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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Report of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, Board of Regents
May 8, 1974

The Executive Committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution met in the Chambers of the Chief Justice at 4 p.m. on May 8, 1974.

Present were: 

Warren E. Burger, Chancellor
James E. Webb, Chairman
William A. M. Burden, Member
S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary

Also present were Under Secretary Robert A. Brooks and Treasurer T. Ames Wheeler.

The Executive Committee considered the items on the agenda and their discussion and recommendations are included in the following material. The Committee noted that the Nominating Committee had not followed the past practice of recommending alternate nominations for Regents consideration and the Chancellor suggested that this practice be resumed in connection with future vacancies. 

[[underline]]Minutes of meeting of January 25, 1974[[/underline]]

The Executive Committee noted that the minutes of the January 25 meeting of the Regents had been sent to the members of the Board of Regents on March 1, 1974, and having no changes to suggest recommended approval of the minutes. The following motion was recommended by the Executive Committee and it was

VOTED by the Board of Regents that the minutes of the January 25, 1974 meeting, as previously circulated, be approved.