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September 19, 1994

I. Michael Heyman becomes the tenth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. An environmental lawyer, Heyman had been Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley. He will serve as Secretary until 2000.

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Posted: 19 September 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.