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[[underline]]Suggested dates for May 1973 meetings[[/underline]]

The following dates for the May meetings were approved:

Executive Committee, Wednesday, May 2, 1973
Board of Regents, Wednesday, May 9, 1973

[[underline]]Award of the James Smithson Society Medal[[/underline]]

Mr. Ripley announced that following the dinner tonight the James Smithson Society Medal would be awarded to Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post in recognition of her dedication to the Smithsonian's mandate to increase and diffuse knowledge.

In the absence of Mr.s Post, the Chancellor present the medal and citation to her daughter, Mrs. Augustus Riggs IV.  The citation read as follows:

"To Marjorie Merriweather Post in grateful appreciation for her most generous renewal of James Smithson's challenge to mankind for the increase and diffusion of knowledge, the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution present its highest benefactor honor, the device of the James Smithson Society."

[[underline]]Adjournment[[/underline]]

The meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:
[[signed]]S. Dillon Ripley[[signed]]
S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary
Smithsonian Institution