Aug
31

Today in Smithsonian History: August 31, 1974

Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, as featured in The Torch, Spetember 1974.

Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, as featured in The Torch, September 1974.

August 31, 1974 Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, theoretical physicist, is named to the Board of Regents, succeeding Crawford H. Greenewalt, who resigned as a citizen member. Gell-Mann had served on the Smithsonian Council since 1969.

Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives

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