Subject:

Hoffmann, Robert S  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Assistant Secretary for Research  Search this

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

October 30, 1985

Category:

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes:

Quotation is found in the "Torch," 12/1985, p. 1.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," June 1986, p. 6.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," December 1985, p. 1, 4.

Summary:

It is announced that mammalogist Robert S. Hoffmann has been appointed director of the National Museum of Natural History. He assumes the duties of the director by mid-year, 1986. "The appointment ... marked the first time in the Smithsonian's history that the directorship of MNH has gone to a scientist from outside the institution." He serves until 1989, when he is appointed Assistant Secretary for Research.

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Appointments  Search this

Museum directors  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Mammalogists  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_1992