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August 19, 1887

Secretary Spencer F. Baird dies at the age of sixty-four, at the headquarters of the United States Fish Commission at Wood’s Hole, Massachusetts.


Posted: 19 August 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.