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[[underline]]Executive Session[[/underline]]

The Chancellor asked that the Board in executive session consider a matter that had been discussed earlier but deferred until a larger body of Regents were in attendance.

This procedure was followed and the results of their deliberations are contained in the following resolution unanimously adopted by the Board of Regents:

[[center]][[underline]]RESOLUTION[[/underline]][[center]]

WHEREAS, the Board of Regents is most appreciative of the outstanding leadership that Secretary Dillon Ripley has provided in bringing to fruition the valuable and enduring additions to programs of exhibition and research, including the appropriate events through which the Smithsonian Institution contributed so much to the Nation's Bicentennial Celebration; and whereas Secretary Ripley has contributed greatly to the objectives of the Smithsonian in developing in recent years such outstanding new museums as the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the National Air and Space Museum; and whereas the Regents particularly recognize Secretary Ripley's strong, imaginative and effective leadership in establishing many new components of the current Smithsonian Institution which have added greatly to its service and value to the Nation, particularly through the Smithsonian Associates of the [[underline]]Smithsonian[[/underline]] Magazine,