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the Secretary requested and received the endorsement of the Committee on initiating program planning for the Air and Space Museum extension.

Discussing the report on the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, the Committee felt that it will be important for the Regents to arrive at a clear consensus on the major issues which are outlined to facilitate the Secretary's continued discussions with representatives of the Museum, authorities in New York, interested members of Congress, and other concerned parties.

Under Secretary Anderson drew the Committee's attention to the status report on the National Postal Museum and described recent activities in the Congress which might lead to a different set of uses of the old main city post office building. Up to date information on these developments will be provided for the Regents at their meeting on February 1.

It was noted that the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama will be opening the Earl S. Tupper Research and Conference Center in the early fall, and the Executive Committee agreed to work with the Secretary to encourage the presence of as many Regents as possible for that occasion and for a visit to this highly important Smithsonian research presence in Latin America.

It was also noted that the Executive Committee has taken two actions on behalf of the Board which needed to be completed in advance of the Board's winter meeting. In mid-October it was learned that the Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation in Washington, D.C., offered the sum of $250,000 to the Hirshhorn Museum and the Museum proposed to name the small pool within the sculpture garden in honor of Mrs. Lehrman. Since the Foundation needed to disburse the funds no later than October 25, the Executive Committee approved the following motion on behalf of the Board:

VOTED that the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents, acting on behalf of the Board, names the pool in the Sculpture Garden of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in honor of Mrs. Charlotte Lehrman in grateful recognition of the beneficence of the Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation.

In mid-November the Executive Committee also approved, on behalf of the Board, a proposed motion to establish three financial reserves to facilitate the closing of the books for fiscal year 1987 funds and to provide necessary financial flexibility in the face of several significant transactions which were then pending. This latter action is documented in the Financial Report below.

The meeting of the Executive Committee was adjourned at the conclusion of luncheon at approximately 2:00 p.m.