APPENDIX A 

APPROVED RESOLUTIONS

APRIL 12, 2010, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the minutes of the January 25, 2010, meeting of the 

Board of Regents.  [2010.04.01]   

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates and names the James F. Buhr Endowment to support 

charitable and educational purposes of the Smithsonian Institution.  [2010.04.02]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of The Lunder Foundation and Peter 

and Paula Lunder to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries and approves naming 

the Lunder Consortium for Whistler Studies.  [2010.04.03]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Timothy J. O’Neill as a non‐Regent member to the 

Investment Committee.  [2010.04.04]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Douglas Ahlers, Edgar M. Cullman Jr., Brenda J. Gaines, 

Edward R. Hintz Jr., Sarah Anschutz Hunt, Dennis J. Keller, David S. Kidder, Sarah E. Nash, Robert C. 

Pohlad, and Deborah Wince‐Smith and reappoints Valerie Anders, Shelby M. Gans, Robert D. 

MacDonald, Theiline Pigott Scheumann, and Marna Del Mar Schnabel to the Smithsonian National 

Board for three‐year terms, all effective October 1, 2010.  [2010.04.05]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints David Rockwell to the Board of Trustees of Cooper‐

Hewitt, National Design Museum for a three‐year term effective immediately.  [2010.04.06]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints James R. Cargill and Bruce R. McCaw to the Board of the 

National Air and Space Museum for three‐year terms effective immediately.  [2010.04.07]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Phillippe El‐Asmar, and 

Christine Matilda Warnke to the Board of the National Museum of African Art for three‐year terms 

effective immediately.  [2010.04.08]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Colin L. Powell to the Council of the National Museum of 

African American History and Culture for a three‐year term effective immediately.  [2010.04.09]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents, as provided for in Section II.A.2 of the Bylaws of the National 

Science Resources Center and contingent upon the approval of the Governing Board of the National 

Academy of Sciences, appoints Bruce Alberts, Phyllis Buchanan, Thomas Carroll, Sven‐Olof 

Holmgren, Kevin Huffman, David Jasmin, Dean Kamen, Marc Kirschner, Lydia Logan, Eric C. Nastasi, 

Jim Peacock, Kameron Perez‐Verdia, Petra Skiebe‐Corrette, and Robert Woolard to the Advisory 

Board of the National Science Resources Center for three‐year terms effective June 1, 2010.  

[2010.04.10]    
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VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints William H. Lomicka to the Advisory Board of the 

National Zoological Park for a three‐year term effective immediately.  [2010.04.11]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints C. Jason Payne to the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian 

Environmental Research Center for a three‐year term effective immediately.  [2010.04.12]    

VOTED that the Board of Regents amends its Bylaws to include the following: 

4.12 Appointment of Citizen Committee Members

The Board of Regents may approve the appointment by the Chancellor of persons who are 

not Regents as Citizen Members of standing or special committees with duties and 

responsibilities as defined by the committee charters and subject to review and, as 

appropriate, approval by the Regents.  [2010.04.13] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents adopts the proposed revised statement of the duties and 

responsibilities of the Chair of the Board of Regents.  [2010.04.14] 

VOTED that the Board of Regents delegates the review of the Smithsonian Institution’s annual 

Internal Revenue Service Form 990 return to the Board’s Audit and Review Committee prior to its 

filing with the IRS.  [2010.04.15]