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promotions. At the same time certain questions have arisen with respect to the magazine's editorial content. Revised projections anticipate not going into the black before 1991, rather than 1989 as originally foreseen. Mr. Adams suggested that questions of finances and content need to be explored in depth, which he proposed to do at the September meeting of the Board. Mr. Mineta pointed to the burgeoning interest in the scientific endeavors in space and wondered to what extent the promotion of [[underlined]] Air & Space [[/underlined]] could be linked to other initiatives, such as the Challenger Education Center. The Secretary replied that such considerations should be incorporated into the thinking about the future of the magazine, and he indicated that over the summer he and his staff would like to work with Mr. Mineta, Senator Garn, and Mr. Johnson as well as any other Regents interested in the magazine's development not just as a revenue-producer but also as a well-balanced contributor to the efforts of the National Air and Space Museum.

DEDICATION OF THE MATHIAS LABORATORY 

Mr. Adams announced that the dedication of the Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. Laboratory of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center will take place after the next meeting of the Regents' Audit and Review Committee on June 1. He expressed the hope that a number of Regents would be able to attend.

GRANT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION 

The Secretary noted that, thanks in large measure to the initiative and interest of Dr. Bowen, the Smithsonian has gratefully received a $700,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a three-year program of fellowships in terrestrial biology. The emphasis and structure of the program will encourage work among teams of scientists, senior and junior, and will foster closer ties between various Smithsonian research operations and those of other institutions. Judge Higginbotham expressed his hope that this grant