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[[underlined]] Regents' Dinner (Sunday, September 21) [[/underlined]]

The Chancellor served as host to the Regents for a black-tie dinner at the Supreme Court in honor of Dr. Caryl P. Haskins.  After dinner the Chancellor presented to Dr. Haskins the Henry Medal along with the following citation which had been prepared in fine calligraphy:

The Board of Regents and the Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution
present to
CARYL PARKER HASKINS
THE HENRY MEDAL
in recognition of his invaluable contributions to the Smithsonian Institution over twenty-four years as a Regent and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents.  Scientist, author, and educator, his own rare qualities of wisdom, sensitivity and common sense derived from lifelong studies of human and formican behavior.  His services to this Institution, like his affiliations with other scholarly and educational institutions, comprise a litany of academic service.  The Board of Regents and the Secretary unanimously record their deep appreciation to this extraordinary man "Whose heart has followed all his days something he cannot name" and respectfully suggest that perhaps its name is "Excellence."

At their May 5, 1980 meeting the Regents voted to award the Hodgkins Medal and Prize to Dr. Luigi Guiseppe Jacchia, physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.  The Secretary presented the Medal and Prize to Dr. Jacchia together with the following citation, also prepared handsomely:

LUIGI GIUSEPPE JACCHIA

Pioneering in research on the response of the atmosphere to solar radiation, Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia has made a number of discoveries of fundamental importance to science.  As a major contributor to the International Geophysical Year, he brought recognition to his country and helped move the world into the space age.  Dr. Jacchia's work has resulted in definitive knowledge of the earth's upper atmosphere and its impact on the welfare of man.

In full recognition of your invaluable contributions, the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have conferred on you the Hodgkins Medal.