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[[underlined]] Tribute to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey [[/underlined]]

Hubert H. Humphrey served as a Regent and Vice Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution from January 1964 to January 20, 1968, and was first chairman of the Board of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.  He brought to the Smithsonian Institution comparable commitments and wisdom, sense, sensibility, and a great deal of personal interest in the Institution.  He was one of the most productive members of the Board of Regents during his tenure. 

Throughout his career Senator Humphrey took a special interest in the Smithsonian Institution and its programs of research, education, and international cooperation and for his work was awarded the Institution's Joseph Henry Medal, which was presented to him at the Kin and Communities Symposium in June 1977.

The Board of Regents and the staff of the Smithsonian Institution join the family and friends of Hubert H. Humphrey, and the nation, in mourning his death.

Therefore, it is resolved by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution that the following tribute to Hubert H. Humphrey be spread upon the records of the Institution:

Hubert H. Humphrey - 1911-1978 - Leader, humanitarian, legislator, advocate of justice and civil rights, supporter of education and international understanding, man of character and vision, dedicated to his family, his nation and his fellow human beings. 

In his final public appearance at the Smithsonian Institution on June 14, 1977, Hubert Humphrey told us: