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 inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 333; no. 6043; pp. 694 - 695
Main Authors Clough, G. Wayne, MERVIS, JEFFREY
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 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.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.333.6043.694