Our curators and educators speak frequently 

on stereotypes in sports and encourage 

open discussion.
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Engaging 

Audiences

—THE SMITHSONIAN WELCOMES nearly 30 million 

visitors each year and engages millions more 

through outreach and compelling digital content. 

In 2017, we continued to innovate the ways 

we connect with new audiences to bring worldchanging research and thought-provoking 

exhibitions and educational programs to the 

places where they are. Here’s how.

go.si.edu/audiences

The Sidedoor podcast featured 

interviews with artists Amy Sherald 

(top) and Ai Weiwei (below). Sherald 

painted a portrait of former First 

Lady Michelle Obama, on view at 

the National Portrait Gallery. 

Ai’s installation, Ai Weiwei: Trace 

at Hirshhorn, portrayed activists 

and prisoners of conscience.

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New Podcast 

Tops Best Lists 

SIDEDOOR’S UNIQUE

STORYTELLING 

The Smithsonian launched Sidedoor, 

its first podcast to mine the rich 

work and discovery taking place 

across the Institution and the 

world. Host Tony Cohn tells stories

from a “One Smithsonian” 

perspective, covering topics as 

diverse as the mysterious death 

of a prolific Smithsonian scientist 

and how our research contributed 

to the survival of a premature 

baby hippopotamus. The biweekly 

podcast, with support from PRX, 

has reached listeners in every state

and 146 countries, been 

Right: The We Wear Culture virtual exhibition brings 

3,000 years of global fashion together—from a 

6th century gold medallion in the Freer|Sackler 

collection (top) to work from the Black Fashion 

Museum, founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane 

(bottom).

Below: One Sidedoor episode tells the story of 

J. Dilla, a prolific hip-hop artist who collaborated 

with everyone from Questlove to Erykah Badu. 

downloaded 2.25+ million times 

and made Apple Podcasts’ 

top-10 chart, ranking No. 1 on its 

Government and Organizations 

chart. The Atlantic named 

Sidedoor one of 2017’s 25 best 

podcasts, saying its “charm 

and realness fueled by the 

resources of the vast Smithsonian, 

including access to all of its 

experts... created some of the 

best narratives this year.” 

Listen: si.edu/sidedoor and 

follow: Twitter at @SidedoorPod

Collaborating for 

Global Impact

A VIRTUAL FASHION EXHIBITION

Three Smithsonian museums—the 

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture, National Museum 

of African Art and Freer|Sackler—joined 

leading cultural institutions from 42 

countries in Google’s 2017 launch of 

the We Wear Culture fashion project. 

This massive online exhibition of global 

style examines the evolution and 

cultural significance of fashion going 

back 3,000 years, and the stories 

behind the clothes we wear.
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Engaging Audiences

Smithsonian App 

Eclipses Others BEST VIEW OF 

ASTRONOMICAL EVENT

The Smithsonian partners to create mobile 

applications for just about everything 

under the sun. On Aug. 21, 2017, when a 

rare coast-to-coast solar eclipse thrilled 

Americans, more than 757,000 people 

used the Smithsonian Eclipse 2017 app, 

created by the Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory (SAO). It was the most 

downloaded free eclipse app on the 

Apple App store. Viewers were able 

to watch a live NASA stream of the event 

as it traveled across the continental 

United States, calculate their best view 

with an interactive eclipse map and 

get a virtual view in an eclipse simulator. 

The app offers a deeper look into 

SAO’s cutting-edge solar research and 

was made possible by a grant through 

the Smithsonian Women’s Committee. 

si.edu/mobile

Pittsburgh and Seattle. The exhibition 

will return to the museum’s reimagined 

permanent gallery, set to open in 

2021. The tour is supported by Jeff and 

MacKenzie Bezos, Joe Clark, Bruce R. 

McCaw Family Foundation, Charles 

and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and 

Sciences, John and Susann Norton, 

and Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston 

Johnson. Transportation services for 

the exhibition are provided by FedEx.

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One Giant Step U.S. TOUR CELEBRATES 

50TH ANNIVERSARY

The National Air and Space Museum and

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service are commemorating 

one of humankind’s greatest 

achievements, the first moon landing 

in 1969, with a two-year national 

exhibition tour. Through Destination 

Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission, the 

Command Module Columbia and other

artifacts will visit Smithsonian 

Affiliate museums in Houston, St. Louis, 

Above: In August 2017, more than 

757,000 people used the Smithsonian 

Eclipse app to track and learn about 

a rare coast-to-coast solar eclipse.

Above: Destination Moon, a traveling exhibition commemorating the first 

moon landing in 1969, has embarked on a two-year national tour—to Houston, 

St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Seattle.

Right: The exhibition featuring 

Yayoi Kusama has been a 

blockbuster in every city where 

it has toured. 

The Year’s 

Hottest Ticket

YAYOI KUSAMA: 

INFINITY MIRRORS

This blockbuster 2017 Smithsonian 

exhibition—the first to explore the iconic 

Infinity Mirror Rooms of the legendary 

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama—was a 

cultural phenomenon that transformed 

the public’s engagement with 

the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture 

Garden and broke attendance records. 

— The exhibition drew double the normal 

number of museum visitors

— More than 3.7 million people visited 

the website

— #InfiniteKusama reached 

93.5+ million social media accounts, 

with 355 million impressions

— The exhibition resulted in more than 

10,000 new museum members

Following this debut, Yayoi Kusama: 

Infinity Mirrors embarked on the first 

North American retrospective tour of 

the artist’s work in nearly 20 years. The 

exhibition has been made possible 

through generous lead support from 

Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore, and 

Victoria Miro, London. Major support 

has been provided by The Broad Art 

Foundation, Benjamin R. Hunter and 

David Zwirner, New York/London. 
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Discover more 

Smithsonian Moments 

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The frogs’ journey 

into Panama’s 

rainforests provides 

the key to saving 

a species.

Smithsonian

Moments

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Engaging Audiences

Welcoming 

New Young Voices

SECRETARY’S COUNCIL 

GOES NATIONAL

Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton 

established his Youth Advisory Council as a way 

to gain advice and insight from Washington, 

D.C.– area teens about the Institution’s work, 

programming and visitor engagement. In 

2017, through a pilot expansion program, 10 

national teens joined the Secretary and local 

high school students for a live teleconference. 

The students were selected through these 

Smithsonian Affiliates: Arab American National 

Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Fort Worth Museum 

of Science and History, Fort Worth, Texas; 

National Underground Railroad Freedom 

Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; The Rockwell Museum, 

Corning, N.Y.; Upcountry History Museum, 

Furman University, Greenville, S.C. The council 

advises quarterly on topics such as technology 

in museums and how the Smithsonian 

can address societal conflicts, be catalysts for 

dialogue and accomplish its goal of reaching 

1 billion visitors. ●

In 2017 and 2018, Smithsonian 

scientists released two groups of 

human-bred harlequin frogs—a 

critically endangered species—into 

the Panamanian rainforest to study 

how they fare in the wild. Tiny radio 

transmitters attached to the frogs’ 

backs help collect data on survival 

and persistence. The Smithsonian 

Tropical Research Institute and the 

Smithsonian Conservation Biology 

Institute are partners in the project. ●
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Smithsonian Campaign 

Sets Record

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Here’s how we exceeded our goal of $1.5 billion.

go.si.edu/campaignsuccess

$1.88 billion

the largest amount ever raised in a campaign by a cultural organization

537,720 donors

hailing from all 50 states and 107 countries

68

endowed positions

ensuring funding in perpetuity 

to support Smithsonian scholars 

and leaders—all respected 

experts bringing new knowledge 

to their fields

750,000+

6.3M

square feet

of new or renovated 

galleries and public spaces 

in 11 museums and the 

National Zoo, welcoming 

25M+ visitors each year

people served

annually by education 

programs on-site, including 

eight new education centers 

funded by campaign gifts

digitized objects

from art deco designs 

to the Apollo 11 Command 

Module, made available 

to 150 million online visitors 

each year

$1,037M

Individuals

$424M

Corporations

$352M

Foundations

$66M

Other Organizations

Sources of Funds

3M+
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Leadership Gifts

We thank all those 

who make today’s 

Smithsonian possible.

HE SMITHSONIAN is a community of scholars 

and educators, sustained by the American 

people and many generous donors. We are 

the nation’s museums—keepers of the country’s 

collection; home to experts in science, history 

and art; and a provider of education programs 

that serve millions of families each year. In a 

rapidly changing world, we are evolving to reach 

more people where they are, with more impact. 

We could not do this without your support.

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Left: Six weeks into the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden exhibition, 

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors, visitors had made significant progress in 

covering The Obliteration Room with polka-dot stickers. The polka dots acted 

as an equalizer and connector among those participating in the artwork.
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 Leadership Gifts

We thank 2017’s most generous donors for their gifts of $2.5 million or more

American Airlines 

THE POWER OF FLIGHT

Margaret A. Cargill 

Philanthropies

IMPROVING COLLECTIONS 

ACCESS 

The 825,000 items in the 

collections of the National 

Museum of the American 

Indian represent more than 

12,000 years of history and 

1,200 indigenous cultures 

throughout the Americas. 

As a steward of this rich 

heritage, the museum serves 

as an active partner to Native 

peoples. A $2.8 million gift 

from Margaret A. Cargill 

Philanthropies advances 

the museum’s initiative to 

enhance collections access 

for Native constituents and 

museum professionals, the 

goal of which is to strengthen 

the passage of Native artistic 

skills, knowledge and practices 

from past generations to the 

next. The donor has previously 

supported this museum, as well

as the National Museum 

of Natural History and 

the Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute.

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi

REVEALING THE BRILLIANCE OF PERSIA

As a crossroads and cradle of great 

civilizations, the Persian Empire produced 

lush, elaborate works of art. Over several 

millennia, through architecture, painting, 

ceramics, metalwork, calligraphy and 

more, artists produced enduring works 

of art that tell the important stories of 

the region’s cultural heritage. A gift of 

$3.5 million by Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi 

endows a curator dedicated to these 

artistic traditions at the Freer|Sackler. 

The position is named in recognition of 

the family’s generosity. The curator will 

conduct research, create exhibitions 

and develop educational initiatives 

that advance the museum’s mission of 

inspiring and educating the public through 

cross-cultural exchange. Mary Wilkie 

Ebrahimi serves on the Freer|Sackler’s 

board of trustees, and the Ebrahimis 

have been supporters of the Freer|Sackler 

since 1998. 

The National Air and Space Museum’s 

upcoming exhibition We All Fly is 

dedicated to showcasing the many 

aspects of general aviation and inspiring 

future pilots by showing them that the 

freedom to fly is within their reach. As part 

of the museum’s upcoming revitalization 

of its facilities and exhibitions, a $10 million 

gift from the Thomas W. Haas Foundation 

enables the creation of the gallery, which 

will be named in honor of foundation 

president Thomas Haas. The foundation 

has supported the museum since 2012, 

including establishing an endowment that 

supports the museum’s public observatory 

and is named in honor of Thomas Haas’s 

grandmother, one of the first women to 

earn a Ph.D. in astronomy. The foundation 

has also supported the National Museum 

of Natural History and the Smithsonian 

American Art Museum. Thomas Haas 

serves on the National Air and Space 

Museum board.

From airmail to military aviation 

and rapid transcontinental 

voyages, the ability to travel by 

air dramatically transformed 

the course of American history. 

As aircraft design progressed 

from two-seat biplanes to 

sleek aluminum commercial 

airliners, affordability also 

evolved, opening the skies 

to many people, for many 

purposes. America by Air, the 

large gallery in the National 

Air and Space Museum that 

explores this history and its 

impact, will undergo a major 

redesign and update as part 

of the museum’s multiyear 

transformation. A $6.67 million 

gift by American Airlines 

supports the reimagining of 

the gallery. The gift is part of an 

unprecedented collaboration 

by the U.S. airline industry to 

help rejuvenate America’s most 

visited museum. 

The Delta Air Lines 

Foundation

PIVOTING TO THE SKIES 

Wallace H. Coulter 

Foundation

A BOLD EXPERIMENT

The advent of commercial 

air service in the United 

States was a turning point in 

the country’s history. Once 

considered an exciting and 

daring undertaking, air travel 

not only is now commonplace, 

but also essential for everyday 

life. A $6.67 million gift by 

The Delta Air Lines Foundation, 

part of an unprecedented 

commitment from the U.S. 

airline industry, aids the 

National Air and Space Museum 

in its multiyear transformation 

project that will upgrade the 

museum, including its ground 

floor America by Air gallery. 

This gallery explores the history 

of air transportation and how 

it has evolved during the last 

100 years. It features full-sized 

aircraft and portions of larger 

planes through which visitors 

can wander. When completed, 

the gallery will feature newly 

conserved collection pieces, 

more interactive elements to 

engage visitors and redesigned 

graphics. Delta’s gift will help 

inspire the next generation of 

airline pilots, crew and travelers. 

American democracy has been 

a bold experiment to create 

a government “of the people, 

by the people, and for the 

people.” The exhibitions 

American Democracy: A Great 

Leap of Faith and Many Voices, 

One Nation at the National 

Museum of American History 

explore the history of citizen 

participation, debate and 

compromise since our country 

was first formed. These 

exhibitions have been made 

possible in part by a gift 

from The Wallace H. Coulter 

Foundation, and its president, 

Sue Van, long-time donors 

to the museum. In fact, the 

foundation was the largest 

single donor to the museum 

during the Smithsonian 

Campaign, also funding 

American Enterprise, The 

Wallace H. Coulter Performance 

Plaza and The Wallace 

H. Coulter Unity Square. 

Thomas W. Haas Foundation

AVIATION FOR EVERYONE

PwC Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.

STORIES THAT REACH BEYOND 

THE MUSEUM’S WALLS

A $3 million gift from the PwC Charitable 

Foundation supports the development 

and design of the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture’s 

digital education initiative—a three-year 

program in which the museum will create 

75 pieces of free dynamic, interactive 

online curricula and share them with 

40,000 students in grades six through 12 

and educators across the country. Many 

of the exhibitions in the National Museum 

of African American History and Culture 

are designed for visitors—young, old and 

in-between—to immerse themselves 

in the lives and experiences of African 

Americans from early in our history 

through today. Touchscreens and real 

artifacts help visitors reflect on what it 

means to be African American in America. 

The PwC Charitable Foundation’s gift 

will help amplify the museum’s reach and 

share these experiences beyond the 

museum’s walls and into schools and 

communities across the country.
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LEADERSHIP GIFTS We thank 2017’s most generous donors for their gifts of $2.5 million or more

John and Ginger Sall 

PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY 

Since 2011, the Smithsonian’s Global 

Genome Initiative has worked in concert 

with partners around the world to collect 

and preserve information about the planet’s 

genetic biodiversity and make it available 

for researchers everywhere. During the next 

five years, the initiative’s goal is to build a 

biorepository of DNA samples representing 

at least half of the planet’s estimated 

200,000 genera of living organisms. The 

National Museum of Natural History is the 

lead organization for the initiative, which 

now encompasses 40 institutional partners, 

and is home to its offices and some of 

its cryogenic storage facilities. John and 

Ginger Sall this year made a $3 million 

gift to the initiative and the museum, on 

whose board John Sall has served since 

2012. It is the donors’ second gift to the 

Global Genome Initiative.

Southwest Airlines

A WARM WELCOME

Home to the world’s largest collection 

of historic aircraft and spacecraft, the 

National Air and Space Museum is also one 

of the most heavily visited museums in the 

world: in 2017, 8.6 million people passed 

through its doors. After 41 years, the 

museum has the opportunity to reimagine 

its flagship building on the National Mall 

for a new generation of visitors. Once the 

museum’s first-ever major revitalization 

is complete in 2024, visitors will explore 

all-new galleries, exhibitions, educational 

programs and facilities. A $3 million gift by 

Southwest Airlines supports the museum’s 

transformation and names the welcome 

center in recognition of Southwest’s 

generosity. This is Southwest’s largest gift 

in a history of many made to the museum 

and to the Smithsonian Latino Center 

since 1997.

From bluegrass to zydeco and jazz and 

rock ’n’ roll, America is known the world 

over for its music. The result of many 

distinct traditions influencing one another 

over time, American music has long drawn 

inspiration from the blend of cultures it 

brings together to form a unique national 

heritage. When the transformed third 

floor of the National Museum of American 

History’s west wing reopens in phases 

beginning in 2018, a central feature will be 

its new Hall of Music, made possible by a 

$5 million gift from Ambassador Nicholas 

F. Taubman and Mrs. Eugenia L. Taubman. 

The hall, named in the donors’ honor, will 

house the Smithsonian Chamber Music 

Society, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks 

Orchestra and future American music 

history programs and is intended to be a 

place for visitors to immerse themselves 

in the world of American music. A previous 

gift by the Taubmans helped open the 

changing exhibition gallery on the second

floor of the museum’s west wing in 

2017. Ambassador Taubman chairs the 

museum’s board and serves on 

the Campaign Steering Committee.

The history of the planet is written 

across epochs: the age of fish, the age 

of dinosaurs, the age of mammals. All 

of them were shaped by unique shifts 

and changes on a global scale, evidence 

for which exists in fossil records millions 

of years old. In a modern era marked by 

widespread human touch, understanding 

the origins and evolution of life on Earth 

has become crucial for our ability to craft 

a sustainable future for all of the planet’s 

inhabitants. To help visitors understand 

the impact we humans have on the world 

we have inherited and which we leave 

for our descendants, a $5 million gift by 

Ed and Jackie Warner benefits the Age of 

Humans Gallery in the National Museum 

of Natural History. The centrally located 

gallery is named for the donors in honor of 

their generosity and is part of a complete 

overhaul of the museum’s Deep Time fossil 

hall, scheduled to reopen in 2019. 

Ambassador 

Nicholas F. Taubman and 

Mrs. Eugenia L. Taubman 

SOUNDS OF AMERICA

United Airlines

ENABLING TRANSFORMATION 

In the 41 years since its opening on 

the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the 

National Air and Space Museum has 

welcomed 311 million visitors; it remains 

one of the most popular museums in the 

country. To continue to inspire and educate 

new generations, a $6.67 million gift by 

United Airlines, part of an unprecedented 

commitment from the U.S. airline industry, 

assists the museum with a multiyear 

transformation. The transformation will 

rejuvenate the museum by conserving 

many iconic objects from the museum’s 

collection and renewing and refreshing 

all 23 galleries and presentation spaces. 

The America by Air gallery, which 

highlights the development of commercial 

air travel over the last century, will be 

enhanced with interactive elements and 

visual displays. Prior to making this gift, 

United Airlines supported four other 

Smithsonian units, including the National 

Zoological Park.

Ed and Jackie Warner

CHARTING THE HUMAN LEGACY

Dr. Coralyn Wright Whitney

UNLEASHING CURIOSITY

When the first fossilized dinosaur bones 

were discovered hundreds of years ago, 

they upended scientists’ understanding 

of the history of life on Earth, and they 

have captured imaginations ever since. 

Today, the fossil record continues to yield 

enormous amounts of information about 

the vanished ecosystems and habitats 

where our ancestral plants and animals 

once flourished. In 2019, visitors to the 

newly opened fossil hall in the National 

Museum of Natural History will be able 

to handle real fossils and explore Earth’s 

oldest mysteries alongside Smithsonian 

experts in an extension of the museum’s 

Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science 

Education Center, called Basecamp. The 

new facility is named in recognition of 

museum board member Dr. Coralyn 

Wright Whitney, who has made a $3 million 

gift to Basecamp and the hall. The donor 

previously supported the museum’s Q?rius 

science education center and the National 

Gem Collection.
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LEADERSHIP GIFTS We thank 2017’s most generous donors for their gifts of $1 million or more

William A. and Valerie E. Anders 

Foundation

A $1 million 

gift by the 

William A. and 

Valerie E. Anders 

Foundation 

advances three Smithsonian initiatives 

for scientific research and exhibitions. 

One enables Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute scientists to unearth 

prehistoric fossils in the Amazon Basin, 

which are critical for understanding the 

history of biodiversity in our hemisphere. 

A second funds the National Air and 

Space Museum’s Center for Earth and 

Planetary Studies researchers’ studies 

and fieldwork. The third is the Anna 

Cohn Community Fund, which supports 

host venues for Smithsonian traveling 

exhibitions. Valerie Anders has chaired the 

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition 

Service board and is a past member 

of the Smithsonian National Board and 

founding member of the Campaign 

Steering Committee. William and Valerie 

Anders have supported many Smithsonian 

museums and research units since 1999.

Apple, Inc.

Apple’s gift to the National 

Museum of African American 

History and Culture supports 

the museum’s capital 

campaign and its use of technology. 

One of the museum’s hallmarks is its 

innovative and widespread use of dozens 

of interactive exhibitions and immersive, 

technology-enabled experiences designed 

to help visitors think about the African 

American experience in this country in 

new ways. The donor has supported the 

Smithsonian for nearly three decades, 

making philanthropic gifts to seven other 

museums and programs.

AT&T

A gift of $1 million from AT&T 

helps the Smithsonian’s 

newest museum, the National 

Museum of African American 

History and Culture, continue 

to share stories of the African American 

experience with visitors here and around 

the world. In addition to nearly a dozen 

inaugural exhibits in the museum’s physical 

structure, remote visitors can explore 

nearly 37,000 collection items online, 

including official documents, personal 

photographs and objects of historic 

significance. AT&T has made gifts to many 

Smithsonian museums and centers since 

1989, including the National Museum of 

American History, the Smithsonian Latino 

Center and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian 

Design Museum.

Autodesk

Though only three people could squeeze 

into the real Columbia lunar module, an inkind gift made by Autodesk to the National 

Air and Space Museum allows millions of 

people to virtually sit in this iconic artifact.

The project required advanced 3-D 

scanning and data processing of the 

Apollo 11 command module’s tight 

quarters and intricate, reflective surfaces. 

The data files also are available for use 

with virtual reality goggles and 3-D printing. 

A valued Smithsonian partner since 

2012, Autodesk’s technical capabilities have

been vital for capturing collection objects

in 3-D. The donor also previously developed 

and launched “The Smithsonian 3-D 

Explorer,” an interactive online tool that

enables anyone with an internet 

connection to explore Columbia and 

other collection treasures.

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos

With their gift to the National Air and 

Space Museum, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos 

support the Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 

traveling exhibition. Commemorating the 

50th anniversary of the first lunar landing 

in 1969, Destination Moon brings the iconic 

Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia

to four cities, as well as other artifacts from

the museum’s collection that went to 

the moon and returned. The exhibition 

anticipates an expanded Destination Moon

that will open in a permanent gallery at the 

National Mall building in 2021 and include 

Columbia among its objects. Supporters 

of the Smithsonian since 2014, Jeff and 

MacKenzie Bezos have previously supported 

Destination Moon and given a gift 

that helped build the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture.

Mary and David Boies 

Mary and David Boies made a $1 million 

lead gift, providing vital initial support to the 

new American Women’s History Initiative. 

Their gift honors the women who served on 

a congressional commission that helped 

inspire the creation of the women’s history 

initiative at the Smithsonian. This new 

initiative will highlight the central roles 

women have played, and continue to play,

throughout America’s past and present. To 

uncover and illuminate women’s stories 

and inspire the next generation, the 

initiative will recruit new curators to work in 

museums across the Smithsonian. These 

experts will look anew at collections; 

develop programs and educational 

materials including lectures, films, books, 

symposia and digital resources; and 

produce local, traveling and online 

exhibitions that will reach across the 

country and around the world. The 

donors previously supported the National 

Portrait Gallery.

Carnival Corporation

Continuing the critical private support 

the Smithsonian relied upon to realize 

a century-old dream, Carnival Corporation’s 

$2 million gift helps fund the new National

Museum of African American History and

Culture. The festivities marking the 

occasion of the museum’s opening in 

September 2016 drew tens of thousands 

of people to the National Mall in 

Washington, D.C. Dedicated to transcending 

the boundaries of race and culture, the 

museum shares narratives of the African 

American experience that help visitors 

from all walks of life think about their 

histories in new ways.

Maverick Carter

Muhammad Ali is just 

one example of the men 

and women showcased 

in the National Museum 

of African American 

History and Culture’s 

Sports Gallery who leveraged sports as a 

vehicle to resist injustice. A $1 million gift 

by Maverick Carter supports the museum 

and its Sports Gallery exhibition focused 

on the legendary boxer and the Making 

a Way Out of No Way Gallery, which 

showcases Ali’s role as an activist for 

social justice. 

Joe Clark 

A gift by Joe Clark benefits 

the National Air and 

Space Museum and its 

upcoming exhibition, 

Destination Moon: The 

Apollo 11. From October 

2017 through September 2019, the traveling 

exhibition will showcase artifacts from 

the first lunar landing in 1969, including 

gear worn by the Apollo astronauts and 

the command module Columbia. At the 

permanent gallery in the museum in 2021, 

visitors can share in the exhilarating story 

of lunar exploration that began in ancient 

times and continues today. Joe Clark is an 

emeritus member of the museum’s board 

and a donor to the Smithsonian since 2007.

Sara and Bruce Collette 

A gift of $1 million 

by Sara and 

Bruce Collette 

establishes a 

fellowship in 

their name at 

the National Museum of Natural History. 

The post-doctoral position within the 

Division of Fishes is dedicated to work 

related to the evolutionary history of 

fish species, anatomical studies and 

species descriptions based on museum 

collection specimens. For more than 50 

years, ichthyologist Dr. Bruce Collette has 

worked on collections-based systematic 

studies at the museum as an employee 

of an affiliated agency and an expert on 

tunas, mackerels and billfishes, helping to 

improve conservation and management 

efforts for these at-risk, high-value fish 

species. He saw a need to ensure the 

future of specimen-based fish studies and 

wanted to see his gift in action. The donors 

previously established an endowment to 

the Smithsonian Libraries.  

Ted and Marian Craver

As part of the 

National Museum of 

American History’s 

newest exhibitions 

on the founding 

and evolution of the 

American nation, American Democracy: 

A Great Leap of Faith explores civic 

participation in the United States. With 

objects including the desk on which 

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration 

of Independence and Susan B. Anthony’s 

shawl, American Democracy examines 

the ever-evolving idea of governance by 

the people. A $1 million gift by the 

Theodore Craver Family, in memory of 

Frederick Craver, supports the exhibition 

and enables the museum to facilitate 

deeper conversations on the meaning of 

responsible citizenship. Ted Craver is a 

museum board member. 

Dow Chemical Company 

Support from the Dow Chemical Company 

benefits the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture’s capital 

campaign and its ongoing programming 

and educational initiatives. Half of the 

company’s $1 million gift will support 

opportunities for educators to use resources 

from the museum and the Smithsonian 

to research and develop a set of African 

American-related science, technology, 

engineering and math (STEM) materials 

to create curricula for a variety of grade 

levels. Once completed, this content will 

be posted on the Smithsonian Learning 

Lab website so that educators, students 

and families will have easy access 

to this resource. As well as this gift, over 

many years Dow has also supported the 

Smithsonian Science Education Center. 
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Ford Foundation 

The Smithsonian’s American Women’s 

History Initiative is a new, ambitious effort to

highlight the contributions of women to 

the social, cultural, economic and political 

life of the United States. With its $1 million 

grant, the Ford Foundation helps launch this 

endeavor, which during the next several 

years will be realized through the addition 

of museum curators, collections research 

and acquisitions, exhibitions, local and 

traveling programs, and print and digital 

media. The foundation has supported 

more than a dozen Smithsonian museums 

and programs since 1983, including major 

gifts for the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture and Asian 

Pacific American Center. 

Google.org

The National Museum of African American 

History and Culture was a destination 

for more than 3 million in-person and 

6 million online visitors in its first year. A gift 

of $1 million by Google.org, through The 

Tides Foundation, supports the museum 

and its exhibitions, public programs, 

collections and education initiatives, 

enabling the museum to chronicle and 

showcase the African American 

experience. The company also provided 

$300,000 and in-kind support to create an 

interactive, 3-D artifact wall in the museum. 

Google.org has supported many other 

Smithsonian museums and programs, 

including the National Museum of Natural 

History, National Air and Space Museum, 

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design 

Museum and the Smithsonian American 

Art Museum.

Hyundai Motor America

In the days leading up to the unveiling 

of the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture on Sept. 24, 

2016, nationwide anticipation rose 

to a fever pitch. To support the final push 

to open the museum to America and 

the world, Hyundai Motor America made 

a gift that, matched to radio and online 

gifts on the museum’s Sept. 22 Giving Day, 

raised nearly $1 million for the museum’s 

exhibitions, programming, maintenance 

and outreach initiatives.

The LeBron James 

Family Foundation

With its gift of $1.5 million, 

the LeBron James Family 

Foundation supports 

the National Museum of 

African American History 

and Culture, its Sports Gallery exhibition 

Muhammad Ali: A Force for Change and 

the Making a Way Out of No Way Gallery. 

The story of Ali spans both the Sports 

Gallery and the Making a Way Out of No 

Way Gallery so that visitors look at Ali 

not only for his athletic achievement, but 

also for his achievements in community 

activism, resistance, politics, spirituality 

and culture. 

Allan William Johnson, Jr.

A bequest of $1 million received from 

the estate of Allan William Johnson, Jr., 

benefits the Smithsonian. The gift 

adds to the Institution’s endowment and 

generates general funds that help further 

James Smithson’s founding vision of an 

institution dedicated to the “increase and 

diffusion of knowledge” for the benefit 

of all. 

Johnson & Johnson

As scientists around the world tackle global 

challenges, the Smithsonian is helping 

to train the next generation of scientists. 

The Smithsonian Science Education 

Center’s mission is to transform science 

education through inquiry-based 

approaches to learning for students and 

innovative professional development 

for teachers. A $1 million gift from Johnson 

& Johnson supports the center’s work in 

improving training and classroom curricula, 

including modules related to mosquitoborne illnesses for school districts outside 

the United States. Johnson & Johnson 

has supported nearly a dozen Smithsonian 

museums and research units since 1991 

and is a Founding Donor to the National 

Museum of African American History 

and Culture.

Kaiser Permanente 

A gift of $2 million from Kaiser Permanente 

supported grand-opening activities of the 

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African 

American History and Culture on Sept. 24, 

2016. A portion of the gift also reinforces 

the museum’s mission of sharing essential 

narratives about the African American 

experience by providing for the creation 

and broadcast of two public discussions 

focused on the intersection of health, food 

and African American culture, history and 

identity. Kaiser Permanente’s legacy of 

support includes a 2013 gift of $5 million 

to help build the museum and late 

this year a new gift to help the nation 

celebrate the museum’s first anniversary. 

Kaiser Permanente also has given to 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 

National Museum of the American 

Indian and National Zoological Park.

Debra L. Lee, Quinn S. Coleman, 

Ava L. Coleman 

A gift of $1 million by 

Debra L. Lee, Quinn S. 

Coleman and Ava 

L. Coleman benefits 

the Smithsonian’s 

National Museum of 

African American History and Culture 

and reflects the donors’ strong desire to 

see this historic museum opened on the 

National Mall. Through images like a 1968 

photograph of four Black Panther women 

protesting at a political demonstration in 

San Francisco, or public discussions of 

the impact of women like artist Harriet 

Powers or entrepreneur Ann Lowe, the 

museum shares important stories of the 

African American experience and how 

it has shaped our nation from the past 

to today. 

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 

To support the mission 

of the National 

Museum of African 

American History and Culture, Lowe’s 

has made a gift of $1 million. After more 

than a century of waiting and work, the 

groundbreaking for the physical museum 

building took place in February 2012, and 

the new building opened to the public 

in September 2016. The museum facility 

is the Smithsonian’s first LEED Gold 

certified green structure, and incorporates 

numerous resource-saving features. Inside, 

behind the museum’s distinct bronzelatticed façade, its landmark exhibitions 

help visitors learn about themselves, 

their communities and their cultures 

through an African American lens.

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan

Elizabeth 

and Whitney 

MacMillan 

continue a 

21-year tradition 

of support for 

the Smithsonian with a $1 million gift to 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

The gift benefits equally the MacMillan 

Education Endowment, which the donors 

previously established and is dedicated 

to helping learners of all ages connect 

with American art, and the Elizabeth 

Broun Curatorial Endowment, which 

recognizes the museum’s immediate past 

director. Elizabeth MacMillan is Emerita 

Commissioner and former chair of the 

Smithsonian American Art Museum 

Commission. She formerly served on 

the Smithsonian National Board and the 

National Museum of American History 

board; Whitney MacMillan formerly served 

on the National Museum of Natural 

History board. The MacMillans’ generous 

support to the Smithsonian has included 

the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 

National Museum of American History, 

National Museum of Natural History 

and others. 

Colin and Leslie Masson

During his career as an astrophysicist 

at the Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory, Colin Masson played a key 

role in the planning and design of the 

Submillimeter Array, a deep-space radio 

telescope crowning Hawaii’s Mauna Kea 

volcano. With a second gift of $1 million, 

made this year, Colin and his wife Leslie 

enable the observatory to continue to lead 

the way in new discoveries of the outer 

reaches of the universe, and share that 

knowledge with others through research 

and education. Colin Masson serves on 

the observatory’s advisory board. 

Bruce R. McCaw Family 

Foundation

A leadership gift by the 

Bruce R. McCaw Family 

Foundation to the National 

Air and Space Museum 

supports its upcoming 

exhibition, Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 

Mission. Mounted in commemoration of the 

50th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on 

the surface of the moon, the exhibition 

will travel to Houston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh 

and Seattle. In 2021, when it moves to 

a permanent newly created gallery in the 

National Mall building, Destination Moon

will showcase the in-depth, international 

story of the race to reach the moon 

and feature iconic artifacts including the 

Columbia lunar Command Module. 

A donor to the Smithsonian since 1998, 

including an early gift to Destination 

Moon in 2015, Bruce McCaw is an emeritus 

member of the museum’s board.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

In areas affected by 

natural disaster 

and armed conflict, 

cultural heritage 

sites, irreplaceable collections, and cultural 

traditions that make up the fabric of our 

communities face unprecedented hazards. 

The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative 

works to mitigate the impact of events such 

as those felt by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma 

in 2017, as well as the ongoing looting and 

destruction of antiquities and landmarks in 

Syria and Iraq. The Smithsonian has 

continued to work through a cooperative 

approach equipping local partners with 

the knowledge and preparation they need 

to safeguard their own cultural treasures. 

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation furthers 

this critical work both at home and abroad 

with a grant of $1.2 million, continuing 

a tradition of support that has benefited 

nearly every museum and research unit 

of the Smithsonian since 1970.
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Donors to the Smithsonian

Recognizing our benefactors

Gordon and Betty 

Moore Foundation

The Gordon and 

Betty Moore 

Foundation’s 

$1.05 million 

grant supports the Smithsonian Tropical 

Research Institute (STRI). It will use the 

funds to investigate the evolution of 

symbiotic relationships between marine 

animals and their associated microbes, 

formed during the rise of the Isthmus of 

Panama which created two contrasting 

marine environments. Scientists will gain 

a better understanding of the overall 

ecology of marine habitats and the roles 

played by microbes in shaping these 

ecosystems. This is the foundation’s first 

gift to STRI, and the donor has supported 

the Smithsonian since 2005. 

National Association of Realtors

With its $1.7 million gift to the National 

Museum of American History, the 

National Association of Realtors supports 

enhancements to Within These Walls, 

a continuing exhibition in the museum’s 

newly transformed second floor west wing. 

The funds enable a richer, more immersive 

experience for visitors journeying through 

the partially reconstructed house 

and the 200 years’ worth of stories it tells. 

The upgraded exhibition, now extended 

through 2030, will feature a refreshed 

entryway, additional interactive elements, 

educational programming and updated 

content throughout. The association has 

supported the museum since 2000 and 

also has given to the Center for Folklife and

Cultural Heritage and Smithsonian magazine. 

Jesse Ormond Sanderson, Jr. 

and Robert Keith Black

A planned gift of 

$1.1 million by Jesse 

Ormond Sanderson, 

Jr. and Robert Keith 

Black equally benefits 

Smithsonian Gardens 

and Cooper Hewitt, 

Smithsonian Design Museum. The gift 

reflects the donors’ lifelong passion for art 

and design. As creators of art and sculpture 

that explore the relationship of aesthetics 

and everyday functionality, Sanderson 

and Black’s gift will continue their legacy 

of connecting people with decorative 

arts in both the indoor and outdoor 

spaces. The two are Smithsonian Legacy 

Society members.

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund 

for Arts and Sciences

A gift of $1.66 million by the Charles and 

Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences 

supports the National Air and Space 

Museum’s exhibition in celebration of the 

50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, 

Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission. 

Slated first as a traveling exhibition with 

stops in Houston, St. Louis, Seattle and 

Pittsburgh, the exhibition will include the

iconic Apollo 11 Command Module 

Columbia. When the permanent exhibition 

is installed in a state-of-the-art gallery 

in Washington, D.C. in 2021, Destination 

Moon will also showcase the newly 

conserved spacesuit worn by astronaut 

Neil Armstrong in 1969. Having supported 

the museum since 2007, this is the donor’s 

largest gift to the Smithsonian to date.

Diana Davis Spencer Foundation 

A gift of $1 million by the Diana Davis 

Spencer Foundation supports the National 

Museum of American History and its 

exhibition American Democracy: A Great 

Leap of Faith. Located within the museum’s 

newly transformed second-floor west 

wing, the exhibition explores the history 

and evolution of American democracy, 

voting rights, civic participation, and the 

rights and responsibilities of citizens in the 

United States. The gift helps the museum 

promote deeper, more thoughtful public 

discourse surrounding the nation’s 

founding values and how they continue 

to affect us today. 

Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation 

A $1 million gift by 

the Joe and Clara Tsai 

Foundation supports 

the National Museum 

of African American 

History and Culture. 

The museum, which 

opened in September 

2016, is a place 

of collaboration and 

exploration, and 

a forum for sharing stories of African 

Americans from throughout the history 

of this nation. Presented with diverse 

narratives of resilience, optimism and 

spirituality, visitors to the museum

are able to consider their own histories 

and cultures through the lens of 

the African American experience.

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DIANA DAVIS SPENCER

FOUNDATION

$1,000,000 OR MORE 

Anonymous

American Airlines ▲

American Endowment Foundation

William A. and Valerie E. Anders Foundation ✚ ●

Anela Kolohe Foundation

Apple, Inc. ▲

AT&T 

The Atlantic Philanthropies

Autodesk ● ▲

Bank of America

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos

Boeing

Mary and David Boies

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies 

Carnival Corporation

Maverick Carter

Joe Clark

Linda and Pete Claussen ✚

Sara and Bruce Collette

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation ●

Ted and Marian Craver ●

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Dow Chemical Company

Farhad and Mary Ebrahimi ●

Ford Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Sidney E. Frank Foundation

Peter and Cathy Halstead

GE

Google.org

Thomas W. Haas Foundation ●

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The LeBron James Family Foundation

Johnson & Johnson

Michael Jordan and Family

Kaiser Permanente

David H. Koch ●

Debra L. Lee, Quinn S. Coleman, Ava L. Coleman

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

The Henry Luce Foundation

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ✚ ●

Barbara and Morton Mandel ●

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation ▲

John and Adrienne Mars ♦ ✚

Colin and Leslie Masson ●

Bruce R. McCaw Family Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

National Association of Realtors

The NIKE Foundation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Susann Norton

PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Prudential Foundation

The Rhimes Family Foundation

David M. Rubenstein ■ ♦ ✱ ●

John and Ginger Sall ●

Jesse Ormond Sanderson, Jr. and Robert Keith Black

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences

Robert Frederick Smith

Southwest Airlines ▲

Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Target

Ambassador Nicholas F. Taubman and 

Mrs. Eugenia L. Taubman ✱ ●

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

Suzanne and Michael E. Tennenbaum ✚

Terra Foundation for American Art

TOYOTA

Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation

United Airlines

Ed and Jackie Warner

Dr. Coralyn Wright Whitney ●

The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation ●

■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S REGENTS’ ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ✱ CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

✚ SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OR ALUMNUS ● SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ▲ IN-KIND GIFT (FULL OR PARTIAL)

The Smithsonian gratefully acknowledges those donors who made gifts, pledges or pledge payments 

during the fiscal year 2017. 
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DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN Recognizing our benefactors ■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S REGENTS’ ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ✱ CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

✚ SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OR ALUMNUS ● SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ▲ IN-KIND GIFT (FULL OR PARTIAL)

$500,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

AAR

A+E Networks ▲

Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation

Diane and Hal Brierley ●

Brown Capital Management

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Canning, Jr. 

(Canning Foundation) ●

A. James and Alice B. Clark 

Foundation

ConocoPhillips

Mrs. Alexandra de Borchgrave

The Dow Chemical Company 

Foundation

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ▲

FedEx Corporation ▲

Ferring Pharmaceuticals ● ▲

GlaxoSmithKline

Helen and Edward Hintz ✱ ✚ ●

Hyundai Motor America

Dr. G. David Johnson and 

Ms. Ai Nonaka

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney ✱ ●

Robert and Arlene Kogod

Peter and Paula Lunder ✚

Mar Fund

Jacqueline B. Mars ✚ ▲

Rose A. McElrath-Slade

Minera Panamá

MOËT HENNESSY ▲

The Moore Charitable Foundation

Louis Bacon

Mr. Gary Mullard

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

Oceans 5

Tyler Perry

John and Anne Ryan ✚ ●

Roger and Victoria Sant

Saudi Aramco

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Smith and 

Family

Smithsonian Women’s Committee

Ms. Ronda E. Stryker and Mr. William 

Johnston

John and Evelyn Tielking

Mr. Thomas Tupper (The Upton 

Trust) ●

The Walton Family Foundation 

Deby and Robert Wulff

$100,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

58th Presidential Inaugural 

Committee

Accenture

Lynette and Kedrick Adkins

Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

Lee and Elizabeth Ainslie ●

Alfred Street Baptist Church

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Altria Group

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Judy Hart Angelo and John M. Angelo 

and The Angelo Family ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Appel

Arcadia Fund

Architectural Foundation of 

San Francisco

BAE Systems

Bailey Lauerman ▲

Susan M. Beardsley

The Benevity Community Impact 

Fund

David Berg Foundation

William R. Berkley and 

Marjorie J. Berkley

Thomas T. Bishop and 

Clifford L. Gregory

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Senator Richard and 

Cynthia M. Blumenthal ●

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Boochever

Booz Allen Hamilton ▲

Ms. Nancy L. Bowker

Fleur Straus Bresler 

 The Bresler Foundation ●

Brewers Association (U.S.)

The Brown Foundation, Inc. 

of Houston

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant 

Family Foundation

John and Louise Bryson

Ursula Burns and Lloyd Bean

Burpee Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Cafritz ✚ ●

The Honorable Frank C. Carlucci and 

Mrs. Marcia M. Carlucci

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Rod and Lynette Case

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee ●

Kenneth I. and Kathryn Chenault ●

The Chickasaw Nation

Mr. Hans Chou

Chubb

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Clark Construction Group

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation ●

Conservation International

Ron Cooper

Ann and Tom Cousins ✚

Jill Cowan and Stephen Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Craver, Sr.

Crystal Bridges Museum of 

American Art

Elissa F. and Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ✚

Maurice J. and Carolyn D. Cunniffe ●

Miss Pauline R. Cushing

Mr. Liu Dan (Christie’s Hong Kong)

The Daniels Fund

DaRin Butz Foundation ●

Douglas and Wendy Dayton 

Foundation ✚

DDB Worldwide ▲

Ms. Adelaide de Menil 

(Rock Foundation, Inc.)

Deere & Company

Michael and Susan Dell

Deloitte

Delta Faucet Corporation

Jim and Janet Dicke ✱ ✚

Dennis O. Dixon

Dogan Holding

Draper

Dr. Harold A. Dundee, Ph.D.

Ira Eichner

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. ●

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

The Executive Leadership 

Council, Inc.

Exelon Foundation

Fred Eychaner

Facebook, Inc.

FARO Technologies, Inc. ▲

FEI Company

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. and 

Annette L. Nazareth ■

Alan and Lois Fern

Sakurako and William Fisher 

Family ♦ ✱ ✚

Barbara G. Fleischman

Julie and Greg Flynn ✚

Andréa and Kenneth Frazier

David C. Frederick and Sophia Lynn

Friends of the National Zoo

Cary J. Frieze

Patricia and Phillip Frost ✚

Susan Breakefield Fulton

Furthermore: a program of the J.M. 

Kaplan Fund

William J. and Brenda L. Galloway 

and Family ✚

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Ms. Helen Gaul

GEICO

James T. and Juliette J. George

Pam and Tom Gerfen

Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz 

Memorial Foundation ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goings (Rick and 

Susan Goings Foundation) ✚

Danny and Lisa Goldberg ●

Alice R. Gottesman ●

Agnes Gund

Marie M. Halff

William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Alexandra and Paul Herzan ●

David and Dawne Hickton ✱ ●

Janine and J. Tomilson Hill ●

Lyda Hill

Larry and Susan Hirsch

The Robert H.N. Ho Family 

Foundation

The Hoch Family

Steven and Jane Hoch ✚ ●

Charlie and Nancy Hogan ✚ ●

The JoGayle Dillon Howard 

Revocable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Ming Hsieh (The Hsieh 

Family Foundation)

Cathy Hughes and 

Alfred C. Liggins III

Intel Corporation ▲

LaTanya, Zoe and 

Samuel L. Jackson ●

Lawrence V. Jackson and Family

John E. and Barbara S. Jacob

Gregory D. and Jennifer Walston 

Johnson ✚

Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson and 

Mr. Charles Rumph ●

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Connie and Dennis Keller ✱ ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kemper 

(William T. Kemper Foundation) ✚ ●

Peter B. Kibbee

The Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman 

Family Foundation ●

Koç Holding A.S. ▲

Wendy and Jerry Labowitz

Sue and Al Landon ✚

Dr. Deirdre A. LaPin

The LeeKong Family

Dale L. LeFebvre ✚

Aimee and Robert Lehrman ●

Lenovo ▲

F.H. Levinson Fund ✚ ●

Leon Levy Foundation

Ed and Carolyn Lewis

Loida Nicolas Lewis, Leslie Malaika 

Lewis and Christina Lewis Halpern

The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, Inc.

Ms. May Liang and 

Mr. James Lintott ●

The Links Foundation, Incorporated

Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina ▲

Victor and Thaderine MacFarlane and 

Family

Macy’s, Inc.

Mrs. Stephany Maillery and 

Stephan Crétier ●

Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin

Ambassador Robert and Julie 

Mandell ✱ ●

Frank and Susan Mars ●

Michael and Hannah Mazer

Nion McEvoy ● ▲

James L. and Juliette McNeil

Medtronic Foundation

Mrs. Joyce F. Menschel 

Metropolitan Washington Airports 

Authority ▲

Barry and Wendy Meyer 

Foundation ●

MGM Resorts International

Michael Werner/

Gordon VeneKlasen

Mitsubishi Corporation

MKM Foundation

Marshall W. Moore

The Moraine Foundation

Morgan Stanley

Morris Animal Foundation

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse ●

Mr. Dustin Moskovitz and Ms. Cari 

Tuna (Open Philanthropy Project)

Museum Modern and 

Contemporary Art in Nusantara, 

Jakarta - Indonesia ●

National Basketball Players 

Association Foundation

Nancy Brown Negley ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Newman ●

Nissan North America, Inc.

Noble Energy, Inc.

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Mary and John Pappajohn ●

PEPCO

The PepsiCo Foundation

Perlin Family Foundation

Philips North America ▲

William F. Pickard Family Group

The Piton Foundation

The John L. Plueger Family ● ▲

PNC Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Podell ✱ ●

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust ●

Colin and Alma Powell ●

Ms. Marla Prather and 

Mr. Jonathan Schiller

The Prince Albert II of Monaco 

Foundation

J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. G. Jeffrey Records, Jr. ✚

Mrs. Lucy S. Rhame 

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson ✚ ●

Mrs. Lydia Puccinelli Robbins

Robbie and D’Rita Robinson

David Rockefeller

Mrs. Heidi Roddenberry, 

The Roddenberry Foundation

Rolex

Rose Community Foundation

Valerie and Jack Rowe ●

Walter and Lucille Rubin

Madeleine K. Rudin ●

Nancy and Clive Runnells 

Foundation ✚

Elizabeth and Philip Ryan ✚ ●

Sahara Conservation Fund

Santa Barbara Foundation

Judy Saslow

Dr. and Mrs. Eric E. Schmidt

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz

Mr. Harvey Schwartz

Catherine F. Scott

Mr. Enrique Segura (Ense Group)

Seqirus, a CSL company

The Shared Earth Foundation

Sophia Shaw and Art Collins ●

Shell Oil Company Foundation

Dr. Gerry and Marietta Shigekawa

Andrew and Anya Shiva ●

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/

Boulé Foundation

Simons Foundation

Dr. Ruth J. Simmons ●

Iris and Adam Singer ●

Ted Slavin Family Foundation

Small World Institute Fund at Silicon 

Valley Community Foundation

Robert H. and Clarice Smith

Robert H. Smith Family Foundation ●

Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust

Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.

Alan and Terri Spoon ♦ ✱

Margaret and Terry Stent

Stevenson Family 

Charitable Trust ✚ ●

Stockman Family Foundation

Patty Stonesifer and 

Michael Kinsley ●

David P. Storch ●

Steve Stoute Family Trust

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sugden

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton ✚

John A. and Janet Swanson

John Templeton Foundation

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

Robert and Karen Thompson

TIAA

Jim and Sharon Todd

TurningPoint Foundation ●

Mr. Joseph P. Ujobai and 

Mr. Eduardo Ardiles ✱ ●

University of Delaware

U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance

Antoine and Emily van Agtmael ●

Mr. Raj Vattikuti (The Vattikuti 

Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Adalbert Von 

Gontard III ●

Steuart Walton ●

Carl and Robin Washington

Wegmans Food Markets

Craig and Diane Welburn and Family

Theodore V. Wells, Jr. and Nina 

Mitchell Wells

Anthony and Beatrice Welters 

and the Vincent Wilkinson 

Foundation ✚ ●

Larry J. West

Mr. Alan B. Whitman ●

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚ ●

Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan ●

Ronald A. and Cynthia R. Williams

Ms. Jeanne Wilson

Mr. Iwan Wirth (Hauser & Wirth)

Robert L. Wright ●

Wyeth Foundation for American Art

The Xerox Foundation

Mr. Jerry Yang and 

Ms. Akiko Yamazaki

Dr. Soon-Young Yoon and Mr. 

Richard M. Smith (The Pinkerton 

Foundation)

Zegar Family Foundation

Mr. Laurence Zuckerman

$50,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

1923 Fund

AARP

Jan and Warren Adelson

James H. Alston Family

Altman Foundation

American Bar Association

American Council of 

Learned Societies

Carol and David Appel ●

AZA Conservation Grants Fund

BBDO

BCL-ED Newco LLC

Gabrielle de Kuyper Bekink ●

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bernstein (Jill and Jay 

Bernstein Family Foundation) ●

Mary C. Blake

Mr. William H. Bohnett ✚ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boulos ●

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bresler

Deborah, Lindsey and Williard W. 

Britain, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie

Elizabeth Broun

The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust

Burger Collection

Busboys and Poets ▲

Donald A. Capoccia and 

Tommie L. Pegues ●

Mr. William M. Carey and 

Ms. Jeong Ok ●

Valentino D. Carlotti

CH2M Hill Foundation

Dave Chappelle

Chapter I - Baltimore, Maryland, 

The Colonial Dames of America

The Julia Child Foundation for 

Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts

Mr. and Mrs. Armeane Choski

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton

Coca-Cola Enterprises

Comcast NBCUniversal

Ms. Elizabeth J. Comstock and 

Mr. Christopher Travers ●

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Ms. Kamer Davis ●

Ms. Nina Del Rio (Sotheby’s)

Dr. Marion Deshmukh and 

Dr. Ashok Deshmukh ●

Design Within Reach

Deutsche Bank

Valerie and Charles Diker ●

Mr. John R. Dismuke 

(Barker Family Foundation)

The National Museum of the American Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center 

in New York hosted the first large-scale traveling exhibition of contemporary 

Native American fashion. Native Fashion Now celebrated indigenous designers 

from across the United States and Canada.
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DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN Recognizing our benefactors ■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S REGENTS’ ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ✱ CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

✚ SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OR ALUMNUS ● SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ▲ IN-KIND GIFT (FULL OR PARTIAL)

Richard A. Kay

Ms. Anne B. Keiser and 

Dr. Douglas M. Lapp ●

The Robert S. & Grayce B. Kerr 

Foundation

The Hagop Kevorkian Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Bill S. Kim

Ms. Tina Kim (Kukje Gallery)

Bernard, Shirley and Khalil Kinsey

The Kinsey African American Art & 

History Collection

Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Koontz✚

Todd and Debbie Krasnow ✱ ●

Latham & Watkins

Donald J. and Marcy Leverenz

Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, 

The Shenson Foundation

Randi Charno Levine and 

Jeffrey Levine ●

Drs. Jerrold Levy and Maria Arias

Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons

Richard and Jane Manoogian 

Foundation

Nancy A. Marks ●

Disney Conservation Fund

C. Douglas Dixon, Esq. and 

Priscilla J. Hambrick-Dixon, Ph.D.

Ms. Trinh Doan and 

Mr. Michael Jermyn ●

The William H. Donner 

Foundation, Inc.

Elizabeth and Richard Dubin ●

Duke University

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Dyson

Mr. Steven A. Elmendorf ●

Entertainment Software Association

Mr. Harve A. Ferrill

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 

Foundation ▲

Martha J. Fleischman ✱ ●

Dr. Ella M. Foshay and 

Mr. Michael B. Rothfeld ●

Stuart L. Fred ●

Hope L. and John L. Furth

Gagosian

Dr. Ann Reed Gaines

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚ ●

Shelby and Frederick Gans ✚ ●

The Getty Foundation

Mr. Michael Goldfarb and 

Ms. Jacqueline Kelly

Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Philip L. Graham Fund

M. Hill and Cheryl W. Hammock

Ms. Myra M. Hart and 

Dr. J. Kent Hewitt ✚ ●

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess

Dr. Kristen D. Hitt and Mr. Brett R. Hitt

Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP

Mrs. Helen Horwitz

Houston Zoo, Inc.

Mr. Benjamin Hunter (Ten Letters 

Media, Inc.)

Judy and Bob Huret ✚

IBM Corporation

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

The Julis-Rabinowitz Family ●

Mr. K.S. Kalsi ●

Kamehameha Schools

Mrs. Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan and 

Dr. Louis D. Kaplan ●

Mrs. Angie Marriott ✱ ●

Mars Chocolate NA

Margery and Edgar Masinter ✚ ●

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGovern ✚

Eric and Cheryl McKissack

Mele and Michael E. Melton, Esq.

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Metz ●

Gus and Deanne Miller and 

Family ✱ ✚ ●

Robbin Mitchell and Jeffrey Scruggs

Ronald and Deborah Monark

Dorothy Morgenstern

Mr. and Mrs. Jahm Najafi 

(Najafi Companies, LLC) ✚

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

National Geographic Society

Mary Hopkins Navies and 

Jerome Navies

Paul Neely ♦ ✱ ✚ ●

NeXaN Charities

Marty O’Brien and Lisa Gordon ●

Amelia and Bayo Ogunlesi ●

The Orchard Hill Fund

Dennis and Trudy O’Toole ●

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Palmisano ●

Perrotin

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pigott ✚ ●

Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The Pritzker Traubert Family 

Foundation

Dr. Jorge G. Puente and 

Dr. Patricia Matos-Puente ✚

RadicalMedia ●

R. Lucia Riddle ●

Richard H. Robb and 

Rebecca E. Crown

The Nora Roberts Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. R. Perry Robinson 

(The Widgeon Point Charitable 

Foundation) ●

Samuel G. Rose and Julie Walters

Daniel H. Sallick and 

Elizabeth Miller ✱ ●

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

Ms. Karla Scherer ●

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Schlesinger ●

The Seaver Institute

The Shenandoah National Park Trust

Siegel Family Endowment

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Ms. Janay Marriel Smith

Ms. Betty W. Smykal

Mr. Jerry Straus (Hobbs, Straus, Dean 

& Walker, LLP)

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Susman ●

The Buddy Taub Foundation

Curtis H. and Jylla Moore Tearte

Juliana C. Terian ●

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Thoma ●

Marie and Gary Thunem

Tawana M. Tibbs and Bruce S. Gordon

David and Linda Tozer

Mr. John K. Tsui ✚

Robert and Lynne Uhler ●

United Technologies Corporation

Esme Usdan and James Snyder ●

Mr. Luke Visconti (DiversityInc 

Foundation)

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

Leslie S. Wilkes and 

Marzanne Claiborne

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Willard ✱ ● ▲

Janice Savin Williams and 

Christopher J. Williams

Mr. Ernest Gilman Wilson

Warren and Barbara Winiarski 

(Winiarski Family Foundation)

World Stamp Show NY2016

Ms. Anne Elizabeth Wynn 

and Mr. Joaquin Avellan 

(AELK Foundation)

Mr. Xiang-Dong Yang ●

Judy Francis Zankel ●

$25,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

100Kin10

Hank and Billye Aaron

The Honorable Alfonso Leo Adderly 

and Mrs. Wilda Adderly

Gwen, Harris and Gerald Adolph

Aerojet Rocketdyne

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 

Indians

Ak-Chin Indian Community

Dwight S. Alexander, Sr.

American Association for the Study 

of Liver Diseases

The American Institute of Architects

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Dr. and Ms. Vijay Anand ●

Anchorage Museum Association

LaKeitha Anderson

Renette Combs Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Applbaum ●

Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Anne Ashmore-Hudson, Ph.D.

Association of Black Cardiologists

Atlas Air Worldwide

Daniel and Jennifer Baker ●

BAND Foundation

Barbara and Craig Barrett ■ ♦ ✱ ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baruch

Mr. Michael D. Baudhuin

Jerryd A. Bayless and 

Denise R. Bowman

Mr. and Ms. Philip D. Bennett ✚

Derryl and Jacqueline Benton

Tamra and Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. ●

Ann E. Berman and Daniel J. Feld ●

Mr. Alain Bernard ●

Eve Bernstein and 

Alex Gersznowicz ●

Diane and Norman Bernstein

Lisa and Joshua Bernstein

Max N. Berry ✚

BNSF Railway Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. William I. Boarman

Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Bobins 

(The Robert Thomas Bobins 

Foundation) ●

The David Bohnett Foundation

Ms. Emily L. Boochever and 

Mr. William Dana

Ms. Mary Boochever and 

Mr. Kevin Teare

Ms. Mary Boone

Robert and Patti Bradley ●

Reginald J. Brown and 

Tiffeny F. Sanchez

Broyhill Family Foundation

Peggy and Ralph Burnet ✚ ●

President and Mrs. George W. Bush ●

Uschi and Bill Butler ●

Dr. Hannah Byers (Sotheby’s)

Dr. Ilhan M. Cagri ●

Candeo Fund at International 

Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Canfield ●

Capital One

Caplan Foundation for Early 

Childhood

Daniel A. Carroll and 

Stasia Ann Obremskey

Dr. and Mrs. Paul Carter ●

Orlando and Anne Marie Carvalho ●

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Case ■ ✚

Denise Jefferson Casper

Harold K.L. Castle Foundation

Mrs. David Challinor

Chapman Hanson Foundation

Cheim & Read

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Christian Dior

The Cirlot Agency, Inc. ▲

Mr. Andrew W. Clarke and 

Mr. Martin Sherrill II

Mr. Arthur Cohen 

(LaPlaca Cohen, Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Cole

Congressional Black Caucus 

Foundation

Consumer Technology Association

Continental Building Products

Kathleen A. and Randy Corbet

Ms. Suzi Cordish 

(The Cordish Family Fund) ✚ ●

Mr. Michael J. Critelli ●

Joseph & Joan Cullman Conservation 

Foundation Inc.

Candra A. Cummings, MD

Jeffrey P. Cunard ✱ ●

Mr. Stephen C. Curley

Cvent Inc.

Mr. Eric Daniels ●

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Davidson, Jr. ●

Ms. Nicole DeWolf 

(DeWolf Foundation)

Paul and Becky Dhyse

Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund

Distribuidora Metro Oeste, S.A. 

(Edemet)

John and Ann Doerr

Donald J. Douglass

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Downs

Dr. Bronner’s

Mrs. Helen Runnells DuBois and 

Mr. Raymond F. DuBois, Jr. ▲

Mr. Manmohan Duggal

DuPont

Raymond Ealy, L. Charmayne Mills 

Ealy and Aaron Mills Ealy

ECS Federal, Inc.

The Lois and Richard England Family

Entertainment Software Association 

Foundation

Mr. Randy Falco ●

Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Fetter ✚

Roger S. Firestone Foundation 

(Mr. John D. Firestone, 

Ms. Gay F. Wray) ✚ ●

First Baptist Church of Glenarden

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Foster (John H. 

Foster Foundation) ●

Foundation of the American Institute 

for Conservation

The Honorable Barbara H. Franklin 

and Mr. Wallace Barnes

Mr. Bart Friedman and 

Ms. Wendy A. Stein ●

Glen S. and Sakie T. Fukushima ●

Kathryn Fuller ●

Embassy of the Gabonese Republic

Jeff and Mary Lynn Garrett ● ▲

General Motors Foundation

Giant Food Inc.

The Honorable Joseph and Alma 

Gildenhorn ✱ ●

Dr. Margaret A. Goodman

Mrs. Marian Goodman (Marian 

Goodman Gallery)

Mr. Brett Gorvy (Lévy Gorvy)

Mr. and Mrs. Kingdon Gould III

Graham Holdings Company

Bobby Grier

Mr. Ken Grossinger 

(CrossCurrents Foundation)

Marilyn Grossman

Michele V. Hagans

Daniel W. Harris

Harvard Law School

The Michael and Marlys Haverty 

Family Foundation ✚

Drue Heinz Trust

Herbalife International, Inc.

Gloria B. Herndon, Ph.D. and 

Brent A. Herndon

John Wesley Hill, Jr.

The Hillside Foundation – Allan and 

Shelley Holt ●

Hirshleifer’s, Inc.

Mrs. Marguerite Hoffman

Hogan Lovells

Eric H. Holder, Jr. and 

Sharon D. Malone, MD

Carole Gill Hollingsworth and Family

Home Box Office

Hong Kong Economic and 

Trade Office

Michele J. Hooper and 

Lemuel Seabrook III ✚

Howard University

John A. Hoyda

The HSC Foundation

Qiao Hua

Bannus and Cecily Hudson

Marshall and Lee Ann Hunt

Infectious Diseases Society of 

America

IntegraMed America

The Island Fund in the New York 

Community Trust

Mr. Jon C. Iwata ●

The JBG Companies

Jewish Federations of North America

Jill Beasley Johnson and 

Charles S. Johnson

Kenneth E. Johnson

J. Lisa Jorgenson and David Doniger

Mr. Alexander Jutkowitz (Group SJR)

Dame Alice S. Kandell

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family 

Foundation, Inc./Scott Kaplan 

Belsky ●

Mr. Theodore Kaplan 

(The Kaplan Firm)

Betsy K. Karel

The Katzenberger Foundation, Inc.

Clinton and Missy Kelly

Rahman, Anika, and Hassan Khan

Mrs. Becky King

Vince King ●

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kolitz (Kolitz 

Foundation, Inc.)

The Korea Foundation

Colleen and John Kotelly ●

The Kresge Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Amb. and Mrs. Philip Lader

Mr. Isaac Lee and Mr. Juan Mora ●

Thelma and Melvin Lenkin

The George Leon and Betty 

Barnett Family

Ms. Dominique Lévy (Lévy Gorvy)

Byron and Sylvia Lewis

Cheryl Winter Lewy and Glen Lewy ✚

Gina Lin

LionCap Global Management

Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lippman

LivingSocial/Groupon

Martha G. Locke

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Lore 

(Katten Muchin Rosenman 

Foundation, Inc.) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Perry Lorenz

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love ✚

Mr. Li Lu (Li Lu Humanitarian 

Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. MacDonald ✚

Meredith Siegfried Madden and 

Dr. Peter Madden ●

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Marriott

Mr. John W. Marriott III

Mr. Randall D. Martinez (Cordoba 

Corporation) ●

Ms. Catherine Berger Mason

MassMutual Foundation

Bonnie and Tom McCloskey ✚

Jamie and Kasey McJunkin

Cultivating America’s Gardens, presented by Smithsonian Gardens and Smithsonian Libraries, traces the history and culture 

of American gardens, from the rise of the lawn to wartime victory gardens. The exhibition can be viewed at the National 

Museum of American History. It is supported by the Burpee Foundation Inc.
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DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN Recognizing our benefactors ■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S REGENTS’ ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ✱ CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

✚ SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OR ALUMNUS ● SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ▲ IN-KIND GIFT (FULL OR PARTIAL)

Deryl McKissack and McKissack & 

McKissack

Amy and Marc Meadows ●

Ms. Elizabeth E. Meyer and 

Mr. Michael McCaffrey

Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker

Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family 

Foundation

Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Arnold Miller

Constance Corcoran Miller ●

Jane Mitchell and Jeffery Bland

Ms. Mary V. Mochary

Mohamed bin Zayed Species 

Conservation Fund

The Ambrose Monell Foundation

Peggy A. Montes

Morongo Band of Mission Indians

Susan and Furman Moseley ✚

Sarah E. Nash and Michael S. 

Sylvester ✚ ▲

NBCU Telemundo Enterprises

Willie and Lorraine Nelson

The Newburger-Schwartz Family 

Foundation

Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Dr. Sandra Nichols and 

Mr. Ronnie A. Nichols

Mr. Guillermo Nicolas

Eileen Harris Norton

Melanie and Larry Nussdorf

Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Obaji 

(NIS Solutions) ● ▲

Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc.

The Pace Gallery, New York

Mr. Adam and Mrs. Lisa Palmer

Paul Stuart, Inc. ▲

Mr. Guillermo Peralta and 

Mrs. Lynda Correa Peralta

Pfizer Inc.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Thierry G. Porte

Premier, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince IV

Print Council of America

Mr. and Mrs. William M. 

Ragland, Jr. ✚ ●

Ms. Ann Ratner (Ratner Companies)

Ms. Abbe Raven and Mr. Martin 

Tackel ●

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Regenstein III 

(The Regenstein Foundation)

James Renwick Alliance

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ricci ✚

Mr. François Rochon/Giverny 

Capital Inc.

Rockwell Group

Ms. Gloria Rodriguez ●

Desiree Rogers and Victoria Rogers

Rollins, Inc.

Susan and Elihu Rose

Mrs. Eleanor T. Rosenfeld

Mr. Mark Rosman and 

Dr. Jacqueline Corcoran ●

Richard Rosman and Fran Morris 

Rosman ▲

The Brian and Jill Rowe Foundation

John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe

RTI International

Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Ms. Almine Ruiz-Picasso

Mrs. Alison Wrigley Rusack ✚

Sana Sabbagh ●

Mr. David Sable ●

Safdie Architects ▲

Dr. Janice E. Sanders

Debra and Kiah Sandler

Scan Design Foundation

Carole and Gordon Segal

SEIU

Mrs. Poppy Hadiman Setiawan

Share Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shealy

Jennifer N. Simmons

The Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable 

Foundation

David Bruce Smith Foundation ●

Oliver and Harriet Sockwell 

Foundation

Ms. Elizabeth Hunter Solomon

Mr. Jerry I. Speyer

H. Peter Stern and Helen W. Drutt 

English ●

Ms. Tiffany M. Stevenson

Robert and Gail Strong

Henry and Marie Sylla-Dixon

Mr. Akio Tagawa

Mr. Kent Thiry and Ms. Denise O’Leary 

(Thiry-O’Leary Foundation) ✚

Ms. Lynda Thomas

Tribune Company

Lloyd and Teri Trotter

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Tuttle ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ♦

United Launch Alliance

University of California, Santa Barbara

Mr. James G. Vella ●

Viacom, Inc.

The Volgenau Foundation

Tina A. Walls

The Washington Post ▲

Ms. Lynda Weinman

Anita Cooke Wells

Angela K. Westwater and 

David Meitus

WETA

Jane Willcox and Bobby Dyal, Jr.

Ginny Williams ●

Ms. Kelly M. Williams and 

Mr. Andrew J. Forsyth ●

Edgar Wilson Trust

Paul R. Wood ●

The Woodtiger Fund

Kenneth and Ruth Wright 

(Wright Family Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zamsky ●

$10,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

Ms. Simone L. Acha ●

The Acorn Foundation

Acumen Solutions

Mr. Charles Adams

Janice M. Adams

AES Panamá, S.A.

Aetna Inc.

Ms. Janis Agopian

Airlines Reporting Corporation

Bill and Purvi Albers

Ms. Kathleen B. Allaire

Mr. and Mrs. Hunter S. Allen, Jr.

Marjie and Steve Alloy

Carolyn Small Alper ●

Amazon.com

Lucy and Gordon Ambach ✚

AMC Networks

American Academy of Child & 

Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Forensic 

Sciences

American Academy of Pediatric 

Dentistry

American Council on Education

American University

Joel and Carmen Anderson

Ms. Wallis Annenberg, The 

Annenberg Foundation

Arianespace Inc.

The Marjorie Sale Arundel Fund for 

the Earth

Association of Zoos & Aquariums

Atlas Corps

Mr. and Mrs. William Aylward

Rueben and Shivani Bajaj

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell 

& Berkowitz, PC

Mrs. Jamie Baldinger

Mrs. Agatha Barclay and 

Mr. Albert H. Barclay, Jr.

Ms. Carrie Rebora Barratt ●

Bates College

Sean B. and Brenda R. Battle

Susan Battley ●

The Batty and Batts Families

Mary M. Baxter

Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Bay

Ms. Virginia Bayer and Mr. Robert Hirt

Mr. Michael Beirut (Pentagram 

Design, Inc.)

Werten F.W. Bellamy, Sr. and 

Phyllis Wyatt Bellamy

Alain Bellemare ●

Mr. and Mrs. Morton A. Bender 

(Dorothy G. Bender Foundation)

Ms. Amy Bermingham ●

Drs. Martha and Faustino Bernadett ●

Dr. Michael M. and Tricia Berns

Jane and Raphael Bernstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Bernstein ●

Steve and Elizabeth Berry ● ▲

Ms. Doralynne Bibby

Robert and Dawn Birmingham

The Blakemore Foundation

Marion C. Blakey ●

BMI

John and Carol Boochever

Johnnie Brooks Booker, Dalyn and 

Aiden Booker

Ms. Suzanne Deal Booth

Agnes C. Bourne ●

Mr. Stephen D. Bowers and 

Ms. Elizabeth Bates

Mr. and Mrs. John Boyer

David and Dawn Bozeman

BP America

Mr. Marcus Brauchli and 

Ms. Maggie Farley ●

Joyce Martin Brayboy

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Breese

Mr. and Mrs. Arturo E. Brillembourg

Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

Marilyn L. Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brown

Greg and Mary Bruch

Angelique Brunner

John and Rebecca Budd

Burgess Group LLC

Ms. Sheila P. Burke and 

Mr. David Chew

Wes Bush

Ms. Suzanne Butler (Canada, LLC)

Mrs. William N. Cafritz

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚

Cambridge Associates LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Campbell

The Honorable Roel Campos and 

Dr. Minerva Campos ●

Capital Concerts, Inc.

Carolinas Healthcare System

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Carrington

Dr. Iva E. Carruthers

Castellini Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cay III ●

CB Richard Ellis, Inc.

Giuseppe and Mercedes Cecchi

Cedar Hill Foundation 

(Ms. Julia D. Thieriot)

Chaney Foundation Fund for Land 

Use Education

Dr. and Mrs. David Chang

Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Chell

Chesapeake Operating, Inc.

Mr. Richard T. Choi and 

Ms. Claudia M. Perry ●

Circus Historical Society

City National Bank

Alma Iris Cobb-Hobbs, Ed.D.

Mr. Rodney M. Coenen

Cohen Veterans Biosciences

David S. Cohen and Craig A. Benson

Dr. Dolores W. Cole

Mr. Horace Coleman

The College Board

Colonel James M. Compton, Ret. 

Con Edison

Consumer Specialty Products 

Association

Mr. Kenneth Cooley

Corvias Foundation

Mr. James L. Coss

Jerry and Kay Cox Foundation

Maurice, Earlene Hardie, Michelle and 

Michael Cox

Cozen O’Connor Attorneys

Crane & Co., Inc.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc.

Ms. Susan Cummins (Rotasa Fund)

Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Currie

Mr. Clifford D. Curry

Ms. Stephanie Cutter ●

CW Financial Services LLC

Julia and Frank Daniels, Jr. ✚

Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Dauer

David Kordansky Gallery

Hal and Bonnie Davis

Ms. Lisa Davis

Mrs. Shirley R. Davis

DB USA Core Corporation

DC Energy Management, LP

DC Public Education Fund

Jeffrey and Joan DeBoer ●

Shawn Delany and Daphna Peled

Dr. Philip J. Deloria and 

Mrs. Peggy Burns ●

Sean and Alane Dent

Ms. Sandra Yartin DePoy (ARDA 

Resort Owners Coalition)

Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts

Discovery Communications, Inc.

Ms. Karen K. Dixon and 

Dr. Nan Schaffer

Scott and Deanna Donnelly ●

Elizabeth Duggal and Alain Taghipour 

(Gold Family Foundation)

Dun & Bradstreet

Mark Dunkerley and Marilia Duffles ●

Susan Dunne ●

Sarah and Scott Eames ●

Mr. Barney A. Ebsworth

Dean S. Edmonds Foundation

Kim and Al Eiber ●

Emeco

The Emmes Corporation

Emory University

Energia y Servicios de Panama

Envestnet Asset Management, Inc.

John L. and Margot P. Ernst ●

Ernst & Young LLP

Eversheds Sutherland

ExxonMobil

Mr. Morad Fareed ●

Mr. Donald C. Farley, Jr.

FBI National Academy Associates, Inc.

Ms. Gabriela Febres-Cordero ●

Ms. Carol Feinberg and 

Mr. Kenneth Gilman ●

Mr. Elliott L. Ferguson II 

(Destination DC) ●

Mr. Frank J. Fertitta III

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

Mrs. Jake Figi (JTF Enterprises, LLC)

Mrs. Nancy M. Folger

Ms. Debra J. Force (Debra Force Fine 

Art, Inc.) ●

Cynthia and Edsel Ford

Sarajane Foster

The France-Merrick Foundation

Berit and Michael Francis ✚

Dr. Matthew Frank

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc.

James Larry Frazier and 

Bonnie Nance Frazier

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fries ●

The Honorable William H. Frist, M.D./

The Dorothy Cate & Thomas F. Frist 

Foundation ●

frog design

FTS International

Dr. George D. Fulton, Jr.

The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine

The Funger Foundation, Norma Lee 

and Morton Funger ●

Mr. Giorgio Furioso

Dr. David G. Furth

Galerie Lelong & Co.

Ken and Madge Gazzola

GCM Grosvenor

The George Washington University

Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Gerda Henkel Stiftung

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Global Environment Facility

S. Taylor Glover

Becky and David Gochman

Ms. Joanne M. Gold and 

Mr. Andrew A. Stern

Robert Goldman

Goldman Sachs

Peter and Rhondda Grant

The Grantham Foundation for the 

Protection of the Environment

Denise Gray-Felder and Donald Felder

Alice L. Grindstaff

Grosvenor (USA) Ltd.

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer B. Haber

Ms. Bette Hagan

Ms. Lindsey Hagan

Sonny and Kathy Hagendorf ●

Hair Cuttery

Hamilton Place Strategies

Mr. and Mrs. Steven K. Hamp

Robert Harris and Susan Rothermund

Ms. Shirley D. Harrison

Peter and Tammy Harvey

Roger D. Hathaway

Christine Berglund Hayes

Mr. and Mrs. Jay J. Hellman

The Jane Henson Foundation

Martha Hertelendy

Paul Hertelendy ✚

Elizabeth Jackson Hodges and 

C. Howie Hodges

Dr. Judith Richards Hope

Mr. Eric R. Horowitz

Virginia Hough

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Freeman A. Hrabowski III and 

Jacqueline C. Hrabowski

Mrs. Anne D. Hull

Ms. Elizabeth A. Hylton

Independent Sector

Infinity Technology, LLC, Erdley 

Bent, Jr.

Institute of International Bankers

International Council of Shopping 

Centers, Inc.

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated

Iowa Interstate Railroad

Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

Karel and Virginia Jacobs Living Trust

Dr. Michael Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Mustafa A. Jama ●

Jamestown Properties

Ms. Susan Janssen

The Japan Foundation

Embassy of Japan

Japan-United States Friendship 

Commission

Ms. Christine Jenkins ●

Dr. Paul Bishop Jenkins and 

Lisa Gillespie Jenkins

Carolyn Johnsen and Richard Nye ● ▲

Ms. Carolynn F. Johnson

Daniel and Kimberly Johnson

Mr. Dwight Johnson

The George and Jana Johnson Family 

Foundation

Harriette Elizabeth Johnson and 

Staci R. Hartwell

Thomas and Adelaide Jones

Lou Josephs and Susan Koonin

Suryaram R. Joshi and Sushila S. Joshi

David and Pam Joyce

Mr. Alan Robert Kabat

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Kaplan

The Kaplen Brothers Fund

Henry B. & Jessie W. Keiser 

Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Sean Kelly (Sean Kelly Gallery)

William R. Kelly Charitable Gift Trust

The Honorable Dirk and Mrs. Patricia 

Kempthorne

The John F. Kennedy Center for the 

Performing Arts

Mrs. Frances H. Kennedy

Kenzo

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kessler 

(Kessler Family Foundation)

Ms. Judy Kieffer

Mr. and Mrs. Gene K. Kim ● ▲

Marion K. Kochi 

(The Kochi Foundation)

Don H. Kollmorgen and 

Louise Woerner

Mr. Stephen C. Koval and 

Ms. Celeste M. Sant’Angelo ●

Mr. David Kowitz (Kowitz Family 

Foundation)

KPMG LLP

Dr. Sachiko Kuno (Sachiko Kuno 

Foundation)

L3 Technologies

Bruce and Leslie Lane Foundation

Ms. Ann Evans Larimore

Ms. Sue Lashley

Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder

Ms. Sarah Lawer ●

Dr. Dallas A. Lea, II and 

DeDe Ferrell Lea

Nicholas N. Leach and 

Leah Robinson-Leach

Mr. Raymond J. Learsy

Dr. Lisa Yun Lee

Mr. Michael Lefenfeld ●

Liz and Eric Lefkofsky

Mrs. Dorothy Lemelson, 

The Lemelson Foundation ✚

Lennox International Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Levine

Ms. Susan Grant Lewin

The David Baker Lewis Family 

Charitable Foundation

Ms. Dorothy Lichtenstein

Mr. Lance E. Lindblom 

(Rauch Foundation, Inc.) ●

The Link Foundation

Ms. Jan W. Lipkin

Mr. Kevin Lipton 

Charles M. Little

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Little, Jr. 

(William & Helen Little Family 

Foundation)

Nicholas Logothetis (Chartwell 

Consulting Group, Inc.)

Walter and Elizabeth Lohmann

Mr. Eugenio Lopez Alonso 

(Comercializadoro Eloro SA)

Ms. Ann Serrano López ●

Steve and Betsy Loranger

By the People: Designing a Better America—presented by the Cooper Hewitt, 

Smithsonian Design Museum—featured 60 socially responsible design projects 

from across the United States. The exhibition highlighted design solutions 

that expand access to education, food, health care and affordable housing. 

The Ford Foundation and IBM provided generous support.
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DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN Recognizing our benefactors ■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S REGENTS’ ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ✱ CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

✚ SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OR ALUMNUS ● SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ▲ IN-KIND GIFT (FULL OR PARTIAL)

Dr. Sandra J. Lovinguth and 

Mr. Edward A. Lovinguth, Jr.

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe

Mr. Nicholas Lowry ●

H. Christopher Luce and Tina Liu

George and Kristen Lund

Mr. Asbjorn R. Lunde

Schaina and Josephina Lurje 

Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Luxottica North America

Mr. Michael M. Lynton ■ ♦

Mrs. Edith W. MacGuire

Ronald and Ayana Machen

Dr. and Mrs. David Machuga

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Magid 

(Norman and Bettina Roberts 

Foundation) ●

Mr. Rafat “Ray” and Mrs. Shaista 

Mahmood

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charles 

Malmgren

Management and Training 

Corporation

Dr. Claire Prouty Mansur and 

Mr. John P. Ryan ●

Mr. Thurgood Marshall, Jr.

The Marstine Family Foundation

Mary Martell and Paul M. Johnson

Mr. Jeff Martin ●

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Atwood Mason

Mrs. Lillian Mauer

Terry and Susan McCallister ●

Nancy Ellen McCarthy

McDonald’s Corporation

Audiex and Angela McDowell

Henry and Celia McGee

Ms. Judy McGrath

Medical Science & Computing, LLC

MedStar Health

Ms. Grete Meilman and 

Mr. Hanno Mott

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mellor

Metropolis Magazine

Mr. Tobias Meyer (Sotheby’s)

Dr. Laurie Michaels and 

David Bonderman

Mr. John S. Mihaly

Miller Global Properties

Robert A. Milton

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Lee and Saundra Minshull

Richard C. Mitchell

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 

Connecticut

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Mario Molina

Mondelez International Foundation

Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Ms. Bridget Moore and 

Mr. Christoph M. Kotowski ●

The Claude Moore Charitable 

Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore

Wendy Burden Morgan

Douglas and Susan Morrison

Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz

Mr. James P. Muldoon

Mr. Henry R. Muñoz III ✚ ●

The Curtis & Edith Munson 

Foundation

Ruth O’Donnell Mutch

National Center for American Indian 

Enterprise Development

National Conference of State 

Legislatures

National Docent Symposium Council

National Education Association

National Japanese American 

Memorial Foundation

National Urban League

Nature’s Best Photography Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. Oz Nelson (Nelson 

Family Foundation)

Mrs. Sheila Nemazee

Nestle USA, Inc.

Katherine Neville ●

The New York Community Trust

The Honorable and Mrs. William A. 

Nitze ●

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi

Novartis Pharmaceuticals 

Corporation

Mr. Murthy Nukala and 

Ms. Sunita C. Parbhu ●

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ohrstrom

Andrew Oliver and Melanie Du Bois

Nels Olson and Kristen Olson

The Honorable Maria Otero and 

Reverend Dr. Joseph T. Eldridge ●

Oyebola Oyedijo

Pace University ●

Darby Iva Pack

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

Mr. and Mrs. Chips Chapman Page 

(Robert H. and Monica M. Cole 

Foundation)

Mrs. Margarita Paláu-Hernández and 

Mr. Roland Hernández ● ▲

Sheldon and Myrna Palley

Carlos and Robin Palomares ●

Mr. Kyu Young Park and 

Ms. Im-Jeong Jang

Patagonia, Inc.

Mr. C. Jason Payne

Ethan and Laura Payton

Arthur and Linda Pelberg

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. 

Penniman IV ●

Nick Pera

Ray Perman

Barbara Rescher Perry

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Ms. Regina Pitaro

Mrs. Vivian L. Pollock

Stephen and Benita Potters ●

Mr. Dale Precoda

Jonelle Procope and 

Frederick O. Terrell

ProShare Advisors

Public Broadcasting Service

Puyallup Tribe

Mr. Eduardo Rabassa (Seeliger Y 

Conde International) ●

Helen Hilton Raiser

Mr. Robert Rayner and 

Ms. Mindy Miller

Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel Reaves

Regen Projects

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Reid

Renee S. Reiner and 

Michael F. Desanto

Relman, Dane and Colfax

Renaissance Charitable 

Foundation Inc.

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice

Norm Richards

Rizley Family Foundation

John F.W. Rogers

Ms. Patricia Roller

Ms. Ruth Magness Rollins

Joseph Romito

Ropes & Gray LLP

Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan

Ms. Deborah Rose

Rieva Rose

The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfeld ✚

Arthur Ross Foundation

Mr. Jeff Rusinow (Rusinow Family 

Foundation)

The Herman J. Russell Family

The Honorable and Mrs. 

Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. ●

Ms. Ruth M. Ryan

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Ryder

Dame Theresa Sackler, D.B.E. 

The Safer-Fearer Fund in The New 

York Community Trust ●

Mrs. Betty Sams

The Honorable Robin Renee 

Sanders ●

Mr. and Ms. Michael L. Sapir

Bobby Sarnoff

Mr. Gary Satin

Crystal D. Sayles, Esq.

Mr. Pete Scantland (Orange Barrel 

Media) ▲

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer ✚

Mr. and Mrs. John Schwieters ●

Mr. Gaetano Sciuto (Fendi North 

America, Inc.)

Pia N. Scott

Seamon Corporation

Douglas and Tracy Seaton

Securities Industries Financial 

Markets Association (SIFMA)

Asif M. Shaikh ✱ ●

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 

Community

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton ●

Mr. Randall C. Shepard ●

Mary and Don Shockey

Mrs. Ann Pruitt Shough

Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Siegelson

Sandy, Cindy, Hayden, Thea, Sabrina 

and William Sigal

Ms. Ann E. Silverman ●

V. Joy Simmons MD

Skanby + Gould Foundation

Dr. Judith Skog and 

Mr. Laurence E. Skog

Mrs. Susan Small-Savitsky and 

Mr. Gerald Savitsky (Albert & Lillian 

Small Foundation Inc.)

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith, Jr. ●

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Smith

Judith Smith and Lonnie Spencer

Marcus and Celena Smith

Mildred Beatty Smith, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Snyder

Ms. Denise Littlefield Sobel

Society for Human Resource 

Management

Mr. and Mrs. Arne Sorenson

Mr. Joshua Spear ●

Earl C. Spohr

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford ●

Mr. Lynn W. Stallings

Stanford University

Diane Steed

Mr. Thomas F. Steyer and 

Ms. Kathryn A. Taylor

Dmitri Stockton and 

Renée Allain-Stockton

Ms. Mara Strock

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Strommer 

Samuel G. Sudler III, P.E.

Mr. Steven M. Sumberg

The Sumitomo Foundation

SunTrust Foundation

Ms. Beth Swalm

Patricia S. Swaney

Roselyne Chroman Swig

Mr. H. Patrick Swygert and 

Dr. Leslie T. Fenwick ●

Mr. Vincent Szwajkowski and 

Ms. Alexandra T. Nemerov

Takiya Co., LTD. ▲

Tanger Outlets National Harbor

Ms. Naoma J. Tate

Alyssa Taubman and 

Robert Rothman ●

T.D. Jakes Ministries

The Tewaaraton Foundation

Texas Instruments Foundation

Think Surgical

Dr. Sherida Thomas

Dr. F. Christian Thompson

Charles and Geneva Thornton

Ms. Suzanne Tick

Barbara and Donald Tober

David M. Tolley ●

Annie Simonian Totah

Ms. Kathryn C. Turner ●

Mr. Michael J. and Dr. Amy B. Tuteur ●

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates

University of Arkansas

University of California, Berkeley

University of California 

Davis Medical Center

University of Minnesota Foundation

University of Notre Dame

University of Rochester

U.S. Trust

Dr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Valles

Mr. Jan van der Lande (Kikkerland 

Design, Inc.)

Vanderbilt University

The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc.

Vassar College

Mr. Todd VonBastiaans

Ms. Jacqueline Vossler ●

Ms. Valaree Wahler

Dr. Richard Waldhorn and 

Ms. Jamie Gorelick

The Walt Disney Company

Warner Bros. ▲

Eugene and Marie Washington Family

Washington Gas Light Company

Washington Post Digital

Mrs. Shannon Wass

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew R. Weinberg

Wenner-Gren Foundation for 

Anthropological Research

Nadine and Bill Westcott

Mr. Wayne W. Whalen and 

Ms. Paula Wolff

Louis A. Wheaton and 

Tomoko Ikeda Wheaton

John and Jennifer Wheeler

Mr. and Mrs. David Wilkins, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. James M. and 

Sheila V. Williams, Jr.

Ms. Christine Windheuser

Sue Ann Wolff

Ms. Betsy J. Wood and 

Mr. James W. Stuart-Smith

Howard and Gail Campbell Woolley 

Charitable Fund

World Presidents’ Organization

Mr. Wayne Wright

Mr. Jimmy Yeager

Mr. Fred Young

YourCause, LLC

YPO US Capital Chapter

Pan Zheng and Yang Liu

Ms. Nina Zolt and Mr. Miles Gilburne ●

Zoo New England

$5,000 OR MORE

Anonymous

Mr. M. Eugene Aaron

Action for Boston Community 

Development, Inc.

Clara Leach Adams-Ender

Mr. Terrence B. Adamson

Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Akman

Alaska Airlines ▲

Mr. Tom Alberg and Ms. Judi Beck

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford J. Alexander

Claudia R. Allen and 

Willis M. Allen, Jr. ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Allen

Susan Marie Allen

Allied Security Trust

Amadena Investments LLC / 

Excellent Facets Inc.

Sharon and John Amdall

American College of Radiology

Americas Styrenics

Ms. Alcione M. Amos

Ampacet

AnBryce Foundation

Mr. Wolfram Anders and 

Ms. Michele Manatt

Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D. and 

P. Elizabeth Anderson

Ms. Robin M. Andrews

Ms. Loreen Arbus

Argos Panama Com

Arnold & Porter|Kaye Scholer

Association of American Veterinary 

Medical Colleges

Atlapac Corporation

Dr. Angela Austin

Rosemary Austin

AXA Equitable Life Insurance 

Company

Axiologic Solutions LLC

Bill and Pam Ayer ●

William E. & Mary E. Ayer Foundation

Stephanie Badger

Mark and Christina Baer

Dr. Jennifer Ballard

Baltimore Gas & Electric

Ms. Vivian Haime Barg

Ms. Pace Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight J. Baum

Susan and Thomas Baxter

Michael Anthony Beale and Family

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Beers

Robin Aleda Belle, 

James Major Belle III and 

Joan Belle Ricks

Peter Benchley Ocean Awards

Mrs. Wendy Benchley

Mr. Philip D. Berlin and Ms. Olivia Adler

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bernstein

Mr. John S. Best and 

Mrs. Vinnie J. Best

BET Networks, A Viacom Company

Mr. Mark Bialek

Jewelle and Nathaniel Bickford

Tina Blackwell and Traci Blackwell

Mr. Barry L. and Lilia C. Bloom

Ms. Melissa Blye

A. Scott and Erika Bolden

Ms. Donna Boles

The Aaron Bonner Foundation

Lewis and Catherine Booth

Bostik

Ms. Elisabeth T. Bottler

Mr. Todd El Bowens

Earl and Barbara Bowles

danah boyd, Ph.D. ●

Mrs. Rose Williams Boyd

Arthur and Annette Bracey

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brandman

The Honorable Stephen F. Brauer and 

Mrs. Camilla Thompson Brauer ✚

Mr. Harry Bremond and 

Ms. Peggy Woodford Forbes

Mr. Garrett Breton

Ms. Adrienne Brooks

Mr. Jackson S. Brossy (Navajo Nation)

Ms. Jane A. Brown

Dr. John Seely Brown

Joseph C. Brown

Ms. Paulette Brown

Ms. Sharon K. Brown Isaacs

The Brukardt Family

The Honorable Stephanie A. Bryan 

(Poarch Band of Creek Indians)

Bunyan Bryant and Erika Nova

Randi Bryant-Agenbroad and 

Aaron Agenbroad

Bryn Mawr College

Cheryl M. Burgess, M.D.

Walter and Kelly Burks

Calvin, Sharon, Blake and Raini Butler

Peg and Blain Butner

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Calloway

The Honorable Michael Caplin and 

Mrs. Kristina Caplin

Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas and 

Ms. Dolores Garcia ● ▲

Mr. Doug Carlston

Diane and Louis Carr

Mrs. Celestine W. Carter

Mr. David W. Cartwright

Dr. and Mrs. James I. Cash, Jr. ●

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Cashin

Mimi Castaldi and Mark Myers ●

Mr. Vincent R. Castro

Mr. and Mrs. James Catalano

CBS

Ms. Jen Chaiken and Ms. Sam 

Hamilton (The Donald and Carole 

Chaiken Foundation)

Ms. Mary Challinor and 

Mr. Henry S. Richardson

Kevin and Damara Chambers

Otis Joseph Chandler

Chapman University

Susan Chapman-Hughes and 

Christopher Hughes

Mr. Stephen Charles

Christie’s ▲

Ellen-Blair Chube

Gwendolyn Bullock Clark

Hester Taylor Clark

Melvin E. Clark, Jr.

Major General Thomas E. Clifford, 

U.S.A.F. (Ret.)

Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Clinton

Dr. Amanda Cobb-Greetham ●

Thea Cohen and David Yellin

George and Nina Cois

Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole and 

Mr. James Staton, Jr.

The Commonwealth Fund

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation

Ms. Maureen Conners ●

Dr. Estelle Cooke-Sampson

Corporate Council on Africa

Ms. Eleanor L. Coufos

Ruth Covo Family Foundation

The Anacostia Community Museum’s Gateways/Portales exhibition explored 

the experiences of Latino migrants and immigrants in four U.S. metro areas: 

Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md.; and Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. 

The exhibition received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, 

administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
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DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN Recognizing our benefactors ■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S 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. Barron Bruce Cox

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Crawford

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Cummings

Cunningham Family Fund at 

Bainbridge Community Foundation

CustomInk LLC

Mrs. Jane W. Daniels

Leah Denyatta Daughtry

Judy and Ron Davenport

The Davidson Institute for Talent 

Development

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Davis

Ms. Deborah Goodman Davis

Howlie R. Davis

Drs. Lonnie Davis and Victoria 

Edmond-Davis

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis

Shanell S. Davis

Debevoise & Plimpton

The Charles Delmar Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Denton ●

Dr. Vishakha Desai and 

Dr. Robert Oxnam ●

Beth Rudin DeWoody and 

Firooz Zahedi

Mr. and Mrs. Al Diaz

Veranda L. Dickens

Mr. Derrick C. Diggs and 

Mrs. Rashida K. LaLande

Digital Transitions

DonationXchange

Miranda and Robert Donnelley (The 

Donnelley Foundation) ✚

Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Dotson, Jr.

Ms. Nancy L. Eaton ●

Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Fort 

Washington, Maryland

Mr. Anyanime Ekpo and 

Mrs. Sherika Ekpo

Ms. Gloria H. Eldridge

The Honorable Rodney Ellis

Richard and Diana England, Jr.

Mrs. Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo

Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Epstein 

(Epstein Family Foundation)

Mr. Thad Eure

Heidi and John Fahey ■ ●

FAST Enterprises

Andy Feicht and Rory Feicht

D. Korbin Felder and Kristina A. Felder

The Felicia Fund, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ferdman

Rhonda and Clayton Ferguson

Dr. Peggie A. Findlay and 

Dr. Steven E. Bush

Mrs. Shirley M. Fisher

Paul Fitzgerald

Dr. and Mrs. William W. Fitzhugh

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Fleischman

Flint Group

Forest County Potawatomi

Foundation for Art and Preservation 

in Embassies

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Fout (Dun 

Foundation)

Francis A. Countway Library of 

Medicine

Alicia Gill Freemyn

Ms. Christine M. Freidel and 

Mr. Douglas Varley

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Friedman

Friends of Khmer Culture, Inc.

Fritz Hansen

Vicki A. Funk

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Gage

Mr. Antonio Gamboa (Ukpeagvik 

Inupiat Corporation)

Dr. Cheryl R. Ganz

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Garfield ●

Major L. Garrett, Jr.

Ms. Manu Gayatrinath

Georgetown University

Georgetown University Alumni & 

Student Federal Credit Union

Mr. Mitchell Gerber (MSG Risk 

Management)

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon P. Getty (Ann & 

Gordon Getty Foundation)

Ranjana K. Ghose, Art of Sri Chinmoy

John A. and Lile R. Gibbons

Mr. Ian C. Gibson-Smith ●

Ms. Carole Furst Gigliotti

Gregory M. Gill and 

Thomasina V. Rogers

Mrs. Barbara Gladstone (Gladstone 

Gallery, LLC)

Gloria Oliver Glascoe

Global Ties U.S.

Mr. William H. Goines

Good Done Great

Ila and David Good

Andy and Teri Goodman

J.W. & H.M. Goodman Family 

Foundation

Dr. John Stuart Gordon

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Gover

Drs. Mark Graham and Laneta 

Dorflinger and their family

Barry and V. Michelle Granger

Greater Washington Community 

Foundation

Phyllis Caudle Green and Ernest Green

Dr. William A. Guillory

A. Gumowitz

Vikash Gupta

Ms. Alexandra Hahn

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hahn

Dr. Lydia Haile and Mr. Esayas Tekle

Norman and Kimberly D. Hairston

Hall Investments

Canzetta A.W. Hamilton and 

Everett E. Hamilton, Jr.

Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Dr. Maria J. Hankerson

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Harrington

Mr. Christie G. Harris

Stan and Doris Harrison

Dr. Fruzsina M. Harsanyi and 

Mr. Raymond Garcia

Hawaii Air Cargo, Inc.

Mr. Kelvin T. Haynie

Ralph D. Heath

Mr. Pedro Heilbron ●

Hemera Foundation

Dr. George David Hendricks

Hepatitis B Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hermanos

Mr. Charles Hess

Hexpol Compounding

Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Higgins ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Hill 

Mr. Jonathan A. Hill

Hilton Hotels Corporation

Mellody Hobson and George Lucas

Natalie V. Holder

Ms. Wilhelmina Holladay

Yolanda C. Holmes, M.D.

Mr. John Coleridge Honor, Jr.

The Honorable Rodney E. Hood

William Logan Hopkins

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horning, Jr.

Mr. Tom Hoshiyama

Ms. Ann Host

Michael J. Howard, CPA and 

Yvonne Howard

Mr. Chris Howell, BNSF Railway

Laura Howell-Smith and 

Russell Smith and Family

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hsu

Dr. Candice Hughes and 

Mr. Louis R. Hughes ●

Shirley J. Hughes

Ms. Titia Hulst (Strypemonde 

Foundation)

Frederick S. Humphries, Jr., Kim 

Sheftall Humphries, Arielle S. 

Humphries, Frederick S. 

Humphries III

Marjorie A. Hunt, Ph.D.

Ms. Beverly J. Hunter

Ms. Charlayne Hunter-Gault and 

Mr. Ronald T. Gault

Drs. Peyton and Betty Hutchison

Hyatt Regency Washington

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

Industry City

Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye ✚ ●

Sharonda and Scottie Irving

The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson

Dr. Felicia B. Jamison

Japanese American Citizens League - 

Portland Chapter ▲

Jon V. Jaqua and Kimberly B. Cooper 

Fund of the Oregon Community 

Foundation

JASON Learning

Mrs. Lois Jecklin

Karen Jenkins-Johnson and 

Kevin D. Johnson

Jindal Films

Mr. Hyun R. Jo

Tim and Pamela Jock

Dr. Earl Johnson, Jr.

Kirk Johnson, Ph.D. and 

Ms. Chase DeForest

Ms. Susan I. Johnson ●

Yewande Johnson, M.D.

Dr. Willie and Dee Jolley

Chris and Tricia Jones

Ms. Jennifer Jones

Michael and Diane Jones

Thomas and Elizabeth Jones

Dr. Walter F. Jones and 

Ms. Cheryl L. Rash Jones

Dr. and Mrs. Royce Joyner

Ms. Patricia P. Karp and 

Ms. Judith A. Powers

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Karsh (The Karsh 

Family Foundation)

Sheldon and Audrey Katz

Mr. Jeremy Kaufman

Dr. and Mrs. Ashok Kaveeshwar

Donnell Lewis Kearney

Kim Michele Keenan and 

the Keenan Family

Mr. and Mrs. Zackeree Sean Kelin

Kelleytown Transportation, Inc.

Joseph and Paula Kerger ●

Marjorie Lynne Keys

Erica and Gregory L. Kinzelman

Dr. Kay D. Klass and Mr. Mark A. Levitt

John and Susan Klein

Ms. Anne E. Kreamer and 

Mr. Kurt B. Andersen ●

Ada Kugajevsky

Mr. Edward Joseph Kuhlmann III

Kuraray America, Inc.

Richard and Allyn Kurin

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte

Mr. and Mrs. Vello Kuuskraa 

(Advanced Resources International)

Ms. Jone D. LaBombard and 

Mr. William Noyce

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Lafley

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lally

Langhart Communications LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lapidus

Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Lazarus

Ms. Debra Lehman-Smith

Dr. Egbert G. Leigh, Jr.

Mr. James H. Lemon, Jr. (The Lemon 

Foundation)

The Samuel M. Levy Family 

Foundation

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Wesley Lin and Brian Chapman

T.E. Lindley and Lola Sue Scobey ✱ ●

Bruce M. Lisman and Kyla Lisman

Mr. Michael Littleford

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Locks

Lockton Companies, LLC

Étienne and Harold Logan

Ms. Gwendolyn Lohse and 

Mr. James Assey

Lewis Paul Long

Mr. Peter Looker

Mr. James A. Lord

Reginald Love

Mr. Gregory Lubar

Mr. Lawrence Luhring (Luhring 

Augustine Gallery)

Lyondell Chemical Company

The John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Maeda ●

Mr. and Mrs. Creighton R. Magid

The Honorable and 

Mrs. Frederic V. Malek

Mr. and Mrs. John Malone

Virginia Cretella Mars

Mr. and Mrs. David B.H. Martin, Jr.

Jocelyn and Robin Martin

Michelle M. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Mason

Mr. Joff Masukawa

Dr. Enrique Matabar

Lesli and John Mathewson

Dr. Vickie M. Mays

Mr. Arthur U. Mbanefo

Danielle Millicent McCoy

Maia S. McCuiston

Dr. Denise R. McGann

Mary G. McGrath

Mr. and Mrs. David J. McKee 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert McKinnie

Tracey L. McKoy

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McLarty 

(McLarty Companies)

Mr. James McLeish

Mr. Richard P. McNeil

Jennifer Rose McZier

Ms. Linda Meer and Mr. Ed Falkowitz

Merck Foundation

Mid-Atlantic Conference on 

British Studies

Dennis and Patricia Miller

Jack, Marion, Joan, Jane and 

Audrey Miller

Lawrence and Iris Miller

Ms. Michelle Miller

Sandra L. Miller

Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation

Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc.

Molluscan Science Foundation, Inc.

Judy and J. Webb Moniz

Joseph C. Morris

Dr. David C. Mosby and 

Mrs. Jestine Thomas Mosby

Ms. Megan E.A. Murphy 

(Bonhams & Butterfields)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

NACS - The Association for 

Convenience & Fuel Retailing

NAFSA Association of International 

Educators

National Cooperative Bank

Elizabeth R. Nesbitt

Neubauer Family Foundation

Embassy of New Zealand

Amy Klette Newman Foundation

Ms. Doris Newton

Richard and Sonja Nichols

Mr. Russell G. Noles

North Carolina Aquarium Society

Mr. Christopher Norton

Phillip H. Omohundro, MD

Janice Carlson Oresman

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos

Michael T. Owens and 

Wanda Felton Owens

Dr. Olasope O. Oyelaran and 

Dr. Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran ●

Ms. Shirley A. Page

Janet and Charles Parker

Steven Pawliczek

Paul Peck ✚

Peco Foundation

Dr. Eva J. Pell and Mr. Ira J. Pell ●

Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr. ●

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Perry

Peters Family Art Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. J. Peter Pham ●

Mr. Carter Phillips and 

Mrs. Sue J. Henry

Dewayne Phillips

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Phillips

Picturae

Anthony T. Pierce and 

Karen Stevens Pierce

Barry and Beverly Pierce

Pike Place Market

Ms. Jayne H. Plank

Susan and John Pohl

Rodger and Celestine Polk Family

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Poorvu

Lester Poretsky Family Foundation

Potomac Construction Services

Ms. CCH Pounder

Leonard H. and Denese F. Powell

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC

Ms. Clara Lee Pratte 

(Strongbow Strategies)

Ms. Eva Presenhuber

Judy Lynn Prince

The Procter & Gamble Company

Emily Rauh Pulitzer

Punjabi Community Hour

 Dr. Harmeet Singh Chawla

David and Cheryl Purvis ✚

Ms. Ada Powell Quattrocchi

Ms. M. Sheila Rabaut

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raines

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Ramsey

RBC Foundation USA

Redding Rancheria

Germar and Angelinia Reed

Mr. David P. Rehfuss and 

Mrs. Hedy S. Rehfuss

Ms. Viviane Reybier

Dr. Kristen Richards and 

Mr. Steve Black

The Frederick W. Richmond 

Foundation

Sonya and Thomas Ricketts

Ms. Carrie Ridder

Sebastian Ridley-Thomas

Toni A. Ritzenberg

Michael J. Roach

Ms. Caroline Robbins

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins

Mr. Charles J. Robertson

Dr. Harold Robinson

Jane Washburn Robinson

Ms. Janessa Robinson

Leila and Lowell Robinson ●

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robinson

Mr. Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor

Mr. Robert W. Roessel, P.E. 

(Salt River Project)

Room & Board, Inc.

Mr. Thaddaeus Ropac (Galerie 

Thaddaeus Ropac)

Ms. Andrea Rosen (Andrea Rosen 

Gallery)

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Rosenthal

Robert and Marion Rosenthal

Toni Ross

Rotasa Foundation

Mr. Mark Rothman ●

Ms. Roberta Ong Roumel

Rosina Rubin ▲

Mr. Jonathan J. Rubinstein and 

Ms. Karen Richardson

Rust Family Foundation

Mr. Paul Sack

Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ▲

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Samuels

San Francisco Foundation

Save the Children USA

SC Foods Co., Ltd.

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Schantz ●

Lee Scheuer and Kimberly Fraedrick

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. 

Scheumann ✚

Mr. Mark S. Schwartz

Donna L. Scott, Esq.

Dr. Diane Scott-Jones

Mr. and Mrs. William Scully

Vanessa and Ryan Segars

Ms. Ruth O. Selig 

Sephora

The Serwer/Days Family Charitable 

Fund

Ms. Shelby Settles Harper

Ms. Judy Sherman

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sherman

Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site)

The Shoreland Foundation

Mr. Charles F. Shreve ●

Elena Shuvalov

Siemens

Mr. John Silberman

Donnie and Pam Simpson

Shannon Simpson

Mr. Jim Slama

Albert and Shirley Small

The National Postal Museum’s My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I explores America’s role in the war through 

personal correspondence written by Americans at the front. It is made possible, in part, through the support of the 

Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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DONORS TO THE SMITHSONIAN Recognizing our benefactors ■ SMITHSONIAN REGENT ♦ SMITHSONIAN’S REGENTS’ ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER ✱ CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER 

✚ SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OR ALUMNUS ● SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ▲ IN-KIND GIFT (FULL OR PARTIAL)

Michael Wesley Williams

John R. Wilson

Mr. William E. Winckler

Ms. Barbara Winston

The Winters Group Fund to Promote 

Diversity and Inclusion

Susan R. Wirths

Lorna Wisham

Mr. and Mrs. Erving Wolf (Erving and 

Joyce Wolf Foundation)

Ms. Ladonna Wood and 

Mr. Matthew Ashby

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

Woodrow Wilson International Center 

for Scholars Board of Trustees

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Woolston

World Wildlife Fund

Wye River Capital, Inc.

Mr. Philip M. Young ●

Zander Family Foundation

William J. Zeile and Maria M. Yang

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zients

Ms. Gilda Zillinger

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zirkin

The Donald and Barbara Zucker 

Family Foundation

Mr. David Zwirner 

(David Zwirner Gallery)

$2,500 OR MORE

Anonymous

Lucian Abernathy

Mr. Michael D. Abrams and 

Ms. Sandra Stewart

Access Leasing Corporation

AccuZIP

ACDI/VOCA

Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Acoff

Mr. Christopher Addison and 

Mrs. Sylvia McNeill Ripley Addison

Mr. Paul T. Addison

Ms. Dianne Adelberg

Aeromax, Inc.

Mr. Sanford K. Ain

Ms. Gabrielle “Gabby” Albert

Mr. Terry L. Albertson and 

Ms. Kathleen A. Blackburn

Mr. and Mrs. Jaime E. Aleman

Ms. Paulette Alexander

Allegheny Science & Technology

Dr. Anita LaFrance Allen

Mr. Ronald L. Allen

William R. Allen

Allied Integrated Marketing

Allrecipes

Alltech International, Inc.

Alston & Bird, LLP

Ms. Aida Alvarez and 

Dr. Raymond J. Baxter ●

American Physical Therapy 

Association

The American Society of 

Primatologists

Danté and Candace Taylor Anderson

Mr. James A. Anderson

Mr. Ross Anderson

William S. and Janice R. Anderson 

Foundation of the Dayton 

Foundation

Ms. Cecelia R. Andrews

Mr. Ronald Andrews

Dr. Michael T. Angell and 

Ms. Jennifer Harper

Ms. Kathy Aram and Mr. Robert Fabia

Börkur Arnarson (i8 Gallery)

Tom and Kara Arundel

Ms. Mary Kathleen Asay

Dr. Ayoade Joy Asekun

Asian Elephant Support

Atlantic Capital

Dr. Byron Gerald Auguste

Drs. Kenneth Ray and Michelle Marie 

Austin

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Azteca Foods, Inc.

Ms. Sybil Baffoe

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. and Dianne 

Monteith Bailey

Mr. Emmanuel Bailey

Ura Jean Bailey, Ph.D. and 

Clyde E. Bailey, Sr., Esq.

Charles and Diana Bain

Eileen Baird

The Baird Group

Ms. Dorria Ball

Marcie L. Bane and 

Michael X. Imbroscio

David F. Banks, Esq.

N.M.K. Barnes

Mr. Stanley Barnes

Ms. Yvonne N. Barry

Mr. Michael Bartlett

Robert and Cathleen Bartlett

Dr. Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and 

Mr. Adam Bartos

Baton Rouge Zoo

Ms. Linda K. Beauvil

Dr. Janice M. Beaverson and 

Mr. Michael C. Buckler

Ms. Elizabeth Clagett Beck

Ms. Judith Beckles

Joyce Becton-Best

Mr. and Mrs. David Beddow ●

Mr. Kenneth DeWayne Bell

Mr. Elliot Berke

Mrs. Barbara A. Berman

Ruth B. Berman

The Honorable Stuart A. Bernstein 

and Mrs. Bernstein

Mindy L. Berry

Better Made Snack Foods, Inc.

Eugenia Bickerstaff

Ms. Roseanna Bigham

Ms. Diahann Billings-Burford

Biotechnology Industry Organization

Ms. Judia E. Black

Mr. Richard Blake

Dr. Patricia Jones Blessman

Linda M. and James P. Blumenthal 

Family

Vence and Angela Bonham

Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Stephen S. Bowen

Cynthia E. Boyd, M.D.

Mr. John M. Bradley

Patricia Allen Bradley

Mr. Maury W. Bradsher

Ms. Carolyn L. Brehm and 

Amb. Richard Boucher

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brickman (The 

Scott and Patrice Brickman Family 

Foundation)

Sharon C. and James R. Briggs, Jr.

Harold D. Brown and Alana V. Brown

Margaret Gasby Brown and 

Kenneth Robert Brown

Melanie R. Brown

Molly E. Brown

Ms. Rovianne Brown

Mr. and Mrs. I. Townsend Burden III ●

Ms. Beverly J. Burke

Mr. Michael R. Burke

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Burnett

Ms. LaVarne Burton

Warren F. Buxton, Ph.D., CDP

Calibre CPA Group

Callan Associates, Inc.

Mr. Carl Cameron and 

Ms. Moira Hopkins

Reverend Elizabeth Carl

Ms. Kayla Carlsen

Virginia O. Carosi

Ms. Aimee D. Carter

Mr. Jason Roderick Carter

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Carter

Ms. Sheryll D. Cashin and 

Mr. Marque Chambliss ●

Ms. Elizabeth Castaldi

Ms. Barbara Bertozzi Castelli

Felicia Lynette Chambers, Esq. and 

Gloria Celestine Brown

Mr. Reginald Chambers

Charles River Associates, Inc.

The Charles Schwab Corporation

Dr. and Mrs. Byron Cherry

Ms. Wendi Cherry

Chevron

Ms. Toby Chieffo-Reidway ▲

Children’s National Medical Center, 

Children’s Hospital Foundation

Sandy Chilewich and Joe Sultan

Ms. Cecilia H. Chin

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Ms. Susan Chomicz

Susanna Choy and Rosanna Yi

Ms. Morgan Christen and 

Mr. Jim Torgerson

Chubb Bermuda Insurance

Chums, Incorporated

Mrs. Brice M. Clagett

Cleveland Park Business Association

CNA Analysis & Solutions

Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Coe, Jr.

Abby Joseph Cohen ✚ ▲

Judy and Richard Cohen

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Colbert

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cole

Jennifer Cole

Mr. and Mrs. J. Steven Cole 

Tameka M. Collier

Ann and John Collins

Ms. Tanya D. Collins

James J. Colt Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Leonard D. Comithier, Jr.

Compass Real Estate

Compusearch Software Systems, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Conboy

Ms. Mary Ann Condon

Condor Snack Foods, Inc.

Coneway Family Foundation ✚

Conference of State Bank 

Supervisors

Confetti Events, LLC

Continua Gallery

Donnette A. Cooper, Esq.

Ms. Antoinette Corcillo

Ms. Ellen P. Cornish

Philadelphia Cousins

Elizabeth Covey

Covington & Burling LLP

Charles and Candace Cowan

Stacy and Mo Cowan

Douglas S. Cramer

Dr. Judith L. Craven

Creekside Digital

Julia and Francis Creighton

Cristina Grajales Gallery

Crixus Construction

Barbara K. Croissant

Crystal Family Foundation

CSI DMC

Ms. Ann Pelham Cullen

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cummins

Frederico P. Fleury Curado

Ms. Devarieste Curry

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Curtis

Customer Value Partners, Inc.

Mr. John M. Danielson

Elizabeth and Jeff Dannes

Mrs. Joan Danziger

Data-Mail, Inc.

Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP

Ms. Jane DeBevoise

Ms. Laura Debonis

Jim and Barbara Demetrion

Ray Dempsey, Jr. and 

Alysia M. Dempsey

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Denwiddie

Jeanne De Sa and Dan McGirt

Design Foundry

Designtex

Pamela and David R. DeVos ●

Lucien A. and Catherine E. Dimino

Mr. James C. Dinegar

Dippin’ Dots

Richard Ditton

Dominion Consulting, Inc.

Domtar Paper Company, LLC

Reverend James K. Donnell

Ms. Kathleen M. Doyle and 

Mr. Richard Ravitch

Mr. Charles Dudley

Diane Dudley

Dr. Ralph C. Eagle, Jr.

Mr. Mitch Earle

Amanda Edens and 

Stephanie Semmer

Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Edmonds

Dr. Howard J. Eisen

Mr. Stanley Eisenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

(The Eisner Foundation) ✚

Ms. Judith Elder

Frank and Brenda Ellison

Emagine IT

Elizabeth and Anthony Enders

Dr. Julio Escobar

Ms. Tina Eskridge

Dr. Kim P. Eubanks

Ms. Agnes R. Evans

Ms. Maria P. Evans

Evim Foundation

Excella Consulting

Exelon Corporation

Exponent, Inc.

Ms. C.T. Fairbanks

Ms. Ellenae Fairhurst

Joseph and Bessie Feinberg 

Foundation

Ms. Judy Scott Feldman

Christopher Feldmann and 

Laura Beauchamp

Mrs. Zora Martin Felton

George M. Ferris

Mr. Joseph Fidanque III and 

Mrs. Vicky Lynn Cohen de Fidanque

Fielding Graduate University

Dr. Jonathan Fink ●

First Quality Consumer Products

Ms. Dianne Fisher

Ms. Sonia Florian 

Flying Fish

The Foundation for Enhancing 

Communities

Foundation for the Greatest Good

Barbara L. Francis and Robert Musser

Mrs. Mary E. Frank (Frank Family 

Charitable Foundation)

Ms. Sheryl Gipson Franklin

Mr. and Mrs. Darryl M. Fraser

Mr. Ralph K. Frasier

Linda and Jay W. Freedman

Howard and Shirlee Friedenberg

Mr. Jamie Friedman

Dr. Alan F. Frigy

Mr. and Mrs. Rick Froehlich

Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Fthenakis

Ann and Richard Fudge ●

Mr. Warren Fugate

Mr. Michael R. Fuljenz

Ms. Joan Fuller

Eric H. Gable and 

Margaret A. Carson-Gable

Mr. Juan Hersel Gaddis

Jeanne Gang

Ms. Lois Garder

Mrs. C. Evelyn Carter Gaskill

Mr. Joseph L. Gastwirth

Wayne M. Gatewood, Jr.

Ms. Carolyn Gecan and 

Mr. Philip Winters

Linda George

Sumner Gerard Foundation

Mrs. Gladys Navarro Gerbaud

Eric Gernath, SUEZ North America

Getaround, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Gewirz

Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Gibson

Wouter K. Vanderwal

Mark A. Vann, C.P.A.

Steven and Caroline VanRoekel ●

Socorro and Ernesto Vasquez

Gladys Gary Vaughn, Ph.D.

Ms. Susanne Vielmetter

Virginia Native Plant Society

Wabash College

Ambassador Kirk Wagar and 

Mrs. Crystal Wagar

The Walt Disney Company 

Foundation

Walter and Shirley Wang

Cheryl and Charles Ward

Ms. Gigi Washington

Daron Watts

Ruth L. Webb

Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation

Wendell P. Weeks and 

Kim Frock Weeks

The Honorable and Mrs. Frank Weil 

(Hickrill Foundation) ✚

Weinberg Family Foundation

Wells Fargo

Annie, Stephen and Christina Whatley

Drs. Cheryl and Eric Whitaker

Monetta White and David Lawrence

Tiffani K. Whittaker

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilhelm 

(Cuba Puentes, Inc.)

Kennis E. Wilkins and Brenda E. Wilkins

The Honorable Robert L. Wilkins and 

Mrs. Amina Wilkins

Williams & Connolly LLP

Lloyd A. and Valorie Williams

Mr. John G. Taft

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

James and Beatrice Taylor ✚

Terad Digital Integrity (TDI)

Mary Ann and Anthony Terranova

Ms. Dorothy A. Terrell

Terri Hartwell Easter Consulting LLC

Esther Terry

Donna J. Thal

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw 

Charitable Trust

John Thomann and Stanton Schnepp

Daniel and Armentia Thomas

William E. Thomas, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Samme L. Thompson

Linda and Steuart Thomsen

Patricia Thornton

Toray Plastics, Inc.

Treofan America, Inc.

Barry and Kimberly Trotz

T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.

The Trull Foundation

Ms. Loretta A. Tuell and 

Mr. Richard A. Guest ●

Mossi and Carmen Tull ●

Ann and Marshall Turner ●

Ms. Tishmall Turner (Rincon Band of 

Luiseno Indians)

United Postmasters and Managers 

of America

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

Amy and Horacio Valeiras ●

Mr. Kevin VanCleave (Ralph Conklin 

Trust)

Mr. Charles R. Smith

Dr. Karl A. Smith and 

Ms. Jane Delaney

Ms. Kay Smith

Ms. Pamela H. Smith

Pete Smith and Marcia Marsh

Mr. and Mrs. W. Dean Smith

Smithsonian Networks

Les & Judy Smout Foundation Inc.

Sotheby’s

Pierre and Melody SpannCooper

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon

Terry L. and Lisa C. Speigner

Mr. Ron Spiers

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Spivey

Janet Stanley

Joan and Marx Sterne

Chairman Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., 

National Indian Gaming Association

Mr. Christopher Stewart

Mrs. William C. Storey

Diana and Steve Strandberg ✚

Major Willard H. Strandberg, Jr. and 

Mrs. Ann Strandberg

Randy Struthers ▲

Scott and Laura Stuart

Reesie Stukes

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sullivan (Sullivan 

Insurance Company)

Suquamish Tribe

Docks Sutherland

Ms. Judith Sutherland

Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation

Mr. John Sykes

Mrs. Laurie Sykes

Smithsonian traveling exhibition Things Come Apart reveals the inner workings of everyday objects such as a bicycle or 

a smartphone. Currently on a 12-city national tour, the exhibition features the work of photographer Todd McLellan.
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Chief S.O. Alonge: Photographer to the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria opened in 

2017 at the National Museum of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. It is the first National 

Museum of African Art exhibition to open in Africa. Major sponsorship is 

provided by the Benin Committee, Heritage Bank and private donors in Nigeria 

and the United States. 

Mr. Bernard P. Gill, Sr.

Karyn C. Gill and 

George McC. Gill, M.D.

Mr. Thomas Gilliam

Ms. Carmeyia Gillis

Gilman Cheese Corporation 

(Tom and Char Hand)

Dr. Lorna J. Gladstone

Ms. Evalyn Glass

Mr. Brian Glasser

Ms. Lynne Oakes Glikbarg

Mr. Robert Gober and 

Mr. Donald Moffett

Henry H. Goldberg and 

Carol Brown Goldberg

Lorelei and David Gonzales

Ms. Katrin L. Goodson

Cissel Gott and Brian Collins ●

Ms. Beverly E. Gough and 

Mr. Edward Griffith

Drs. David Granite and 

M.L. Oster-Granite

Dawn-Marie Gray

Dr. and Mrs. Herman B. Gray

The Greater Washington Board of 

Trade

Mr. Scott D. Greenberg

Mrs. Connie Bush Greene

Joanne T. Greenspun

Mr. and Mrs. David Grund (Grund & 

Leavitt, P.C.)

Ms. Nancy E. Gullick

Sewell and Evelyn Gunn-Horad

Dr. and Mrs. George Gurney ▲

Mr. George Gwaltney

Ms. Barbara S. Hair

Mr. and Mrs. John Halaby

The Honorable and 

Mrs. Robert F. Hale

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Hall 

(Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall 

Foundation, Inc.)

Ms. Carrie Halpert

Dr. Flora Terrell Hamilton

Artis Hampshire-Cowan

Ms. Joanne Hanifan

Mrs. Nikole Hannah-Jones

Sandra Wills Hannon

Mr. Thomas B. Harding, Jr.

Mr. Michael Hardy

The Milton and Patricia Hardy Family

Mr. Roger D. Hardy and 

Ms. Renee Stevens

The Harnisch Foundation

Katherine Royster Harris

Donna M. Harris-Aikens, Esq. ●

Harvard University

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Haywood

Ms. Michelle Headen

Mr. Curtis Heaston

Dr. Susan Kay Hendricks

Ms. Liza Henriquez

Catherine and Richard W. Herbst ✚

Robert and Ann Herman

Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin

Lilo Alfreida Hester

Darrius Heyward-Bey

Ms. Allison Hicks ●

Mrs. Jean Embree Hicks

Dr. Avionne Hill

Ms. Victoria Hill

Ms. Ellen Hoberman

Mr. Julius W. Hobson, Jr. and 

Diane C. Lewis

Mr. Fred P. Hochberg and Mr. Thomas 

P. Healy (The Heyday Foundation)

Ms. Ruth Geraldine Hofmeister

Mr. Leonard Hoge

Debra Hollander

Ms. Tiffany Honeycutt

Mary W. Hopkins

Horizon Industries, Ltd.

Ambassador James C. Hormel

Nettie A. Horne and Suzanne Haynes

Mr. Alvin Howard

Ms. Caroline Howard

Mr. Timothy Howard and 

Mrs. Debra M. Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Howell

Ms. Carolyn Hsu-Balcer and 

Mr. René Balcer

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

Mrs. Adleane Hunter

Tomeika Hunter-Koski

Ms. Sandra Buchanan Hurse

Ms. Carolyn Hyatt

IKEA ▲

Mr. Richard S. Ingham

Inteplast Group Corporation

International Baccalaureate 

Organization

International WELL Building Institute

Iron Mountain

Dr. Kathleen Jacobs and 

Mr. Arthur Jacobs, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Jaffe (The Jaffe 

Family Foundation)

Ms. Doris Jallice

Juanita James and 

Dudley N. Williams, Jr., 

Dudley N. Williams III

Robert L. and Anne K. James ✚

Mr. Carroll Janis

Japanese American Citizens League - 

Berkeley Chapter

Mr. Carl E. Jarrett, Jr.

Ronald A. Javitch

Mrs. Linda A. Jenkins

Matthew and Roberta Jenkins

David and Pat Jernigan

A. Yęmisi Jimoh

Johns Hopkins University

Reverend Earl Johnson and 

Dr. Douglas Ward

Erica J. Johnson

Mr. Hugh Franklin Johnson II

Leslie and Paul Johnson

Mrs. Regina G. Johnson

Mr. Robert N. Johnson ✱ ●

Dr. Yvonne T. Johnson

Ms. Anna Faith Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Jones ●

Mr. Lunsford Jones

Ms. Shaunna Jones

Mr. and Ms. Terry L. Jones ●

Mr. Willie J. Jones

Ms. Sirretha Joy

Muriel S. Kaplan

Dr. Arnold and Ms. Marcia Kaplin

Kauffman and Associates, Inc.

Ms. Sheila S. Kautt ●

Kean University Foundation

Mr. Charles W. Keaster

Robert E. Keith, Jr. ✚

Rosa Lee Kelley and 

Marlene Marie Turner

Mr. Thomas Keyes

Mr. Won-Kyong Kim ●

Ms. Sheena Kinley (Lummi Indian 

Business Council)

Coleen Klasmeier and Kalia Tison

Mr. and Mrs. Windle Kline

Thomas and Mary Bridget Kluwin

Mr. Jay L. Knott

Mr. Michael Kolakowski

Mrs. Barbara Korman ●

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Ms. Kathleen Kutschenreuter

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Lally

Mrs. Janet V. Lambert

Drs. Jurate and Carl Landwehr

Barbara Lang

Jon Langhorst and Catherine Creese

Ms. Mary Lou Laprade

Weldon and Constantia Latham 

and Family

Ms. Christine Lattanzio

Ms. Gloria T. Lauriano

Mrs. Brenda Lawton

Mrs. Angel Thornton Lee

Ms. Anna Lee (Phila China Limited) ●

Mr. and Mrs. Rensselaer W. Lee III

Mr. Roland K. Lee, Sr.

Kris and Emma Lehnhardt

The Leighton Family from Alan & 

Katherine Stroock Fund

Mr. Vincent Lepore

Mr. Richard H. Levi and 

Ms. Susan Perry (The 

Hecht-Levi Foundation, Inc.)

Dr. Aida Tomas Levitan/

ArtesMiami, Inc.

Dr. Earl Lewis

Ms. Elyse Lewis (Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community)

Mr. and Mrs. George R. Lewis

The Honorable John R. Lewis

Ms. Frances Li and Mr. Carl Schaefer

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lieberthal

Emily and Joel Limerick

Lincoln Property Co.

Ms. Laura A. Liswood ●

Mr. Donald R. Livingston

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Livingston

Ms. Jo LoCicero

Hunter and Elizabeth Loftin

Mr. Bossie Lofton, Jr.

Ms. Hilary Long

Louis Berger, Incorporated

Mr. Joseph Loundy

Pat Love

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lown

Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lowndes

Ms. Elizabeth Lucas

Mr. and Mrs. Kyle B. Lukins

Ms. J.L. Lynch

Mr. Thomas G. MacCracken

Mrs. Pearl W. Mack

General and Mrs. David Maddox ●

Magadia Consulting, Inc.

Marcellus Major/Jacqueline Major

Commander and Mrs. Charles 

Maluzzi

Ambassador and Mrs. Charles T. 

Manatt

Mr. Mahadeva Mani

Kenneth and Jeanette Mann

Nancy and John Mannes

Cheryl Manning and 

Vivienne Swinson

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Manning ●

Jane Marden

Ms. Joyce L. Martin ●

Mr. Craig E. Martinez

Mr. Mark L. Martinez

Maryland Native Plant Society

Mr. and Mrs. Toshi Masuoka

James and Marsha Mateyka

Mrs. Patricia Mathews

Phillip Eugene Mathis

Susanne Max

Linda L. Mayer

Mayer Brown

Patrick and Patti McAdaragh

Ms. Dawn L. McCall ●

McClary-White Charitable Foundation

Ms. Ann McClellan (Catharine 

McClellan Trust)

Mr. Geoff McFetridge

Patriarch Venerable Frank H. 

McGibbon, BA, MSHP

Mr. and Mrs. Barnabas McHenry

Mrs. Lisa McIntye

Ms. Kimberly McLurkin-Harris

John A. McQuown and 

Leslie McQuown

Mr. Lorenzo McRae II and 

Ms. Nancy Brown ●

MDA Information Systems LLC

James G. Mead

Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Melvin

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Menschel 

(Charina Foundation, Inc.)

Meredith Corporation

Messiah Baptist Church of East 

Orange, NJ

The Metropolitan Group

Ms. Pamela G. Meyer

M. Graham & Co. ▲

Midwest Natural Resources

Ms. Deborah K. Mielke

Miller & Chevalier Chartered

Lori Miller

Ms. Susan Diane Miller

Mrs. Joyce A. Milligan

Ministerio de Ambiente

Dr. Charles Mitchell, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell

Mr. Randall Pernell Mitchell

Melissa and Robert Mittman

Betty M. Montgomery 

Ms. Susan Byrne Montgomery

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Monthey

Mrs. Amanda L. Moore

Jocelyn M. Moore and the 

Gardner Family

Colonel and Mrs. John E. Moore, Jr.

Verba A. Moore, M.D.

Vivian Moore

Z. Elizabeth Morgan

Deborah E. Mosley-Bennett

Mr. Patrick J. Mullaney

Ms. Susan M. Napier

National Academy of Sciences

National FFA Organization

National Indian Health Board

Rodney, Cheryl and Chloe Neal

Dr. and Mrs. Larry Dean Nelson

Ruth P. Nelson and Barbara MacNeal

Mrs. Carol Neuberger 

(Art and Travel LLC)

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Newbill

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr. 

(Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newman

Ms. Elmaree Newson

Mr. John J. Nicholas, Jr.

Ms. Dane A. Nichols

George and Deborah Nichols

Mr. Leo Nicolini

Mr. Carl A. Niendorff IV

Dr. Vuyisile T. Nkomo

Randy A. Noranbrock and 

Anna Rappaport

Northern Piedmont Community 

Foundation

Ms. Yvonne D. Norton

Nova Chemicals Inc.

Dr. Nawaf I. Nseir

Ms. Inosi Nyatta

Mr. David K. O’Connor

Ms. Hope E. O’Connor

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Scott Odell

Tara R. Oden, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Ogden 

(The North Ridge Foundation)

Mr. Joseph O’Gorman

Margaret Ann Olson

Nina E. Olson

Ms. Cerissa M. O’Neal, Esq.

William and Anne Overbey

Ozarks Chapter of the American 

Association of Zoo Keepers

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Paleologos 

Ms. Patricia A. Papas and 

Dr. Ray E. Tully

Lloyd and Tanaia Parker

Paycor

Mr. and Mrs. Breon Peace

Edith A. Peña

Michele and Jack Penkoske

Perkins Coie ▲

Mrs. Julia G. Perlman

Ms. Susan B. Perry

Susan Peters and Richard Lee

Ms. Mechthild “Mitzi” E. Peterson

Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

Dr. Kate S. Woodward

Ms. Rose Petoskey (Dentons US LLP)

Mr. Timothy Phillips ●

Ms. Bathsheba Philpott and 

Mr. Darrel T. Philpott

Dr. Thomas Pinder

The Pittsburgh Foundation

Pixel Acuity, LLC

Ms. Joan Platt

Judith Podskalny

Mr. and Mrs. Lance Pohl

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pollard ●

Mrs. Anna Lisa Porras

Mrs. Peter G. Powers

Mr. and Mrs. Charley F. Pride

Ms. Frances C. Philpot Prophet

Trevor W. and Sonya L. Pryce

Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Psychoyos

Mr. William T. Quinn

Madeline Murphy Rabb

Rabobank Nederland

Anthony and Karen Rand

Mrs. Lois S. Raphling

Dr. Bruce Rashbaum

Carol-Bird Ravenal, Ph.D.

Earl C. Ravenal, Ph.D.

Dr. and Mrs. M. Keith Rawlings

RBC Dain Rauscher

Mr. Thomas P. Reagan

Ms. Sanae Iida Reeves

Refreshments Plus

Regulatory Fundamentals Group LLC

Allan and Lynne Reich

Mr. Lloyd Reid

Charles H. Revson Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Reynolds

Ms. Katharine S. Reynolds

Ms. Veta Teresa Richardson

Ms. Thyra A. Riley

Charles A. Robertson

Mr. David L. Robertson

Mr. Adam Robinson

Ms. Detra K. Robinson

Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D.

Robert Roche and Nancy Hirschbein

Susan and David Rockefeller

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Rolandi, III

Ms. Trude S. Roselle

Ms. Rachel Rosemann 

(Rosemann Family Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Rosen

Ms. Tia Rosengarten

Ms. Jeanne Rosenthal

Rosemary Rosso

Matthew and Susan Roswell

The Honorable Stanley O. Roth

Ms. Joan E. Rucker

Ms. Marie Asselia Rundquist and 

Mr. Edward V. Nowicki

Ms. Nancy W. Ruskin

Radina Russell

Ms. Amy R. Sabrin and 

Mr. G. Evans Witt

Ms. Jane Dresner Sadaka

Kim Sajet and Anthony Meadows

Ms. Debbie Salkind

Mr. Stephen A. Saltzburg and 

Mrs. Susan Lee

G.G. Sampson

Mr. Anthony D. Sandifer

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sands

Patricia J. Sawvel

Ms. Andrea Joy Scales

Paul and Helen Schmitz

Ms. Beth S. Schroeder

Mr. Frederick Scott

Dr. Terilyn R. Scott-Winful and 

Mr. Joel K. Winful

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Seals

Justice Leah Ward Sears (Ret.)

Ms. Aimee Sentmat de Grimal 

(Banistmo)

Mr. Vincent E. Sescoe

Mrs. Marshall M. Seymour

S & G Packaging, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sheehan

Mr. Charles R. Sherrell

Ms. Danielle Elizabeth Sherrod

Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Shulman

Mr. David Sickey

Ms. Teresa D. Sidewater

Ms. Claudia Silver

Mr. Ronny Simon

Timothy Alan Simon and 

Kimberly Brandon

Ms. Denita Banks Sims

Mrs. Sarah Singletary

Mr. Allen J. Singleton

Albert & Lillian Small Foundation Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. James H. Small (Albert & 

Lillian Small Foundation Inc.)

Mr. Leroy Russell Smalls

Mrs. Shirleen Smart-Freedman

Ms. Jan Smith

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gordon Smith

Reggie Smith Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Smith

Mr. and Mrs. T. Eugene Smith

Ms. Valerie Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Snead ●

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sommerkamp ●

Ms. Stephanie Elizabeth Sowell

Mr. Ramon Stackhouse-McMillian

Ms. Deirdre Stanley

Mr. Thomas Stanley

Mr. and Mrs. David Steinglass

Ms. Gina Steinway

Ms. Meredith G. Stevens ●

Sam and Diane Stewart

Mr. Robert E. Stockho and 

Dr. Veronika Jenke

Ms. Yvette Stokes

Holly and George Stone and Family

Amanda Stott

Strategic Analysis, Inc.

Mr. Patrick Strickland (Lumbee Tribe 

of North Carolina)

Studio O+A

Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & 

Blayney, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Swift

Ms. Barbara Szoradi

T and T Consulting Services, Inc.

Mr. Everett L. Tademy

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taskier

Drs. Beverly Daniel and Travis Tatum

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Taubman

Patricia Rose Taylor

Willo Taylor

Mr. Michael S. Tepper

Texas de Brazil

Ms. Augusta Y. Thomas

George D. and Mary Augusta Thomas

Ms. Lillian M. Thomas

Mr. Alvin Thompson

Three Affiliated Tribes of Mandan, 

Hidatsa & Arikara Nation

Mr. Spencer Throckmorton

Ms. Mirium J. Todd

Larry and Darlene Tripplett

Courtney Trombly and Geoff Kratville

Mr. Lyndon Tucker

Mr. William Tucker

Mr. Jared Turner

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Turner

Mr. John H. Tyson

Dr. Michelle Tyson

University of Utah

Ms. Sandra Urie and Mr. Frank Herron

U.S. Bank

U.S. Space and Rocket Center

Susan A. Vallon and Andrew Beyer ●

Values Partnership

Van Cleef & Arpels

Anola Vance

Mr. Zachary Vazquez

Mr. Michael Ventura

Mr. Jan Vingerhoets and Ms. Simone 

Vingerhoets-Ziesmann

Visual Resources Association 

Foundation

Dr. Allen P. Vital

Drs. Betsy and Alkinoos Vourlekis

Yvonne Dellaret Wade

Dr. Annette Wagner

Lillian Wainwright Family

Mr. Duane A. Wakeham

Mrs. Carol Waldron

Virginia Pretlow Wyatt Walker

Mr. Haskell Ward

Ms. Dionne Warwick

Washington International School

Mr. and Mrs. Denzel H. Washington

Mr. William Watley

Roslyn Watson

David Webber and Joelle Faucher

Ms. Beverly Weber

Ms. Nancy Webster

John Weeks

Mr. Matthew Weiner and 

Ms. Kristen Kalinowski

Ms. Candace King Weir (David and 

Candace King Weir Foundation)

Ms. Anne Weismann and 

Mr. Benjamin D. Gorton

Drs. Harold and Myra Weiss ●

Dr. and Mrs. Derek Lamont West

The Honorable Togo D. West, Jr. and 

Mrs. Gail B. West

Dr. and Mrs. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.

Ms. Carolyn L. Wheeler

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph White

Mr. and Mrs. Thurman V. White

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Whitney

Ms. Laurie Wilcox and 

Mr. Raymond J. Learsy

Wildlife Reserves Singapore

Wilkes Artis Chartered

Robert Willasch

The William & Mary Alumni Association

Dr. Alicia Williams

Mrs. Annie D. Williams

The Honorable Betty J. Williams

Ms. Cynthia A. Williams

Francis H. Williams

Mrs. Gloria Reddick Williams

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Williams

Mr. Jeffrey H. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Williams

Dr. Lillian Serece Williams

Ms. Patricia Anne Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Willis

Greg Willisson and Ken Gowen

Patrice Willoughby

Diane and Kevin Wilshere

Mr. Rollie Wilson

Senator Yvonne S. Wilson

Ms. Nicole Winard

Claude L. Winfield

John and Martha Wolf

Ms. Yvonne Wolf

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Woodcock

Irene and Alan Wurtzel

Mr. Noel Don Wycliff

Mr. Keith L. Younger

Fatima Mohamed Zein

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen

Mrs. Kathleen M. Ziffer

Ms. Mary Ziino

Margot and Paul Zimmerman

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American Civil Liberties Union

BBDO

Bloomberg

Booz Allen Hamilton

BP America

Clark Construction Group

The Coca-Cola Company

Deutsche Bank

Eileen Fisher, Inc.

ExxonMobil

Fidessa Corporation

GE

Gensler

Honeywell

Hughes, Hubbard, and Reid

IBM Corporation

India Abroad Publications, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

KPMG LLP

Maharam

Mars, Incorporated

Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

Muji USA Ltd.

Nissan North America, Inc.

OASIS

PEPCO

Pfizer Inc.

Pratt Institute

Saudi Aramco

SC Johnson

School of Visual Arts

Sotheby’s

Southern Company

Sponsors for Educational 

Opportunity

Swiss Re

Target

Texas Instruments

Trust Company of America

UBS

United Nations Population Fund

Van Cleef & Arpels

The Walt Disney Company

Wolf-Gordon

BEQUESTS

We remember with 

appreciation the following 

generous donors whose gifts 

through bequests from their 

estates were received this year.

Audrey C. Bell

Ben Beeson

James Bond

Randall Brooks

Karen Weaver Coleman

Violette C. Rosen Firth

Rose Frieze

Paula J. Fulmer

Charles Goldsberry

Herbert H. Hamilton

Muriel Hannig

Rita Neergaard Hansen

Harold E. and Evelyn M. Hentze

Loretta T. Honea

Chang-Su Cho Houchins

Allan William Johnson, Jr.

Barbara E. Lawson

Barbara Ferguson Lee

Robert Thomas Leonard 

Leslie Leonelli

Julia Bottelson Lynch

Jean W. Mannan

Bella J. May

Natalie Meckle

Lois M. Naylor

Edmund B. Piasecki 

Carol Cosden Price

Carol W. Ramella

Larry Reiter

Marguerite V. Schneeberger

William B. and Betty L. Seely

Bernice Silverman

Edith Sternfels

Henry Eugene Swantz, Jr.

Alban F. Varnado

Rachel B. Waggoner

Susan Belle Westlake

Jeanne Wilson

Francis W. Worrell

MEMORIAL AND

COMMEMORATIVE GIFTS

The following were honored by 

their families, friends and other 

donors to the Smithsonian.

Javier F. Arango

Deborah Berke 

Cynthia M. Blumenthal

Elizabeth Broun

James Ireland Cash, Jr.

Melissa Chiu

Lauren and Marc Cohen

Johnnetta B. Cole

Dorothea and Drew Days

James Dicke, Sr.

George W. Elliott

Aaron and Elnora Ellison

Sakurako D. Fisher

Barbara G. Fleischman

Martha J. Fleischman

Tammy Fox-Keyes

Skippy and Mark Frank

Sumner Gerard, Jr.

John H. Glenn, Jr.

John L. Gray

Sonny Hagendorf

Steven K. Hamp

Paula Johnson

Dennis Kelly

Charles D. Kelman

Harvey M. Krueger

Dwight V. Lawson

Mariana S. Leighton

Melvin Lenkin

Daniel Lucey

Gregory T. Lucier

Frank Luntz

Whitney MacMillan

Rachel Kronstadt Mann

Ramiro Matos

Nan Tucker McEvoy

Enid W. Morse

George Ohrstrom II

Ray and Sheila Owens

Wendy Wick Reaves

Mary Rice 

David A. Rockefeller, Sr.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller

David M. Rubenstein

Jack Rudin

Melvin Seiden

Jacquelyn Days Serwer

Zachary and Blanche Serwer

Annie M. Sescoe

Ben and A. Jess Shenson

Virginia C. Shipman

David M. Silfen

Alan G. Spoon

Ginger Winters Stallings

Fredericka Stevenson

Jan Stuart 

Patricia S. Swaney

Kristin E. Thomas and 

Joshua S. Yamamoto

David C. Ward

Mamie L. Washington

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a leader in researching coastal ecosystems. Through its science 

education programs, K-12 students learn about topics ranging from the anatomy of the blue crab to how a watershed works.

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex loaned its Mars rover concept vehicle to the National Air and Space 

Museum for the museum’s Mars Day! family day. With support from Boeing, NASA astronaut Jon McBride gave a talk on 

the concept vehicle, which was created to inspire the next generation of space explorers. 
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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

Mrs. Mary Adams

Mr. Michael C. Adams, Jr.

Doctors Joseph and Seena Aisner

Harold F. Albers, D.V.M.

Mrs. Roberta M. Alden

Stephen T. Alexieff

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

Dr. Lourdes V. Andaya

Mr. Richard C. Andersen

William S. and Janice R. Anderson

Ms. Rae R. Anderson-Marsh

Paul G. and Alyce C. Andrus

Mr. Kenneth Appleton

Mrs. Lorraine Appleton

Dr. and Mrs. C. Araoz

Ms. Beryl E. Arbit

Dr. and Mrs. Mark B. Ardis

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

Ms. Ruth Arnold

Bob and Dori Arrington

Rudolph E. and Frances B. Atmus

Mr. Robert J. Atwater

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery

Rose Marie Baab

Ms. Kathy Babcock

Mrs. Christine Bach

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Baecht

Dr. Sheryl R. Bair

Nellie Baker

Lorraine Idriss Ball

Kimberly Caitlin Barden

Mr. Roger Barnes

Mr. Dale S. Barnett, Jr.

Captain Celia Barteau

LeRoy T. Baseman

Betty Passmore Bass

Mrs. Florence Baston

Susan and Edwin Battley

Susan and Thomas Baxter

Mr. Gary F. Beanblossom

Cristina McGee Beard

Susan M. Beardsley

Gwendolyn Beasley

Leslie Ellen Beller

Bradford and Jennifer Benn

Bonnie and Rodney Benson

Ms. Joan Benson

Doris Bergen

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

Ms. Marguerite Godbold

Mrs. Carolyn Boday

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Boggs

George Bogumill

Margaret W. and William J.D. Bond

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

Mrs. Linda Ann Brass-Terry II

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Breitwieser

Diane and Hal Brierley

Penelope J. Brook

Colonel Arthur L. Brooke (Ret)

Randall Brooks

Mrs. Agnes M. Brown

Harris and Diane Bruch

Ms. Mary M. Brunot

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bruns

Dr. Nancy D. Bryant

Rogene A. Buchholz

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi

Mr. Donald S. Budowsky

Robert F. Bulens

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burka

Mr. Scott C. Bushnell

Bradley and Heidi Butcher

Warren F. Buxton, Ph.D., CDP

John P. Cahill

Bruce and Karen Campbell

Mr. Scott D. Capes

Ms. Margaret Capuder, RN

Dawn V. Carr

Mrs. Ruth Ogden Carroll

Ms. Beth Carter

Mr. Larry L. Carter

Mary M. Case and Edward T. Fishwick

Rod and Lynette Case

Michael W. Cassidy

Mr. and Mrs. James Catalano

Mr. James K. Cavanaugh

Kathleen A. and William J. Cavanaugh

Mr. Eric Chandler

Samuel Charache

Judith L. Cherwinka

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

Linda and Pete Claussen

Earl F. Clayton

Colleen Cleary

Robert and Betsey Clopine

Ms. Ethel A. Collins

Mr. Peter Comanor

Donald Combs and 

Lisa Grabowski-Combs

Mr. Douglas Comerdinger

James M. Compton, Col. USA (Ret.)

Drs. Joseph and Wanda Corn

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Arthur and Utta Covello

Patrisha Creevy and Albert Del Negro

Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Creitz

Mr. Curtis E. Croom

Ms. Joanne Crovets

Phillip and Betty Crum

Mr. Hal J. Cunningham

Mr. James Curry

Miss Pauline R. Cushing

Mrs. Phyllis Daderio

Col. Robert J. Dalessandro

Mr. Carmen J. D’Angelo

Doris M. Darmopray

Mr. David Datwyler

James and Dorothy Davis

Nora Hsu Davis and Barry C. Davis

Baroness Yvonne de Vilar

Mr. Walter Deans

Ms. Juliet DeLaricheliere

Dr. Bertrun Delli

Mr. Alan R. Dellinger

Ms. Sue A. Delorme

Ms. Elaine A. Dependahl

Mr. Charles E. Dern

Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. DeSilva

Jeff DeTroye and 

Dr. Mary Ann Gorman

Ms. Ruth E. Dewton

Paul and Becky Dhyse

Mr. B. Gordon Dickey

Kenneth G. and Sherry L. Dietz

Dennis O. Dixon

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Dixon

Alycia and Bruce Doctor

Mr. Mark S. Doherty

Deborah G. Douglas, Ph.D.

Alan and Elizabeth Duckett

Ms. Frances Ott Dunbar

Dr. Harold A. Dundee, Ph.D.

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

Valerie A. Emerson

Mrs. Joan Engberg

Ronald W. and Sophie M. Enger

Mr. Carl B. Fausey

Ms. Beverly Feeser

Dr. Linda S. Ferber

Alan and Lois Fern

Ken Ferrara

Miss Grace C. Ferrill

Mr. and Mrs. Dale E. Fincke

Ms. Gloria Fine

Ms. Rosemarie Fiorilli and 

Mr. Thomas A. Berglund

Mrs. Helen Flanagan

Emma Flitsch

Mr. Fred R. Fonck

Ms. Norma L. Forbes

Dr. Brandon Brame Fortune and 

Mr. Terence J. Fortune

Mr. Ronald J. Foulis

Stephen D. Fox

Mrs. Marilyn C. Frantsov

Ms. Diane Freedman

Al and Marion Friedlander

Ms. Wendy Frieman and 

Colonel David E. Johnson, PhD 

USA (Ret.)

Gudrun Fruehling

Dr. David G. Furth

Dr. Ann Reed Gaines

Mr. Tim Gaines

Mr. Tim Garner

David E. Garrett

Jeff and Mary Lynn Garrett

Ms. Lois Gartlir

Suzanne Gartz

Jane W. Gaston

Ms. Helen Gaul

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Gazzola

Dr. Albert Gelderman and 

Dr. Martha Gelderman

Dr. Mary Gendernalik-Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Gibson

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Gilbert

Mr. and Mrs. William Gjodesen

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Godfrey

Ms. Gaylynn Golden and 

Mr. James Basara

Robert Goldman

Ms. Margaret K. Goldsmith

Ronnyjane Goldsmith

Ms. Mary Anne Goley

Ms. Ann M. Goode

Mrs. Renee Goodstein

Kenneth C. and Mary M. Gossett

Gerald and Sheila Gould

Peter and Rhondda Grant

Richard Wayne and Barbara K. Grant

Ms. Margaret J. Grasston

Nancy Barclay Graves

Ralph Greenhouse

Joanne T. Greenspun

Ms. Virginia Gregory

Mrs. Ruth Gresham

Alice L. Grindstaff

Mr. Donald J. Guiles

Mrs. Milton R. Gunther

Mr. Robert S. Guthrie

Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole

Valerie J. and D. Wilson Gyton

Mrs. Eileen Hamilton

Gloria Shaw Hamilton

Robert and Bettye Hammond

The Tom and Char Hand Foundation

Richard W. Hardman

Mrs. Nancy M. Harlan

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harmon

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Harmon

Ms. Margery F. Harris

Myra M. Hart

Miss Jeannine Hartley

Al Hartwick

Ms. D.L. Hasse

Roger D. Hathaway

Jean Mary Hauck

Ellen M. Haude

Hausknost Family Trust

Ms. Jennifer E. Hawley

Dr. Carla H. Hay

Christine Berglund Hayes

Ms. Johni Hays

Ms. Evelyn Heinzinger

Mrs. Joan E. Hekimian

Ms. Judith A. Henderson

Mr. Richard D. Henderson

Michael and Char Hersh

Martha Hertelendy

Paul Hertelendy

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herzog

Dr. and Mrs. David C. Hess

Bob Hickey

Mr. Daniel Higman

Mr. Jeff Hill

Mr. Charles W. Hirst

Edward J. and Ruth Hodge

Miss K.T. Hoffacker

Sallie Holder

Debra Hollander

Ruth S. Holmberg

Ms. Edna M. Hoover

Mary W. Hopkins

William L. Hopkins

Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.

Ms. Patricia B. Horlacher

Ms. Virginia S. Houk

Ms. Brenda Howard

Ms. Wanda Howard

John A. Hoyda

Ms. Suzanne Huber

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hugel

Mrs. Jean Humburg

Dr. and Mrs. James C. Hunt

Mr. Chris Hushak

Mr. and Mrs. Milton M. Hyatt

Ms. Marie Ann Iandoli

Keith Jackson

Karel and Virginia Jacobs Living Trust

Ms. Nancy E. Jemiola

Mr. and Mrs. David H. Jenkins

Dennis R. Jenkins

Donald R. and Judy Jensen

David S. and Pat Jernigan

Dr. Karen Jespersen

Carol D. Jobusch

Dr. G. David Johnson and 

Ms. Ai Nonaka

Ms. Janice M. Johnson

Ms. Shirley Z. Johnson

Diane B. Jones

Ms. Heather Jones

Ms. Katharine Cox Jones

Suryaram R. Joshi and Sushila S. Joshi

Mr. Anthony H. Kaczmarek

Mr. Nelson Kading

Stephen and Linda Kamen

Carol Ann Kapheim

Ms. Judy Kaselow

Steven Kazan and 

Judy Heymann Kazan

Miss Rajinder K. Keith

Robert F. and Nancy L. Kempf

Mr. John B. Kendrick

Ms. Kelly A. Kendrick-Bailey

Ms. Marjorie C. Kennedy

Mary Jane Kilhefner

Anita Y. Kinard-Medeiros

Diana A. King and Larry J. West

Mr. James W. Kinnear

Mary Ann Knyff

Dr. Seth A. Koch

John and Mary Lu Koenig

Richard and Marilyn Kolesar

Mrs. William K. Konze

Mr. and Mrs. Myron Kownacki

Dr. Ellen Kreighbaum

Smithsonian Legacy Society

Making a lasting impact

In 2017, the Archives of American Art announced its 200th fully digitized collection—the Bob Thompson papers. The collection on Thompson, a New York-based 

painter active in the 1950s and ’60s, includes correspondence, writings and photographs. Funding was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra 

Foundation for American Art.
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SMITHSONIAN LEGACY SOCIETY Making a lasting impact

Rieva Rose

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Rosenbaum

Mr. Ken Rosenberg

Dr. Harry Rosenthal

Dee and Allan Roth

Dr. Mary A. Rudloff

Owen F. Ruggles

Nancy and Clive Runnells Foundation

Ralph and Dorothea 

Hoffman Rushworth

Ms. Karen L. Russell

Louise Russell, Ph.D.

Mr. Richard T. Russell, Jr.

John and Anne Ryan

Ms. Sally D. Ryan

Edward H. Sachtleben

Dr. Joseph R. Salcetti

Trudy and Charles Salter

Dr. Janice E. Sanders

Jesse Ormond Sanderson, Jr. and 

Robert Keith Black

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph R. Santa 

Barbara

Mrs. Patricia Ann Beattie 

Santaromana

Dr. Maria C. Santoyo-Stein

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer

Donald and Marilyn Schlief

Miss Lois K. Schmidt

Ms. Deborah Schneide

Robert L. and Mary T. Schneider

Ms. Dorothy Schoech

Eva and Eric Schoettle

Mr. Russell L. Schoudt

Andrew and Beatrice Schultz

Dr. Deanna Schupbach

Mrs. Ida Maxey Scott

Ms. Sharon Scott

Elinor Scotte-Virgona

Madge Warden Selinsky

Frederic Thompson Selleck, Ph.D.

Mrs. Hope Sellers

Janice L. Settle

Dee and Skip Seward

Mrs. Norma Gudin Shaw

S. Diane Shaw

Winslow T. Shearman

Mr. Jerrell W. Shelton

Ms. Louise Sherman

Dr. Gerry and Marietta Shigekawa

Mrs. William H. Shopp

Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Shumate

Christel Siahatgar

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

Dr. Barbara J. Smith

Denny G. Snyder

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Soldoff

Siewchin Yong Sommer

Deena R. Sosson

Dr. Alex M. Spencer

Mr. John Robin Sperry

Earl C. Spohr

Mr. and Mrs. George S. Sproesser

Ms. Marcia L. Sprules

Ms. Tellina J. Stafford

Paul and Janet Stahlhuth

Ginger Winters Stallings

Mr. and Mrs. L. Bradley Stanford

Mr. James Starkey

Ms. Eugenia L. Staszewski

Ms. Sandra Sterling

Ms. Judith Stoeri

Kevin B. Stone

Tom and Kitty Stoner

Miss Irma Story

Amanda Stott

Miss Iris M. Strauss

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Streckewald

Robert and Gail Strong

Randy Struthers

Joseph and Elizabeth Suarez

Mr. Lewis Suber

Mrs. Katherine Sullivan

John A. and Janet Swanson

Mr. John Szabo and Ms. Theodora Fine

Ralph Edward Tamper

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Tanner

George D. and Mary Augusta Thomas

Dr. F. Christian Thompson

Ms. Johanna W. Thompson

John and Ellen Thompson

Robert and Karen Thompson

Marie and Gary Thunem

John and Evelyn Tielking

Mrs. Diane D. Tobin

Mr. David E. Todd

Jim and Sharon Todd

Anna Mary Tossey

David and Linda Tozer

Dr. Jack W. Trigg, Jr.

Lynn Trundle

Kay Tuttle

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. Frederick and 

Dr. Claudette Varricchio

Trust of Dan and Marty Vega

Dr. Sandy Vogelgesang and 

Mr. Geoffrey Wolfe

Jean and Davis H. von Wittenburg

Mr. Randall Wadsworth

Ms. Jannene Wagner

Patty Wagstaff

Raymond Waite

Ms. Jeanette M. Walke

Bettye S. Walker

Ms. Esperanza R. Walker

Mrs. Peggy Wall

Mrs. Elizabeth Walther

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Ward

Dr. Winfred O’Neil Ward

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

Susan G. Waxter

Richard P. Weber

Mr. Les J. Weinstein

Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Kuehl

Margo Kurtz

Ms. Lee L. Kush

Robert A. Kutzen

Mrs. Robert H. Lando

Gilbert H. Lang, M.D.

Jane Lanham

Mrs. Mary E. Lanham

Cynthia Muss Lawrence

Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lawrence

William Leavens

M/SGT. Lionel L. Leblanc

Victoria A. Lech

Mr. and Mrs. Erich Lechpammer

Tonia Chenelle Lee

Harvey I. Leifert

Mr. Bruce Leighty

Ms. Ann E. Leininger

Mr. Curtis W. Leslie

Emily Markgraf Leslie

Ms. Rosealie Lesser

Theodore W. and Barbara Ann Libbey

Jeanie Linders

Mr. Michael W. Lingo

Daniel M. Linguiti and Teri A. Smurl

Ms. Eleanor L. Linkous

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Liss

Ms. Nina Liu

William and Katherine Livengood

Martha G. Locke

Dr. and Mrs. Pichon P.Y. Loh

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Long

Frances J. Lowe

Mrs. Karen F. Lowe

Steven Lubar and Lisa Thoerle

Frank J. Lukowski

Glen and Sally Lunde

Mr. Bradley Lutz

Ms. Doris MacDaniel

Marion Maia da Cruz

Kim and Mark Mailloux

Commander and Mrs. Charles 

Maluzzi

Nancy and John Mannes

Christian L. and Edna M. March

Reverend Ann F. Martens

Teresa L. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci

Margery and Edgar Masinter

David Mason

Ms. Kathleen Maxwell

Ms. Annette May

Mr. Ronald W. McCain

Robert and Cynthia McCallum

Mr. Guy L. McCandless

Ms. June W. McCarron

Mr. and Mrs. Brandon McCrary

Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McCrary

Ms. Carolyn H. McCurry

Ms. Iris McDonald

Mr. John C. McGilvary

Ms. Lowen McKay

Ms. Lenore McMahon

Alison McNally and Bobby German

Cheryl McQueen

Scott and Hella McVay

Miss Nora L. Melville

Ms. Mae Mercereau

Hans and Mary Miesler

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mikuletzky

Dennis and Patricia Miller

Gus and Deanne Miller and Family

Mrs. Melissa L. Mills

Ms. Patricia Minard

Ms. Jo Ann Mitchell

Richard C. Mitchell

Sidney Mobell

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Montanye

Ms. Nancy Montecalvo

Susan and Guy Moody

Marshall W. Moore

Mrs. Anne Murray Morgan

Charles H. and Helen S. Moriyama

Marie L. Morrisroe

Jill Morrow-Gorton and 

Christopher Gorton

Robert E. Mortensen

Nancy Jean Moser

David and Francesca Moskowitz

Marianne Muellerleile and Tom Norris

Ms. Carol M. Mulcox

Mr. George M. Muldrow

Joan C. Muzzillo and Paul R. Popick

Mr. and Mrs. Roger K. Myers

Mr. Marvin J. Nakashima

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

David A. Neiss

Ms. Caroline K. Nelson

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nelson

Mr. Paul E. Nelson

Ms. Beverly A. Nichols

Jane Strauss Northern

Susann Norton

Jeane and Joel Novak

Ms. Dorothy J. O’Berry

Mr. Homer C. Ogles

Setsuko Oka

A National Portrait Gallery exhibition, In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard, featured images of many of the 

20th century’s greatest jazz artists. Based in New York in the 1940s and ’50s, Leonard frequented clubs and performance 

venues all over the city, where he captured memorable images such as this 1949 photograph of singer Billie Holiday.

Daniel and Rebecca Okrent

Nancy L. O’Neal

Ms. Terry O’Reilly

Ms. Jean D. Osbon

Tim and Debra Osburne

Mr. Richard S. Paegelow

James and Anne Painter

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer

Jean and Kent Papsun

Stephen Parks

Mr. Ronald P. Parola

Mr. Wayne Parsons

Mr. Robert Pastorino

Wesley Patterson and 

Linda Pritchard Patterson

Robert C. Patton, M.D.

David and Diane Pearson

Joanne M. Pearson, M.D.

Mary Ann and Carl Pearson

Paul Peck

Laura H. Peebles

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Pehta

Mr. and Mrs. James Pendergrass

Mrs. Carmalita J. Pendlebury

Elaine and Patrick Perkins

Barbara Rescher Perry

Ms. Nicole Petrosky

Ms. Barbara Ann Pike

Mr. John E. Plastino

Ms. Thelma B. Player

Mr. Don Polan

Morton and Sandra Porwick

Ann M. Potter

Bob and Janice Pound

Mr. and Mrs. Anco L. Prak

Ms. Louise Pressman

Judy Lynn Prince

Mrs. Lakhbir Purewal

Ms. Martha Puricelli

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanley Purvinis

Frank and Betty Quirk

Mrs. Mildred F. Rafaj

Glen E. and Susan F. Rainsley

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

Donna J. Rentzel

Larry D. Reser and Kathleen L. Toyoda

Dr. Suzanne Resnick

Jon and Emilee Reynolds

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Rice

Mrs. Robert A. Rice

Norm Richards

Mrs. Rose Marie Rick

Carol O. Roberts

Ms. Susan Roberts

Janice Stultz Roddenbery and 

Thomas Peale Roddenbery

Ms. Betty Rodgers

Mr. Scott Roeth

Ms. Laurel Rohrer

Mr. Norman Roscilo

Adam Weisler

Ms. Anne Weismann and 

Mr. Benjamin D. Gorton

Mrs. Angela Caveness Weisskopf

DarEll T. Weist and Diane Kenney

Mr. Walt Wells

Dr. Jacqueline H. Werner

Mrs. Harriet K. Westcott

Craig and Catherine Weston

Jason Sean White

Dr. Richard Whitekettle

Mr. Dale A. Whiteside

Ms. Vivian Wilder

Mr. Donald E. Williams

Ernest Gilman Wilson and 

Joan Work Wilson

Ms. Margaret M. Wisniewski

Rosemary Keates Witty

Dr. Michael C. Wolf

Ms. Doris C. Wong

Ms. Betsy J. Wood and 

Mr. James W. Stuart-Smith

Gerald L. Wood

Martha R. Wood

Mr. Phillip S. Woodruff

David F. Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wynbrandt

Sally Wyte

Mrs. Lillian Yamori

Gail Yano

Mr. Carey L. Yeager

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Yohannes

Judy Yoss

Ms. Elise Barbara Yuter

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Kenneth M. Zemrowski and 

Susan MacKeen

John and Sherry Ziegler

Margot and Paul Zimmerman

Flavia P. Zorgniotti

The Zug Family

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Zygielbaum
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 James Smithson Society

 Our generous members

The 646 members of the James Smithson Society share a 

deep commitment to the advancement of the Smithsonian 

through their dues and special gifts. In fiscal year 2017, 

they contributed $2.7 million in general support to the 

Institution. The Smithsonian gratefully acknowledges the 

following individuals for their generous financial gifts, 

which provided important support for the Institution’s 

art and artifact conservation, research, exhibitions and 

educational programs.

Berit and Michael Francis ✚

The Michael and Marlys Haverty 

Family Foundation ✚

Paul Hertelendy ✚

The Hoch Family ✚

Elaine A. Hodgson

Ms. Wilhelmina Holladay ▼

Mary W. Hopkins ▼

Ms. Michelle Pon Howard

Mary Jane Kilhefner ▼

Michael and Gretchen Kriss

Mr. Wayne E. Kurcz ▼

Drs. Jerrold Levy and Maria Arias ▼

Ms. May Liang and Mr. James Lintott ▼

Jeanie C. Linders ▼

Robert R. Little ▼

Ms. Marilyn Lummis ▼

Dr. and Mrs. David Machuga ▼

Elizabeth and Whitney MacMillan ✚

Susann Norton ▼

Mr. James D. Parker ▼

Mrs. Nancy Patrick ▼

Alan L. Perkins and 

Barbara L. Bonessa ▼

Kay and Dave Phillips ✚

Melvin and Martha Rice

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock ▼

The Honorable Ronald A. Rosenfelf ✚

Madge Warden Selinsky ▼

Tricia and Thom Smelter

Ms. Betty W. Smykal

Eileen and Michael Tanner ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Ranvir K. Trehan 

(Trehan Foundation, Inc.)

Mr. William J. Trenchard

Nancy Zverina ▼

SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY 

CIRCLE

Anonymous

Mr. Ross Anderson ▼

Ms. Anne V. Applegate ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Avery ▼

Susan and Thomas Baxter ▼

Dr. Tyson E. Becker and 

Ms. Katherine Sutcliffe Becker ▼

Mr. James M. Beggs ▼

Mr. Alan B. Berro and Ms. Lara Kaplan

James E. Borleis ▼

The Honorable Stephen F. Brauer and 

Mrs. Camilla Thompson Brauer ✚

Mark and Janice Buffler ▼

Alan Cannon

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Rodney and Michelle Adkins ✚

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Mr. and Ms. Philip D. Bennett ✚

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Elissa F. and Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. ✚

Douglas and Wendy Dayton 

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Mr. and Mrs. Vin Di Bona ✚

Jim and Janet Dicke ✚

Richard Ditton ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Fetter ✚

Sakurako and William Fisher Family ✚

Julie and Gregg Flynn ✚

Ms. Brenda J. Gaines ✚

William J. and Brenda L. Galloway 

and Family ✚

Alfred C. Glassell, III and 

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Mr. and Mrs. Rick Goings (Rick and 

Susan Goings Foundation) ✚

Dr. and Mrs. H. Lee Griffin ▼

Gloria Shaw Hamilton ▼

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Koontz ✚

Sue and Al Landon ✚

Cheryl Winter Lewy and Glen Lewy ✚

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Love ✚

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John and Adrienne Mars ✚

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Sheila G. Bradford

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The Brodsky Foundation

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David and Lois Brown

Marilyn L. Brown 

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Michael Chusmir

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Colleen Cleary

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Mr. Adam Cohen

Joan and Harvey Cohen ▼

Gene and Elizabeth Colice ▼

Mr. Philip H. Collector

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Coneway Family Foundation ✚

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Dorothy and Julian Davidson

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Kathy Dehm

Arthur and Isadora Dellheim 

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Geert M. DePrest and 

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Adrienne Dominguez

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Adrienne M. Edens ▼

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Miss Babs Eisman ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Eisner 

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The Honorable Stuart Eizenstat

Paul D. Ekman

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In 2017, a biologist at the National Museum of Natural History and colleagues discovered a vibrantly colored 

species of surgeonfish being sold at fish markets in northeastern Philippines. The team named the new species 

Acanthurus albimento, meaning “white chin.”

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. McGovern ✚

Lester S. and Enid W. Morse

Mr. and Mrs. Jahm Najafi (Najafi 

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Sarah E. Nash and 

Michael S. Sylvester ✚

Paul Neely ✚

Nancy Patrick ▼

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pigott ✚

Dr. Jorge G. Puente and 

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

Lola C. Reinsch (Reinsch Pierce 

Family Foundation)

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ricci ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Richardson ✚

Mrs. Alison Wrigley Rusack ✚

Lloyd G. and Betty A. Schermer ✚

Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon ▼

Stevenson Family Charitable Trust ✚

Mary and Steven Swig ▼

Mr. Kent Thiry and Ms. Denise O’Leary 

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Mr. John K. Tsui ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Tuttle ✚

Mr. Clifford J. Walker ▼

John and Barbara Wilkerson ✚

JOSEPH HENRY CIRCLE

Anonymous

The Arctica and Abbey Foundation

Mr. Steven Bershader and 

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Robert and Dawn Birmingham ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kevin Buchi ▼

Robert F. Bulens ▼

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell ✚

Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Cotton

Julia and Jim Davidson, 

Storm Castle Foundation

Dr. Paul T. Davis ▼

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Mr. Douglas D. Durst ▼

Christopher Feldmann and 

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Artist Adrián Román won The Outwin People’s Choice Award for his multimedia work Caja de Memoria Viva II. The work 

portrays Constancia Colón de Clemente, a black Puerto Rican woman who immigrated to the United States in the 

1940s. The award was part of The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, a triennial event sponsored by the National 

Portrait Gallery. An exhibition of competition winners is currently touring the country.

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Fischmann Family Foundation

Sue M. Fogarty ▼

Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ford 

Mr. Pete Ford

Colonel and Mrs. William J. Foster ▼

Bonnie S. Franklin

Mr. Jason E. Free

Ms. Wendy Frieman and Colonel 

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Cary J. Frieze ▼ = Mr. and Mrs. David Morgan Frost ▼

Eric H. Gable and 

Margaret A. Carson-Gable

Ms. Kerry Galvin

Mr. Richard T. Garner

Mr. Jacques Gelin

Ms. Claire Geller-Kolchetski

Mr. Fred O. Gibson, Jr. ▼

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson ▼

Mr. Daniel Gilbert = Karyn C. Gill and 

George McC. Gill, M.D. = Mary Turner Gilliland and 

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Walter and Karla Goldschmidt 

Foundation

Ms. Mary Goodreau

Ms. Carolyn Gorman

Drs. David Granite and 

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Mary and Bradford Graves ▼

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Ms. Susannah Gray and 

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The Greene Van Arsdale Foundation

Susan and Ben Gregg

Mr. Joseph Grinstein

Mr. and Mrs. Michael John Gunther

Robert G. Gutenstein

Sonny and Kathy Hagendorf

Ms. Virginia Hamister ▼

Ms. Claire L. Hampton ▼

Hansan Family Foundation

Mr. Shawn Hansen

Mrs. Libby D. Hanson

Mr. Christie G. Harris ▼

Felicie and Paul Hartloff ▼

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

Mr. Wayne Hathaway ▼

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Catherine and Richard W. Herbst ✚

Robert and Ann Herman

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E. Hom

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Howard

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Ms. Jennifer Nelson Kemp

Thomas S. Kenan, III ▼

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Erna and Michael Kerst ▼

Coyla Ketchy ▼

Peter B. Kibbee ▼

Mrs. David Kimbell

Ms. Diana A. King

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Ms. Leslie S. Kogod

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Larry and Paige Nicholson

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Randy A. Noranbrock and 

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Deborah Norton ▼

Mr. Hossein Noshirvani and 

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Mike O’Dell and Judy Grass ▼

Suzanne Oparil, M.D.

Tim and Debra Osburne

Mr. Steven O’Sheal ▼

Frances M. Owens ▼

Richard C. Paddock

Ms. Patricia A. Papas and 

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Dr. Bette Jane Pappas and 

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Jean and Kent Papsun ▼

Jim and Marilyn Parke ▼

Douglas and Suzanne Parker ▼

Marianne and David Pastor ▼

Barbara and Michael Pate ▼

Celeste Patrick, M.D., and 

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Mr. Roy Peck and Mrs. Michelle Peck ▼

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Barbara Rescher Perry

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Kirsten Peterson Johansen

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Dr. Patti McGill Peterson and 

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Dr. Bob Pettapiece

Mr. James Pigott (Moccasin Lake 

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Peter and Michelle Pilawa

Carol Pochardt = Sydney M. Polakoff and 

Carolyn Goldman

Linda Polk

James C. Powell

Ms. Kirsten Powell

Judy Lynn Prince

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Drs. Dena and Jerome Puskin

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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Raike ▼

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Ms. Nancy J. Robertson and 

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Mary Ellen and David Rogers ▼

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Jenny Rose and Gus Carey ▼

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Tony Rosenthal and Ruth Ganister ▼ = Ms. Hillary Rosenwald ▼

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Maryà Rowan ▼

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Jon and Judy Runstad

Louise Russell, Ph.D.

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Jose R. Santiago

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Mr. Frederic W. Schaen

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

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Mr. Albert Seargeant

Mr. David Sessions

The Shack Sackler Foundation

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Barbara L. Shortridge ▼

Frank Shrontz ▼

Carey C. Shuart

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Siewchin Yong Sommer

Ms. Shirley M. Sontheimer

Mr. Victor Southgate

Lucinda T. Spaney

Mr. Patrick Spann and 

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Mrs. Jennifer P. Speers ▼

Mr. Jonathan Spencer

Ms. Ellen Spivey

Ms. Gay K. Stanek

Jack B. St. Clair ▼

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stoecker ▼

Shepard and Marlene Stone ▼

Mr. James D. Strand ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stratton ▼

Barry S. and Evelyn Strauch

Strong Foundation of New York

Sandra L. Sully ▼

John and Donna Swan ▼

Ms. Dorry Swope

The Tabard Inn

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Peter and Ann Tanous ▼

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Teerlink ▼

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Mr. Floyd I. Thiel

John Thomann and Stanton Schnepp

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Jack and Claire Tozier

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Harvey S. Trop ▼

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Colonel Harold W. Vorhies ▼ = Ms. Jacqueline Vossler

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Raymond Waite ▼

Gilbert Waldman and 

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Ms. Elisse Walter

Derek Wang Family Foundation

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Ruth L. Webb ▼

Duane Webber ▼

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Mrs. Angela Caveness Weisskopf ▼

Mei Chen Welland

Gregory J. Werden ▼

Mr. Gregory Wernert

Gideon and Jennifer Wiginton

Mark Wilkie

Janice Wilson ▼

Harry and Patricia Wimbrough

Mr. William E. Winckler

Sinclair Winton

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Lieutenant Colonel and 

Mrs. Michael J. Youngson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Zelenka

Tom Zoufaly

The Donald and Barbara Zucker 

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Cathy Hughes and 

Alfred C. Liggins III

Judy and Bob Huret

Intel Corporation

International Lease Finance 

Corporation

LaTanya, Zoe and Samuel L. 

Jackson

The Lebron James Family 

Foundation

J & AR Foundation

Johnson & Johnson

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Allan William Johnson, Jr.

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor 

Foundation

Gregory D. and Jennifer 

Walston Johnson

James A. Johnson 

Robert L. Johnson

Michael Jordan and Family

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

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James S. McDonnell III, 

John F. McDonnell

The Julis-Rabinowitz Family

Kaiser Permanente

Georgette and Herman 

Kamenetz

Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan

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Herb Kelleher

Connie and Dennis Keller

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

R. Crosby Kemper

William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable 

Trust

Peter B. Kibbee

Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney

John S. and James L. Knight 

Foundation

Carl and Emily Knobloch

David H. Koch 

Robert and Arlene Kogod

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze

The Korea Foundation

Kovler Foundation

Kraft Foods

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Constance and Harvey Krueger

B.Y. Lam Foundation

Lannan Foundation

Debra L. Lee, Quinn S. Coleman, 

Ava L. Coleman

Dale L. LeFebvre

Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak

AT&T

Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.

Autodesk

Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod

Bank of America 

Laura Barney

Barbara and Craig Barrett

Kenneth E. Behring Family

Max N. Berry

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos

BlackRock

Barbara and James Block

Mary and Leigh B. Block

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Winton M. “Red” Blount

Boeing 

Mary and David Boies

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

Diane and Hal Brierley

Brown Capital Management 

The Brown Foundation, Inc. of 

Houston

Hildegard Bruck and 

Alfred Egerter

Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family 

Foundation

Bente and Gerald E. Buck

Dr. Peter Buck

The Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust

The Ronald Burkle Family 

Foundation 

William A. Burleson

Burroughs Wellcome Fund 

The Morris and Gwendolyn 

Cafritz Foundation

Hacker and Kitty Caldwell

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Susan and Jim Cargill 

 Meghann and Patrick Harker

 Christian Harker

Carnival Corporation

The E. Rhodes & Leona B. 

Carpenter Foundation

Maverick Carter

Amita and Purnendu Chatterjee

Kenneth I. and Kathryn Chenault

The Chickasaw Nation

CIGNA

A. James and Alice B. Clark 

Foundation

Joe Clark

Linda and Pete Claussen

Clear Channel Media and 

Entertainment

The Coca-Cola Company

David A. and Mary Ann H. Cofrin 

The Ryna and Melvin Cohen 

Family Foundation

Dr. N. Anthony and 

Mrs. Robyn Coles

Sara and Bruce Collette

The Comer Foundation

The Joseph and Robert Cornell 

Memorial Foundation

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Ann and Tom Cousins

Ted and Marian Craver

Lee H. Cruse Trust

Elissa F. and Edgar M. Cullman, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. 

Cullman, 3rd

Jeffrey P. Cunard

The Daniels Fund

Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

Richard Darman

Marcel and Serge Dassault

Florence Coulson Davis

Michael and Susan Dell

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

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.

Ralph L. and Patricia R. Dixon

Patricia C. Dodge

Donald J. and Helen D. Douglass

Andreas C. Dracopoulos

Draper

DuPont

The Eberly Family 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

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

Sandra J. Evers-Manly

The Executive Leadership 

Council, Inc.

Exelon Foundation

ExxonMobil

FedEx Corporation

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. and 

Annette L. Nazareth

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

The Fertilizer Institute

Nancy B. and Hart Fessenden

Sakurako and William Fisher Family

Barbara G. Fleischman

Julie and Greg Flynn

The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Ford Foundation

Ford Motor Company Fund

Martha Parks Forrest

Sidney E. Frank Foundation

 Peter and Cathy Halstead

Andréa and Kenneth Frazier

Charles Lang Freer

Friends of the National Zoo

Cary J. Frieze

Patricia and Phillip Frost

Fujifilm

Susan Breakefield Fulton

The Funger Foundation, Norma 

Lee and Morton Funger

Hope L. and John L. Furth

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

GE 

David Geffen Foundation

General Mills Foundation

General Motors Corporation

James T. and Juliette J. George

Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz 

Memorial Foundation

GlaxoSmithKline

The Glenstone Foundation, 

Mitchell P. Rales

Goldman Sachs

Google.org

Alice R. Gottesman

Arvin Gottlieb

Katharine Graham

Dr. Leonard M. Greene

Mary Livingston Griggs and 

Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

William H. Gross

The George Gund Foundation

George Gund III and Iara Lee

James E. Gysin

Thomas W. Haas Foundation

Karl H. Hagen

Mr. Christie G. Harris

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

Lyda Hill

The Hillside Foundation - Allan 

and Shelley Holt

Barron Hilton / Conrad N. Hilton 

Foundation

Helen and Edward Hintz

Ikuo Hirayama

Joseph Hirshhorn

The Robert H.N. Ho Family 

Foundation

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

Distinguished Benefactors

Recognizing our most generous donors in perpetuity

The Distinguished Benefactors Room in the Smithsonian 

Castle honors our most generous donors, whose gifts 

total $1 million or more, and foundations and corporations, 

which have made one-time gifts of the same amount.

Anonymous

3M 

AAA

AARP

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

Alfred Street Baptist Church

Basil H. Alkazzi

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 

Incorporated

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.

William A. and Valerie E. Anders 

Foundation

Judy Hart Angelo and 

John M. Angelo and 

The Angelo Family

Anheuser-Busch Foundation

Apple, Inc.

Arcadia Fund

Art Research Foundation

Association of American Railroads

The Atlantic Philanthropies

To commemorate the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth, 

the National Museum of American History displayed nine photographs of the 

president and his family as part of the museum’s The American Presidency 

exhibition. Taken in 1961 by photographer Richard Avedon, the photos capture 

the Kennedys a few weeks before the presidential inauguration.

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

Loida Nicolas Lewis, Leslie 

Malaika Lewis and Christina 

Lewis Halpern

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 Corporation

Jeffrey H. Loria

Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Foundation

Jon and Lillian Lovelace

Lower Manhattan Development 

Corporation

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

The Henry Luce Foundation

Peter and Paula Lunder

 The Lunder Foundation

The Elizabeth Carolyn Lux 

Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. 

MacArthur Foundation

Victor and Thaderine MacFarlane 

and Family

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
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DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS Recognizing our most generous donors in perpetuity

Mars, Incorporated

Frank and Susan Mars

Jacqueline B. Mars

John and Adrienne Mars

The Mashantucket Pequot 

Tribal Nation

Margery and Edgar Masinter

Colin and Leslie Masson

Bruce R. McCaw Family 

Foundation

McDonald’s Corporation

Rose A. McElrath-Slade

Nan Tucker McEvoy

Nion McEvoy

MCI WorldCom

James L. and Juliette McNeil

Medtronic Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc.

Barry and Wendy Meyer 

Foundation

MGM Resorts International

Microsoft Corporation

Michael and Lori Milken

Gus and Deanne Miller and Family

Mitsubishi Corporation

Sidney Mobell

The Mohegan Tribe of Indians 

of Connecticut

The A.P. Møller and Chastine 

Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation

Monsanto 

The Moore Charitable Foundation

Louis Bacon

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

National Asphalt Pavement 

Association

National Association of Realtors

National Basketball Association

National Basketball Players 

Association Foundation

National Business Aviation 

Association, Inc. 

National Football League 

National Mining Association

National Stone, Sand & Gravel 

Association

Nationwide Foundation

Paul Neely

Nancy Brown Negley

Leroy Neiman Foundation

H. Duane Nelson

New York Life

The NIKE Foundation

The Nippon Foundation

Nissan North America, Inc.

Nordic Council of Ministers

Northrop Grumman Corporation

NYSE Foundation

Occidental Chemical Corporation

Ocean Conservancy

Oceans 5

Carroll O’Connor and 

Nancy Fields O’Connor

David M. 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.

Dame Jillian & Dr. Arthur M. 

Sackler Foundation for the Arts, 

Sciences & Humanities

John and Joy Safer 

Sage Foundation

John and Ginger Sall

Jesse Ormond Sanderson, Jr. and 

Robert Keith Black

Roger and Victoria 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

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity/Boulé 

Foundation

Simons Foundation 

Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund 

for Arts and Sciences

Paul Singer

Sketch Foundation

Bill and Tish Slattery & the 

Slattery Family 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 Frederick Smith

Robert H. Smith Family 

Foundation

Smithsonian Networks

Soil Science Society of America

Guenther and Siewchin Yong 

Sommer

Southern Company Charitable 

Foundation, Inc.

Southwest Airlines

The Speedwell Foundation

Michael and Jenny Messner 

and Family

Diana Davis Spencer Foundation

Alan and Terri Spoon

Earl W. and Amanda Stafford

The Starr Foundation

State Farm Insurance Companies

Stavros Niarchos Foundation

Margaret and Terry Stent

Stevenson Family Charitable Trust

Tom and Kitty Stoner

Patty Stonesifer and 

Michael Kinsley

Steve Stoute Family Trust

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Sugden 

Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center

The Summit Fund of Washington

Kelso F. and Joanna L. Sutton

Target

Ambassador Nicholas F. 

Taubman and 

Mrs. Eugenia L. Taubman

Patrick F. Taylor Foundation

John Templeton Foundation

Suzanne and Michael E. 

Tennenbaum

Terra Foundation for American Art

Textron Aviation

Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw 

Charitable Trust

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Tiffany & Co. Foundation

Time Warner Foundation

Timex Corporation

TOYOTA

TRW

Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation

Earl S. Tupper

Turner Foundation, Inc.

TWA

Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy

Richard O. Ullman Family 

Foundation

United Airlines

UnitedHealth Group

United Soybean Board

United States Mint

United States Postal Service

UPS

The Upton Trust

Esme Usdan and James Snyder

Anne van Biema

Van Cleef & Arpels

Reginald Van Lee

Verizon

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

The Walton Family Foundation

Warner Bros.

Ed and Jackie Warner

Wegmans Food Markets

Craig and Diane Welburn and 

Family

Wells Fargo

Anthony and Beatrice Welters 

and the Vincent Wilkinson 

Foundation

Alexander and Annie B. Wetmore

Dr. Coralyn Wright Whitney

John and Barbara Wilkerson

Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan

Norman C. and Catherine M. 

Willcox

The Oprah Winfrey Charitable 

Foundation 

Harry Winston Hope 

Foundation, Inc.

Harry Winston Research 

Foundation, Inc.

Ronald Winston

The World Bank

Robert L. Wright

Xerox Corporation

Zoetis 

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 

Incorporated

Oneida Indian Nation (New York)

Timothy and Linda O’Neill

Yoko Ono

Orkin Exterminating 

Company, Inc.

Bernard and Barbro Osher

Lynn Roseman Owen 

The David and Lucile Packard 

Foundation

Russell E. and Wendy Palmer

Mary and John Pappajohn

Richard D. and Laura A. Parsons

Pearson Foundation

Paul Peck

The PepsiCo Foundation

Tyler Perry

Peterson Family Foundation

John L. Peterson

The Pew Charitable Trusts

William F. Pickard Family Group

Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc.

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Robert W. Pittman

The John L. Plueger Family

Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust

Colin and Alma Powell

PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Principal Financial Group

J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family 

Foundation

Prudential Financial 

The Prudential Foundation

Pucci Family Foundation

Franklin D. Raines and 

Denise Grant 

Ralph Lauren Corporation

Rasmuson Foundation

Raytheon Company

Reve Foundation

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation

The Rhimes Family 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

The Smithsonian Academy 

the nation and around the world. They 

participate in one-of-a-kind opportunities 

and explore the ideas, discoveries and 

new knowledge that make the Smithsonian 

a vibrant national treasure. To learn more, 

contact Laura Gobbi, director of 

donor relations and events, at 202.633.5877 

or smithsonianacademy@si.edu.

The recognition society for the 

Smithsonian’s most generous donors is 

open to individuals who give $1 million or 

more to Smithsonian museums, research 

centers and programs. Smithsonian 

Academy members’ extraordinary 

generosity enables the institution to thrive 

and continue to diffuse knowledge across 

A one-month Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign attracted more than 2,800 donors to support the forthcoming 

Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the National Museum of African 

American History and Culture are co-producing the project.
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The Campaign Steering Committee is the all-volunteer board 

that provided fundraising leadership to the Smithsonian 

Campaign. Drawn from the advisory boards of Smithsonian 

museums, programs and research centers, committee members 

offered insight, expertise, relationships and guidance to the 

four campaign co-chairs, the Secretary and the Smithsonian’s 

advancement staff. In fiscal year 2017, Campaign Steering 

Committee members, together with their fellow advisory board 

members, contributed $59.1 million to the Smithsonian 

Campaign, demonstrating their commitment to the campaign, 

the Smithsonian and the nation.

Leadership

Smithsonian governing and volunteer advisory boards 

The Smithsonian was created by an act of Congress in 1846 

in accordance with the terms of the will of James Smithson of 

England, who in 1826 bequeathed his property to the United 

States of America “to found at Washington, under the name of 

the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and 

diffusion of knowledge.” After receiving the property and accepting 

the trust, Congress vested responsibility for administering the trust 

in the Smithsonian Board of Regents. It consists of the Chief Justice 

of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, three 

members of the United States Senate, three members of the United 

States House of Representatives and nine citizens.

Dawne S. Hickton

National Air and Space Museum

Edward R. Hintz

Smithsonian National Board

Erin K. Hogan

Smithsonian Science 

Education Center

Bennie F. Johnson, Jr.

Anacostia Community Museum

Robert N. Johnson

Asian Pacific American Center

Dennis J. Keller

Smithsonian National Board

Gilbert H. Kinney

Archives of American Art

Todd Krasnow

Smithsonian Astrophysical 

Observatory

Tom E. Lindley

Smithsonian Environmental 

Research Center

Robert A. Mandell

National Museum of Natural History

Angela Marriott

National Zoological Park and 

Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute

Augustus C. Miller

Smithsonian Libraries

Paul Neely

National Museum of 

American History

John Boozman

Senator from Arkansas

Patrick J. Leahy

Senator from Vermont

David Perdue

Senator from Georgia

Tom Cole

Representative from Oklahoma

Sam Johnson

Representative from Texas

Doris Matsui

Representative from California

Barbara M. Barrett

Citizen of Arizona

John Fahey

Citizen of Washington, D.C.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.

Citizen of Washington, D.C.

Michael Govan

Citizen of California

Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Citizen of Pennsylvania

Michael M. Lynton

Citizen of New York

John W. McCarter, Jr.

Citizen of Illinois

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Porter N. Wilkinson 

Chief of Staff to the Regents 

Cathy Helm 

Inspector General 

In Fiscal Year 2017

William J. Galloway

Ronald Gidwitz

Rick Goings

Myra M. Hart

Edward R. Hintz

Nancy Hogan

Michele J. Hooper

Judy S. Huret

Jennifer Walston Johnson

Dennis J. Keller

Jonathan M. Kemper

Paul G. Koontz

Betsy Lawer

Cheryl Winter Lewy

David M. Love

Jacqueline B. Mars

Thomas D. McCloskey, Jr.

Kevin M. McGovern

Jahm Najafi

Sarah E. Nash

Denise O’Leary

Jorge G. Puente

G. Jeffrey Records, Jr.

Kenneth C. Ricci

Kristin M. Richardson

John C. Ryan

Deborah Santana

Elisa Stephens

Fredericka Stevenson

Michael E. Tennenbaum

John K. Tsui

Robert H. Tuttle

L. John Wilkerson

HONORARY MEMBERS

Robert McC. Adams

William S. Anderson

Max N. Berry

L. Hardwick Caldwell III

G. Wayne Clough

Frank A. Daniels, Jr. 

Patricia Frost

James M. Kemper

Jean B. Mahoney

Paul Neely

Sandra Day O’Connor

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Lloyd G. Schermer

Frank A. Weil

Gay F. Wray

Membership year 2017 

Martha J. Fleischman

Archives of American Art

Alma Gildenhorn

National Portrait Gallery

Ralph D. Heath

National Air and Space Museum 

Campaign Honorary Committee 

MEMBERS

Campaign Leadership 

The Smithsonian-wide volunteer advisory board advises the 

Secretary and other Smithsonian leaders, acts as an ambassador 

for the Smithsonian in communities across the country, spreads 

the news of the Smithsonian Campaign and sets an example of 

philanthropic leadership that inspires giving in others.

Through its 50 members and 188 alumni, the National Board 

volunteers also serve the Smithsonian by contributing their advice 

and service through committees and ad hoc working groups. In 

2017, 29 members and alumni served on 19 Smithsonian advisory 

boards and as non-Regent members of committees of the Board 

of Regents. Their extraordinary commitment to philanthropy 

is shown through gifts totaling $10.7 million, which fueled the 

momentum of the Smithsonian Campaign. This figure 

includes $2.0 million in unrestricted board annual giving.

LEADERSHIP

Robert D. MacDonald, Chair

Brenda J. Gaines, Vice Chair

Allan R. Landon, Vice Chair

Philip K. Ryan, Vice Chair

MEMBERS

Rodney C. Adkins

Gordon M. Ambach

Lisa V. Bennett

William H. Bohnett

Cissel Gott Collins, Ex officio

Suzi Cordish

Roger Crandall

Edgar M. Cullman, Jr.

Wendy W. Dayton

Vin Di Bona

Trevor Fetter

Sakurako D. Fisher

Julie Flynn

The Chief Justice of the 

United States

Ex officio, Chancellor

David M. Rubenstein

Citizen of Maryland, Chair

Steve Case

Citizen of Virginia, Vice Chair

The Vice President of the

United States

Ex officio

Smithsonian National Board 

The Smithsonian is honored to have had 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 raised awareness of the Smithsonian Campaign 

and inspire generosity. 

Board of Regents 

CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS

The volunteer campaign co-chairs oversee campaign 

fundraising, programming and stewardship; guide the Steering 

Committee’s work with the Smithsonian advisory boards and 

advancement staff; and inform the Smithsonian Board of Regents 

of campaign progress. 

Peggy P. Burnet 

Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden 

Jeffrey P. Cunard

Freer | Sackler

James F. Dicke II

Smithsonian American Art Museum

John M. Nolan

National Postal Museum

Ziad S. Ojakli

National Zoological Park and 

Smithsonian Conservation 

Biology Institute

Catherine Podell

National Portrait Gallery

Franklin D. Raines

National Museum of African 

American History and Culture

Marcos G. Ronquillo

Smithsonian Latino Center

Daniel H. Sallick

Hirshhorn Museum and 

Sculpture Garden

Asif M. Shaikh

National Museum of African Art

Nicholas F. Taubman

National Museum of 

American History

Joseph P. Ujobai

National Portrait Gallery

Stephen H. Willard II

Smithsonian Institution 

Traveling Exhibition Service

Randall L. Willis (Oglala Lakota)

National Museum of the 

American Indian

In Fiscal Year 2017

Barbara M. Barrett 

Sakurako D. Fisher

David M. Rubenstein

Alan G. Spoon 

HONORARY CHAIRS 

President and Mrs. George W. Bush

President Bill Clinton and former 

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

Captain James A. Lovell, 

USN (Ret.)

George Lucas

Yo-Yo Ma

Arnold Palmer (1929–2016)

Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Eric Schmidt

Edward O. Wilson

The Honorable Ben 

Nighthorse Campbell

Renée Fleming

Mia Hamm

Mellody Hobson

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015)

Michael Krzyzewski

Robert Langer

Ralph Lauren

Eva Longoria

CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE 
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23%

10%

9% 19%

23%

16%

Trailing 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years

Smithsonian Endowment 12.4% 6.7% 8.7% 5.2%

Policy Benchmark 9.9% 4.1% 5.5% 2.7%

Financial Report

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017

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

Smithsonian museum and research complex. Private funds 

Endowment Report

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017

The Smithsonian Endowment’s value as of Sept. 2017 was 

$1,478.6 million, which represents a one-year return for fiscal year 

2017 of 12.4 percent. Since 1974, the Smithsonian Endowment 

has produced a 9.9 percent compounded annual growth rate. 

Contributors to the endowment’s performance were investments 

in venture capital, private equity and real estate as well as 

selection of investment managers. In fiscal year 2017, receipts 

from gifts and bequests added $33.7 million to the endowment. In 

the past decade, the endowment has grown from $999.1 million 

to $1,478.6 million and annual payout has doubled to $71.8 million. 

During the same period, the endowment has contributed $579.1 

million in private support to Smithsonian-wide programs.

2017 2016

Operating Revenue 1,514 1,541 

Operating Expenses 1,454 1,366 

Increase in Operating Net Assets 60 175 

Increase (Decrease) in Other Net Assets 93 17 

Total Increase in Net Assets 153 192

Financial Activities 

In millions of dollars, FY 2017 and FY 2016 

Total Funds

Trust Federal 2017 2016

Assets 2,967 1,923 4,890 4,713 

Liabilities 404 502 906 882 

Net Assets 2,563 1,421 3,984 3,831 

Financial Position 

In millions of dollars, FY 2017 and FY 2016 

Growth in Net Assets

In millions of dollars, over five years

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

$3,241

$3,588

$3,639

$3,831 

 $3,984 

■ Federal Appropriations

■ Contributions & Private Grants

■ Government Grants & Contracts

■ Endowment Payout

■ Other

■ Business Activities

■ Global Equity

■ Emerging Markets

■ Marketable Alternatives

■ Fixed Income & Cash

■ Private Equity & Venture Capital

■ Real Assets

Revenue

In percent, FY 2017

Current Asset Allocation

As of FY 2017

Endowment Value Over Time

1974-2017

Comparative Performance 

leverage federal dollars and provide the critical difference for 

carrying out innovative research, developing and building new 

facilities, opening groundbreaking exhibitions, reaching 

out to America’s diverse communities, endowing positions and 

strengthening national collections. The 2017 annual audit was 

conducted by KPMG LLP and is available at si.edu/About/Policies.

53.2%

17.7%

7.8%

4.7%

4.9%

11.7%

19741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017

400

200

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

Since Sept. 1974, the endowment 

has produced a 9.9 percent 

compounded annual growth rate

$ Millions

Sept. 1974, $28.0 million

Sept. 2017, $1,478.6 million

■ Salaries & Benefits

■ Other Operating Expenses

■ Business Activities

■ Capital Expenses

Expenses

In percent, FY 2017

49.2%

26.4%

8.4%

16.0%
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This report gratefully acknowledges the transformative generosity 

of our donors. Thousands of individuals, members, foundations, 

corporations and others have made gifts to the Smithsonian 

Campaign this year. Every gift advances the Institution’s ambitious 

Generations of donors have brought the 

Smithsonian to where it is today. In a 

rapidly changing world, the Smithsonian 

matters more than ever as a force 

for civic engagement in America that 

reaches people where they are. Your 

gifts power our impact. 

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the Friends of the Smithsonian and James 

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campaign and the institution’s mission 

and strategic plan priorities. Those who 

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and events. Annual membership levels 

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Those who provide for the Smithsonian 

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Contact us to learn more about how a 

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For Further Information 

To learn how you can support the 

Smithsonian and its dynamic mission 

“for the increase and diffusion of 

knowledge,” please contact: 

Rob Spiller

Assistant Secretary for Advancement 

Office of Advancement 

Smithsonian Institution 

1000 Jefferson Drive S.W., Room 124 

MRC 027, P.O. Box 37012 

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202.633.4300, giving@si.edu 

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Philanthropy Report Ways to Give 

Fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017

Following a two-year renovation, the Freer|Sackler—the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art—reopened with new exhibitions and reimagined galleries. A weekend 

reopening celebration included live performances, community art projects and a first-ever Asian night market on the National Mall. 

vision to discover new knowledge and educate and inspire future 

generations. These charts provide information on the sources 

and uses of private dollars contributed to the Smithsonian in fiscal 

year 2017.

11%

28% 57%

4%

■ $111.1 Individuals

■ 53.2 Corporations

■ 22.0 Foundations

■ 7.6 Other

 193.8 Total (in millions)

■ $97.3 Exhibitions, Education & Public Programs

■ 59.7 Museums & Research Centers, 

 General Support

■ 29.7 Facilities & Public Spaces

■ 25.4 Smithsonian General Support

■ 11.8 Research

■ 9.4 Acquisitions & Collections

233.3 Total (in millions)

Funds Raised by Source

In percent, FY 2017

Funds Raised by Purpose

In percent, FY 2017

42%

25%

13%

11%

5% 4%
72

ADMINISTRATION 

David J. Skorton

Secretary

John Davis 

Provost and Under Secretary for 

Museums, Education, and Research 

Albert G. Horvath

Under Secretary for Finance & Administration,

Chief Financial Officer

Patricia L. Bartlett

Associate Provost for Education and Access

Rob Spiller

Assistant Secretary for Advancement

Julissa Marenco

Assistant Secretary for Communications

and External Affairs

Gregory R. Bettwy

Chief of Staff to the Secretary

Judith E. Leonard

General Counsel

Era L. Marshall

Director, Office of Equal Employment

and Minority Affairs

To contact staff members listed above,

call 202.633.1000.

MUSEUMS

Anacostia Community Museum

Lori D. Yarrish, Director

1901 Fort Place, S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20020-3230

202.633.4839

Arts and Industries Building 

Rachel Goslins, Director

MRC 400, Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.6263

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Caroline Baumann, Director

2 East 91st Street

New York, N.Y. 10128-0606

212.849.8400

Freer | Sackler

Richard Kurin, Acting Director 

Freer | Sackler 

MRC 707, P.O. Box 37012

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

Ellen Stofan, John and Adrienne Mars Director

MRC 310, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2350

National Museum of African American 

History and Culture

Lonnie G. Bunch III, Founding Director

MRC 1400, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-37012

202.633.4751

National Museum of African Art

Gus Casely-Hayford, Director

MRC 708, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.4610

National Museum of American History, 

Kenneth E. Behring Center

John L. Gray, Elizabeth MacMillan Director

MRC 622, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.3435

National Museum of the American Indian

Kevin Gover, Director

MRC 590, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.6700

National Museum of Natural History

Kirk Johnson, Sant Director

MRC 106, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2664

National Portrait Gallery

Kim Sajet, Director

MRC 973, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.8276

National Postal Museum

Elliot Gruber, Director

MRC 570, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5500

National Zoological Park

Steve Monfort, Acting Director

3001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008

202.633.4442

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its 

Renwick Gallery

Stephanie Stebich, The Margaret and Terry Stent 

Director

MRC 970, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.8430

RESEARCH CENTERS 

Archives of American Art

Kate Haw, Director

MRC 937, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.7940

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Michael Atwood Mason, Director

MRC 520, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.1141

Museum Conservation Institute

Robert J. Koestler, Director

4210 Silver Hill Road

Suitland, Md. 20746-2863

301.238.1205

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Charles R. Alcock, Director

60 Garden Street

Cambridge, Mass. 02138

617.495.7100

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Steve Monfort, John and Adrienne Mars Director

1500 Remount Road

Front Royal, Va. 22630

540.635.6522

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Anson H. Hines, Jr., Director

647 Contees Wharf Road

Edgewater, Md. 21037

443.482.2208

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Anne Van Camp, Director

MRC 507, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5908

Smithsonian Libraries

Nancy E. Gwinn, Director

MRC 154, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.2240

Smithsonian Tropical Research 

Institute (Panama)

Matthew Larsen, Director

9100 Panama City Place

Washington, D.C. 20521-9100

011.507.212.8086

Portrait Gallery. p. 63, Photographic History 

Collection, National Museum of American History. 

p. 64, Raymond Boyd, Run-D.M.C., n.d. National 

Museum of African American History and Culture 

© Raymond Boyd. p. 71, Neil Greentree. Freer 

Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

The Smithsonian’s 2017 annual report is available 

online at go.si.edu/annualreport. 

Laura Hambleton, Editorial Direction 

Elizabeth McNeely, Managing Editor

Jean Bratman, Michelle Donahue, Laura Hambleton, 

Julia Ross, Writers 

Elizabeth Sherman, Contributing Editor

Abigail Croll, Photo Research, Rights and 

Reproduction

Denise Arnot, Marcela Luna, Visual Direction

Studio A, Design 

Printed on FSC- and SFI-certified recycled paper 

containing 10 percent post-consumer waste.

Back Cover: At the close of an 11-week run at the 

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Yayoi 

Kusama’s The Obliteration Room was covered in 

polka-dot stickers, obliterating a once-white space. 

Visitors placed stickers throughout the room in an 

act of collective participation.

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

Office of Fellowships and Internships

Eric Woodard, Director

MRC 902, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.7070 

Smithsonian Affiliations

Myriam Springuel, Interim Director

MRC 942, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5300

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

Lisa Sasaki, Director

MRC 516, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.3590

Smithsonian Associates

Frederica Adelman, Director

MRC 701, P.O. Box 23293

Washington, D.C. 20026-3293

202.633.8628

Smithsonian Center for Learning 

and Digital Access

Stephanie L. Norby, Director

MRC 508, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.5297

Smithsonian Institution Traveling 

Exhibition Service

Myriam Springuel, Director

MRC 941, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.3137

Smithsonian Latino Center

Eduardo Díaz, Director

MRC 512, P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

202.633.1240

Smithsonian Science Education Center

Carol L. O’Donnell, Director

901 D Street S.W., Suite 704-B, MRC 952

Washington, D.C. 20024

202.633.2972

As of June 12, 2018

IMAGE CREDITS 

Front and back covers, Yayoi Kusama, The 

Obliteration Room, 2017. Photo Karon Flage. Inside 

cover, Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room—All 

the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, 2017. 

Photo Roshan Patel, Artfully Awear by Ariel Adkins,

2017. p. 4, Dominic Chavez, 2016. p. 5, left to right, 

Darren Miller, 2017; left column, top, J. Howard 

Miller, We Can Do It!, c. 1942. National Museum of 

American History; bottom, Inge Hardison, Sojourner 

Truth. Gift of The Robbins Center in memory 

of Warren M. Robbins, Anacostia Community 

Museum; right column, top, Alta Shore Purdy, 

Eleanor Roosevelt, 1958. Gift of the artist, National 

Portrait Gallery; bottom, Wenderoth, Taylor & 

Brown, Lucretia Coffin Mott, c. 1860 (printed 

later). National Portrait Gallery. p. 6, Anne 

Gordon de Barrigón, 2017. p. 8, Mary Hagedorn. 

p. 9–10, Unknown. Family photos provided by 

Lisa Sasaki, director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific 

American Center. p. 11, Scherezade García, The 

Dominican York, from the series Island of Many 

Gods, 2006. Museum purchase made possible 

by the R.P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating 

Committee on Architecture, Smithsonian 

American Art Museum. p. 12, Alejandra Peña 

Gutierrez, 2017. p. 14, Irwin Rosado Green, 2017. 

p. 15, Ricky Altizer, 2018. p. 16, Kansas City 

Chiefs Button. Sports and Leisure Collection, 

National Museum of American History. p. 17, 

gifts of Lawrence Baca, National Museum of 

the American Indian unless otherwise noted: 

left column, top, Squaw Brand Choice Sifted 

Peas Label, c. 1920. Private collection; middle, 

Savage Arms Bullet Box, c. 1950; bottom, Indian 

Head Hydraulic Brake Fluid Can, c. 1955; middle 

column, top, Joe Waano-Gano, Western Air Lines 

and Inland Air Lines Flight Schedule, 1945. The 

Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection, The Wolfsonian–

Florida International University, Miami Beach, FL; 

bottom, Powow Cleanser Supreme Box, c. 1955; 

right column, top, Hi Yu Apples Crate Label, c. 

1940. Private collection; middle, El Bubble Bubblegum Cigar Box, c. 1940; bottom, Cowboys and 

Indians Cookies Box, c. 1955. p. 18–22, illustrations 

by Greg Fisk. p. 19, Medallion, A.D. 379-395. Gift 

of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art and 

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. p. 23, Roshan Patel. 

p. 26, Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 

2017. Photo Cathy Carver. p. 39, Margaret Roach 

Wheeler (Chickasaw), The Messenger (The 

Owl), from the Mahotan Collection, 2014. Photo 

Greg Hall. Exhibited in Native Fashion Now at 

the National Museum of the American Indian, 

George Gustav Heye Center, Feb. 17–Sept. 4, 2017. 

p. 40, Blue Garden at Beacon Hill, Newport, RI, 

c. 1920. Archives of American Gardens, Garden 

Club of America Collection. p. 43, Matthew 

Mazzotta, Open House, 2011–13 © Shana Berger/

Coleman Center for the Arts. p. 44, Rosalia 

Torres-Weiner, Hispanics, the New Italians, 2015. 

Courtesy Cindy and Randy Rice, Anacostia 

Community Museum. p. 47, postcard distributed 

by the American Red Cross, c. 1918. Exhibited in 

My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I, Apr. 

6, 2017–Nov. 29, 2018, National Postal Museum. 

p. 48, Todd McLellan, Bicycle, c. 1980. Exhibited 

in Things Come Apart, Smithsonian Institution 

Traveling Exhibition Service. p. 50, Solomon 

Osagie Alonge, Comfort (Merry) Oritsetimeyin 

Ehanire (née Cardigan) at age 18, c. 1940. Benin 

City, Benin, Nigeria. Chief S.O. Alonge Collection, 

National Museum of African Art. p. 52, Steve 

Sniteman. p. 53, Mark Avino. p. 55, Bob Thompson, 

exhibition catalog, 1937–1966. Bob Thompson 

papers, Archives of American Art. p. 56, Herman 

Leonard, Billie Holiday, 1949. National Portrait 

Gallery © Herman Leonard Photography, LLC. 

p. 59, Jeff Williams, Acanthurus albimento, 2017. 

National Museum of Natural History. p. 60, Adrián 

Román, Caja de Memoria Viva II, 2016. National 
Office of Advancement / 1000 Jefferson Drive S.W., 4th Floor / MRC 035, P.O. Box 37012 

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 / 202.633.4300 / go.si.edu/annualreport