Wayne Clough Wants Smithsonian Science to Escape Its Shadow
Domestic politics compete with his billion-dollar plans for a global expansion of research to bolster the Smithsonian Institution's famed museums and collections. An impressive record as a researcher, university president, and fundraiser made G. Wayne Clough an obvious choice to become the 12th...
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Published in | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 333; no. 6043; pp. 694 - 695 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
05.08.2011
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Summary: | Domestic politics compete with his billion-dollar plans for a global expansion of research to bolster the Smithsonian Institution's famed museums and collections.
An impressive record as a researcher, university president, and fundraiser made G. Wayne Clough an obvious choice to become the 12th secretary of the venerable Smithsonian Institution in June 2008. His reputation as a consensus builder and a genuinely nice guy was also seen as a plus after his predecessor, banker Lawrence Small, was forced to resign when his management and spending practices created a furor at the quasi-governmental agency and within the halls of Congress. Clough visited
Science
on 14 July to discuss his plans for the Smithsonian, which marks its 165th anniversary this month. Here are highlights of that conversation. A longer version is available online. |
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ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.333.6043.694 |