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Today in Smithsonian History: May 12, 1987

Dean Anderson, Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, June 1985-. Prior to being named Under Secretary, Anderson was the Special Assistant to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art , 1973-1984, and Acting Assistant Secretary for History and Art, October 1984 - June 1985 (Photo by Dane Penland, as featured in the Torch, June 1985)

Dean Anderson, Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in June 1985. Prior to being named Under Secretary, Anderson was the Special Assistant to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art , 1973-1984, and Acting Assistant Secretary for History and Art, October 1984 – June 1985 (Photo by Dane Penland, as featured in the Torch, June 1985)

May 12, 1987 Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Dean Anderson signs a formal agreement with the Department of Agriculture’s National Finance Center making the Center the Institution’s payroll/personnel processing center. At the time, the NFC was handling the payrolls of more than 20 federal government agencies, including the Census Bureau, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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