MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

September 17, 2007 

APPENDIX A

APPROVED RESOLUTIONS

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Minutes of the Meeting of May 7, 2007, as 

circulated on September 11, 2007. [2007.09.01] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Edward Ogden Cabot, Martha Fleischman, and 

Diane Albitol Fogg and reappoints Arthur Cohen, Ruth Feder, Tommy LiPuma, Marla Prather, 

and Donna Kemper Rosen to the Board of Trustees of the Archives of American Art for threeyear terms effective immediately. [2007.09.02] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints C. Kurt Dewhurst, Anthony Gittens, Debora 

Kodish, Libby O’Connell, and Robert Santelli to the Advisory Council of the Center for Folklife 

and Cultural Heritage for three-year terms effective October 1, 2007. [2007.09.03] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Marilyn Friedman, Miki Naftali, and Lisa Roberts 

and reappoints James Rosenthal to the Board of Trustees of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design 

Museum for three-year terms effective immediately. [2007.09.04] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Wesley G. Bush, Edsel B. Ford II, Rodney R. 

Lewis, Jack J. Pelton, and Matthew C. Weisman to the Board of the National Air and Space 

Museum for three-year terms effective October 2007. [2007.09.05] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Ellsworth Brown, James Horton, and Vicki Ruiz to 

the Board of Directors of the National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center 

for three-year terms effective October 5, 2007. [2007.09.06] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Timothy E. Wirth and reappoints Roger W. Sant to 

the Board of the National Museum of Natural History for three-year terms effective immediately. 

[2007.09.07] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Manley Begay, Jr., Roberta Leigh Connor, 

Cheryl Crazy Bull, Catherine Fowler, George Gund III, Eric J. Jolly, and José Zárate to the 

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

January 1, 2008. [2007.09.08] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Nicholas G. Carter to the Council of Philatelists of 

the National Postal Museum for a two-year term effective immediately. [2007.09.09] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Susan A. Mars and Stuart L. Pimm and reappoints 

Camilla Jenkins to the National Zoological Park Advisory Board of the National Zoo for threeyear terms effective immediately. [2007.09.10] 
VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Terence F. Smith to the Advisory Board of the 

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center for a three-year term effective immediately. 

[2007.09.11] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Ronald J. Monark to the Smithsonian Institution 

Libraries Board of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries for a three-year term effective January 1, 

2008, and appoints Michael J. Cromwell III to the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Board for a 

three-year term effective immediately. [2007.09.12] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Gilberto Cárdenas and Lionel Sosa to the 

Smithsonian National Latino Board of the Smithsonian Latino Center for three-year terms 

effective immediately. [2007.09.13] 

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

Advisory Council of the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. 

[2007.09.14] 

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

of Trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian. [2007.09.15] 

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

Smithsonian National Latino Board of the Smithsonian Latino Center. [2007.09.16] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents confers the title of Regent Emeritus on Walter E. Massey 

with heartfelt gratitude for the outstanding service he has provided to the Smithsonian Institution. 

[2007.09.17] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of the Soil Science Society of 

America and the Agronomic Science Foundation to the National Museum of Natural History and 

accepts the terms of this sponsorship agreement. [2007.09.18] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of A&E Television Networks and 

its subsidiary The History Channel to the National Museum of Natural History’s Ocean Initiative 

and accepts the terms of this sponsorship agreement. [2007.09.19] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of Edward P. and Rebecca Rogers 

Henderson to the National Museum of Natural History and gratefully approves the creation and 

naming of the Edward P. Henderson and Rebecca Rogers Henderson Mineral Fund, an 

endowment from which proceeds shall be used to acquire mineral specimens and to support the 

mineral collection maintained and housed in the Washington, D.C., area and the work performed 

by Museum staff. In addition, expenditures of the endowment shall be made at the discretion of 

the curators in charge of the Minerals Collection. [2007.09.20] 
VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity to the Smithsonian American Art 

Museum of the late Raymond J. Horowitz, and gratefully creates and names the Raymond J. 

Horowitz Endowment, the proceeds of which shall support exclusively scholarship, research, 

exhibitions, and/or publications by the Museum for the purpose of encouraging new insight and 

scholarship in American art from its beginnings through the end of the American Impressionist 

Era. [2007.09.21] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the creation and naming of an endowment to 

support the National Museum of the American Indian’s advanced training program in 

conservation. The endowment shall be named the National Museum of the American Indian 

Endowment for the Advanced Training Program in Conservation. [2007.09.22] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the creation and naming of the A. Stanley Rand 

Fellowship Endowment at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, an endowment named in 

memory of the STRI senior scientist. The proceeds of this endowment shall support pre- and 

post-doctoral STRI fellowships for researchers in the tropics. Further, the Board authorizes the 

transfer of funds identified for this endowment. [2007.09.23] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the creation and naming of the Gwendolen 

Rochester Leighty Endowment for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, an endowment named 

in memory of the late Libraries staff member, the proceeds of which may be used for the 

acquisition of books, journals, and electronic databases, preservation activities, and other 

programmatic needs, as determined by the director of the Libraries. Further, the Board authorizes 

the transfer of funds identified for this endowment. [2007.09.24] 

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

Center for Education and Museum Studies, the proceeds of which will fund the Center’s annual 

Smithsonian Education Awards Program. Further, the Board authorizes the transfer of funds 

identified for this endowment. [2007.09.25] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of Margaret H.P. Nuttle to the 

National Museum of the American Indian and gratefully approves the naming of the Barksdale 

Dabney Patrick Henry Family Fund, a research fund that will enable the Museum’s research staff 

to expand the body of scholarly knowledge on American Indians’ contributions to the formation 

of American democracy, culture, and identity, from colonial days to the present. [2007.09.26] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes Marc Pachter’s leadership and accomplishments 

and gratefully approves naming in his honor three funds at the National Portrait Gallery: the 

Marc Pachter Exhibitions Fund, the Marc Pachter Acquisitions Fund, and the Marc Pachter Fund 

for Commissioning. [2007.09.27] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity and dedication of Frederick W. 

Smith to the National Museum of Natural History and gratefully approves naming in memory of 

his daughter a fund and an exhibition, the Windland Smith Rice Nature’s Best Photography Fund 

and The Nature’s Best Photography, Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition. 

[2007.09.28] 
VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity and dedication of Nina and Ivan 

Selin to the National Museum of American History and gratefully approves naming its planned 

second-floor welcome center the Nina and Ivan Selin Welcome Center. Further, this name shall 

be associated with the Center until December 31, 2030, or until the completion of the next major 

renovation of the space in which the Center is located, whichever occurs last. [2007.09.29] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the service and contributions of Vine Victor 

Deloria, Jr. to the National Museum of the American Indian and gratefully approves naming in 

perpetuity the library in the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Vine Deloria, 

Jr. Library, and naming the Museum’s Native Writers Series the Vine Deloria, Jr. Native Writers 

Series for as long as the series exists. [2007.09.30] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents requests its Congressional members to begin the process to 

introduce and support legislation to provide for the design, construction, and commissioning of 

the Mathias Laboratory Renovation and Trailer Replacement Project at the Smithsonian 

Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland, for the purpose of supporting the 

Center’s world-class leadership in the study of ecosystems in the coastal zone. [2007.09.31] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents authorizes the Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian 

Institution and his designees to enter into and secure debt for the Smithsonian in order to 

refinance the revenue bonds issued to finance the Institution’s Discovery Center and cover the 

costs of issuance related thereto. The aggregate principal amount of the debt will not exceed $40 

million and the debt may be fixed rate or floating rate. The principal amount of the debt is 

defined as the gross proceeds from issuance of such debt. The Acting Secretary and his designees 

are further authorized to enter into one or more interest rate swaps or other hedging arrangements 

in connection with such debt and to take any and all actions and to execute, acknowledge, and 

deliver any and all agreements, instruments, and other documents as they may, in their 

discretion, deem necessary or desirable to issue and secure such debt or hedging arrangement. 

[2007.09.32] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents authorizes the Acting Secretary to invest $70 million from 

the short-term portfolio in the Endowment. [2007.09.33] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the budget of appropriated funds for fiscal year 

2008 when signed into law by the President and authorizes expenditures by the Acting Secretary 

in accordance therewith. Any material changes in program plans incorporated into this budget 

shall be made only with the approval of the Board of Regents or its Executive Committee. 

[2007.09.34] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the institutional budget for Trust funds for fiscal 

year 2008 reflected in this report and authorizes expenditures by the Acting Secretary in 

accordance therewith. Any material changes in program plans incorporated into this budget shall 

be made only with the approval of the Board of Regents or its Executive Committee. 

[2007.09.35] 
VOTED that the Board of Regents ratifies with strong reservation the Smithsonian Institution 

budget request for appropriated funds for fiscal year 2009 for presentation to the Office of 

Management and Budget. The Board’s expression of strong reservation reflects its determination 

that the submitted budget request for facilities maintenance is under-proposed by at least 

$17 million. Any material changes in program plans incorporated into this budget shall be made 

only with the approval of the Board of Regents or its Executive Committee. [2007.09.36] 

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

Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. [2007.09.37] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents acknowledges the extraordinary contributions made by Sheila 

Burke as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer. Her experience, leadership, and 

management skills have greatly strengthened the strategies and management of the Institution. 

[2007.09.38] 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

JOHN E. HUERTA 

RECORDING SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL