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...committee includes: former congressman from Missouri Richard Bolling; former Attorney General and President of the Univ. of Chicago, Edward Levi; chief executive of the former Itech Corporation, Franklin Lindsay; Philip F. Hughes from the Smithsonian Institute; Philip Buchen, a Washington attorney and former counsel to President Ford; and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Joseph Califano...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Blasts U.S. Record-Keeping | 1/21/1985 | See Source »

None of the year's graphics are fresher or more appealing than a poster for the Smithsonian Institution's Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) show on The Magic of Neon. Designed by Jannes Art Publishing and Beda Ross Design Ltd., it is based on an original neon artwork by Lili Lakich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: User-Friendly Winners | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Despite the billions of stars in the galaxy, most are too faint to measure accurately, Large telescopes, such as the Multiple Mirror Telescope of the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Arizona near Tuscon, are employed to collect the necessary data...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Astronomer Advances Novel Theory On Star Formation | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

Seward, who does his research at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, located near the QRAC, recently startled the astronomical field by locating and photographing the third known optical supernova remnants, also known as pulsars...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Bringing Dead Stars Back to Life | 11/2/1984 | See Source »

...early 1900's in the U.S., astronomical sightings were handled primarily by the Harvard Observatory. In 1964, a leading Denmark observatory announced that it could no longer successfully operate the Bureau, and it transferred the program to the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. One year later, Professor of Astronomy Owen J. Gingerich assumed the directorship of the Bureau, and Marsden took over the reigns...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Something Strange? Who Ya Gonna Call? | 11/1/1984 | See Source »

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