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...Amanda Ripley. Reported by Amy Bonesteel and Greg Fulton/Atlanta
DIED. S. DILLON RIPLEY, 87, patrician head of the Smithsonian Institution whose flair and insight guided it through its greatest period of growth; in Washington, D.C. During Ripley's two-decade reign as secretary, the Smithsonian founded seven research facilities and eight museums, including the U.S. capital's most popular, the Air and Space Museum. The number of annual visitors increased nearly threefold to 30 million...
DIED. S. DILLON RIPLEY, 87, blue-blooded ornithologist and eighth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who from 1964 to 1984 transformed an assortment of staid displays into a vibrant, far-reaching complex of fun and education; in Washington. In 1968, when the directors wanted to close the museums during the Poor People's March after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Ripley decided instead to keep them open even later so the marchers could at least go in and use the rest rooms...
...Amanda Ripley. With reporting by David S. Jackson/Los Angeles
...Amanda Ripley...