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-83- hair, wine, shopping bags, Faberge jewelry, urban open spaces, crafts from India, and many, many more. Through these eye-catching and provoking exhibitions, over 1.5 million visitors to the Cooper Hewitt have learned to look at design all around them in exciting new ways. Additionally, Mrs. Taylor has developed and implemented the Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design masters degree program, and in collaboration with the Book-of-the-Month Club she has taken the Cooper-Hewitt collections, in print and photographs, far beyond the boundaries of New York City. The collections, too, continued to grow under Mrs. Taylor, with major acquisitions including cutlery, wall covering sample books, Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawings, and textiles. While these and other achievements are clearly the product of more than any one person, there can be no doubt that virtually every success of the Cooper-Hewitt can be traced to Mrs. Taylor's extraordinary vision and perseverance. She has truly built the Smithsonian's National Museum of Design. In recognition of these most significant contributions to the Smithsonian and to the nation as the Director of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, it is proposed that the Board of Regents award to Lisa M. Taylor the Henry Medal. The Henry Medal, awarded 17 times since its creation in 1879, is reserved for presentation to individuals in recognition of their distinguished service, achievements, or contributions to the prestige and growth of the Smithsonian Institution. Mrs. Taylor would be the eighth Smithsonian bureau director to receive the Henry Medal since 1968.