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support include: working with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on their development priorities; additional funding for the Quincentenary events; fund-raising support for exhibitions at the National Portrait gallery and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; assistance to the Archives of American Art for their annual benefit, including securing the participation of Michel Roux, President of Carillon Importers, Inc., Director of the Grand Marnier Foundation, and a major collector of American Art; and continued assistance to the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibitions Service related to the Wallace Foundation grant for the traveling jazz concerts.

Volunteer Support

On September 21, at the annual meeting of the Smithsonian National Board in Washington, Lloyd Schermer will be announced as the Board's new Chair.  Mr. Schermer, Chairman of Lee Enterprises, Inc., will be succeeding Mrs. Ga F. Wray for a two-year term.  The National Board is currently contributing to the Secretary's Special Fund, which, this year, will support Quincentenary Inaugural Events and Educational Activities.  Their generosity is ongoing, with contributions to date totaling $131,348.

The Smithsonian Luncheon Group, a volunteer group of business persons, recently contributed $14,460 to the Smithsonian for the Frank N. Ikartd Memorial Schoalrship Fund.  This Fund, established at the recent death of Mr. Ikard, the group's Chair, will be used to provide ongoing opportunities for young people to come to the Institution to further their education.

OLD GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING

At a meeting in June with the heads of affected museums and offices, the Secretary indicated that he has concluded, after extended exploration of alternatives, that space to be gained after the renovation of the Old General Post Office Building should be utilized as follows:

(1) The national headquarters and local operations of the Archives of American Art will be housed within the Old General Post Office BUilding.

(2) Public space for the National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of American Art will continue to be provided in the Patent Office Building, where they are currently located.  Additional space in the Patent Office Building will be gained with the departure of the Archives of American Art.

(3) Limited additional exhibition space for the two museums will be made available in the Old General Post Office Building.

(4) The National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art will acquire significant new space for non-public functions and those which do not require museum-quality climate controls in the Old General Post Office Building.