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• Georgia Tech president to lead Smithsonian

  - 2008-03-16

  WASHINGTON AP -- The Smithsonian Institution returned to its academic roots on Saturday, naming the president of Georgia Tech as the new leader of the museum complex beleaguered by financial scandals. G. Wayne Clough, an engineer by training, will become the 12th secretary of the world's largest museum...

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• Theodore Hesburgh

  - 2007-10-26

  The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery has included in its collection a photograph of Holy Cross Fr. Theodore Hesburgh clasping hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during a 1964 civil rights rally in Chicago. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, was a charter...

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• President George Bush

  - 2006-05-01

  At a private White House meeting, President George Bush signed legislation conferring the Congressional Gold Medal on the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of 994 Black aviation pioneers who escorted bombers in raids over Europe and North Africa during World War II. The major medal will be housed in the Smithsonian...

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• National Portrait Gallery to Unveil Clintons' Portraits April 24

  - 2006-04-20

  News Advisory: WHAT: Unveiling of Clintons portraits -- National Portrait GalleryWHEN: Monday, April 24 Press to arrive at 6:30 p.m. Program begins at 7 p.m. MEDIA PLEASE NOTE: The throw for cameras at the event will be 60 feet away from the stage. Please bring appropriate equipment and lenses. A...

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• Proceedings of the eighty-sixth annual meeting.

  - 2005-12-01

  The eighty-sixth annual meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society was held Thursday, 21 April, through Sunday, 24 April 2005, at the Sheraton Hotel in Beltsville, Maryland, in joint session with the Association of Field Ornithologists. The meeting was hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey USGS Patuxent...

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• Reception Honors Incoming USCBC President John Frisbie

  - 2005-01-01

  A reception to welcome USCBC President John Frisbie at the Smithsonian Institution's Sackler Gallery of Art immediately followed the board meeting. PRC Executive Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, who was in Washington, DC, for discussions with senior White House and Department of State officials; Rep. John Shimkus (R-lllinois); USCBC Chair...

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• OKC Events December 4, 2003

  - 2003-12-04

  George Washington not only served his country as a soldier in the French and Indian War but also served as the first president of the United States, starting in 1789 and ending his service in 1797. He was considered the person most responsible in the war for independence. As...

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• Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Presents First Annual Paul Peck Presidential Awards

  - 2002-10-16

  News Advisory: WHAT:The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery will present Gen. Brent Scowcroft and Dr. Richard E. Neustadt with the inaugural Paul Peck Presidential Awards, which honor distinguished individual achievement related to the presidency. Scowcroft won the award for "Service to a President," and Neustadt won for "Portrayal of a President."...

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• The story behind fireworks

  - 2002-07-03

  ATLANTA Cox -- What flies through the air with the greatest of ease and lights the night sky with its burning debris? No, it's not a trapeze team carrying a torch; it's fireworks. And this week, the night sky across the country will be full of fireworks...

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• Kelvin Ogilvie. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(will step down as president and vice-chancellor of Acadia University )(Brief Article)

  - 2002-06-01

  Kelvin Ogilvie, FCIC, announced in early May that he will step down as president and vice-chancellor of Acadia University on August 31, 2003 having completed a decade in office. Ogilvie's primary focus throughout his tenure has been to capitalize on Acadia's significant potential through a very...

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