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Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory  Search this
Fort Pierce Bureau  Search this
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)  Search this
Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)  Search this
National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
National Associates  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).) Museum Support Center  Search this
Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Mt. Hopkins Observatory.)  Search this
International Center  Search this
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
S. Dillon Ripley International Center  Search this
Resident Associates Program  Search this
Office of Folklife Programs  Search this
Office of Fellowships and Grants  Search this
National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this
National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)  Search this
Smithsonian Office of Biological Conservation)  Search this
Smithsonian National Associates Program (SNAP)  Search this
Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Point (SMSLP)  Search this
Smithsonian Magazine)  Search this
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
Smithsonian Associates, The )  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Anacostia Community Museum)  Search this
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
Archives of American Art  Search this
Patent Office Building (POB)  Search this
Renwick Gallery)  Search this
Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Museum Conservation Institute  Search this
Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Search this
Festival of American Folklife  Search this
Place:
Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)
United States
Date:
March 12, 2001
19th century
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
Barnes, Bart, "Smithsonian Visionary Ripley Dies," The Washington Post, 13 March 2001, p. A01.
Summary:
S. Dillon Ripley, 1913-2001, eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984, dies. An ornithologist and ecologist, Ripley presided over an unprecedented period of growth and set new standards for Smithsonian programs. Among his achievements are the creation of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, with its annual Folklife Festival, the Conservation and Research Center at the National Zoological Park, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian magazine, the Smithsonian Fellowship Program, the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, the Cooper Hewitt, the National Design Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Renwick Gallery.
Other new programs were the Whipple Observatory, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida, the Museum Support Center, the National Museum of African Art, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Enid A. Haupt Garden and the S. Dillon Ripley Center. Other achievements include the renovation of the American Art and Portrait Galleries in the historic Patent Office Building, the Arts and Industries Building and Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle; construction of the new National Air and Space Museum; acquisition of the Archives of American Art, and greatly expanded scientific programs at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Mr. Ripley maintained an ornithology laboratory at the National Museum of Natural History, even after his retirement. Mr. Ripley was also a noted conservationist, deeply committed to the conservation of endangered species and habitats throughout the globe.
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex  Search this
Astrophysics  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Conservation and restoration  Search this
Ecology  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
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