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[[underline]] MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, HEYE FOUNDATION [[/underline]]

The Chancellor encouraged a free and frank discussion on issues which would be of great importance in the event that the Secretary is drawn into further talks with representatives of the Museum, authorities in New York, members of Congress, and other interested parties. 

The Secretary gave a brief chronology of developments since the last meeting of the Regents. He went on to discuss the specific issues which had arisen with respect to potential Smithsonian involvement with the Museum in the future and he received important guidance from the Board. 

[[underline]] NAMING OF RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR SENATOR MATHIAS [[/underline]]

VOTED that the Board of Regents, in grateful recognition of the contributions of Senator Mathias toward the scientific understanding and public appreciation of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystems, heartily endorses Public Law 99-617 and names the central laboratory facility at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center the Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Laboratory.

[[underline]] NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART COMMISSION [[/underline]]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints to the Commission of the National Museum of American Art, Wendell Castle and Sharon Percy Rockefeller for terms expiring December 31, 1991 and Margaret Dodge Garrett to a term expiring December 31, 1989, and appoints Wanda M. Corn to a term ending in December 31, 1990 and Ronald Abramson, Barney Ebsworth, Patricia Frost and Melvin Lenkin to terms expiring December 31, 1991. 

[[underline]] REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN COUNCIL [[/underline]]

Mr. Adams brought the Regents' attention to an exchange of correspondence which represents the very substantive and enlightening meetings of the Smithsonian Council held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., October 22-25, 1987. The meetings focused on the record of achievements, current practices, and future hopes of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory as well as the Smithsonian's programs and collections concerned with American Indians. 

[[underline]] THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: DR. HOFFMANN'S VIEWS [[/underline]]

Dr. Robert S. Hoffmann, recently appointed Assistant Secretary for Research after a relatively short but productive stint as Director of the National Museum of Natural History, reported on two important new directions for that museum. Dr. Hoffmann pointed out that a major theoretical advance, phylogenetic systematics, coupled with the advent of the use of