Proceedings of the Board of Regents Meeting held on January 28, 1985

With former Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley now retired, the new Secretary wished to raise some new subjects to the Regents' attention. In the Board's first meeting of 1985, Secretary Robert McCormick Adams presented these items, including an initiative to re-energize science and mathematics education in the nation's schools. Try your hand at transcribing these meeting minutes to learn more about Secretary Adams's plans for the Smithsonian.