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interest in the environment and natural history throughout her life. She and her husband promote public awareness and concern for the environment through the Lane Publishing Co. monthly magazine Sunset, and through other organizations. She is on the board of the California Academy of Sciences and is a member of many environmental groups.

John C. Meeker completed the Williams College Navy V-5 Program in 1946 and graduated from Princeton University in 1948 with a BA in Geology and a Bachelor of Naval Science. His professional career with Amoco has taken him throughout the world and he is currently involved with personal investments and independent oil exploration and production programs. He is on the board of the Lincoln Park Zoological Society, the African Wildlife Foundation and the Seabury Western Theological Seminary.

Membership of the National Council of the National Museum of Natural History:

Robert McC. Adams of Washington, D. C.
Juanita P. Baranco of Atlanta, Georgia
Xuan-Chi Diep of Charleston, South Carolina
Paul R. Ehrlich of Stanford, California
John S. Hendricks of Landover, Maryland
David Hicks of Jacksonville, Florida
Jean Lane of Portola Valley, California
Robert H. Malott of Chicago, Illinois
John C. Meeker of Winnetka, Illinois
Jeffrey W. Meyer of South San Francisco, California
Homer A. Neal of Ann Arbor, Michigan
David R. Pilbeam of Cambridge, Massachusetts
S. Dillon Ripley of Washington, D. C.
Ambassador Nicholas Salgo of Washington, D. C.
Donald M. Simmons of Muskogee, Oklahoma
Frank H. Talbot of Washington, D. C.
James W. Valentine of Berkeley, California
Warren H. Wagner, Jr., of Ann Arbor, Michigan
David B. Wake of Berkeley, California
Milton H. Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana
Ronald H. Winston of New York, New York
E-an Zen of College Park, Maryland

PROPOSED JOSEPH HENRY MEDAL FOR NEIL HARRIS

VOTED that the Board of Regents presents to Neil Harris the Joseph Henry Medal in recognition of his important contributions to the Smithsonian Institution as Chair and as a member of the Smithsonian Council. His distinguished leadership of the Council since 1985 has added a singular dimension to its value as an independent forum, meeting annually, to offer informed and constructive counsel on the Institution's progress in advancing knowledge and public education.