The Smithsonian Institute was founded by a British scientist James Smithson. The institute was founded for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. The institute was established as a trust by the American congress. It serves as a federal government body. Above half of the Smithsonian's workforces of some 6,300 persons are the federal government employees.
The institute is represented by the attorneys of the United States Justice department. The Chancellor of the institute works as a nominal head. The entire works of the institute are conducted by 17 members board of regents. In the regents eight members are the United States officials
The Vice President and the Chief Justice of the United States, three United States Senators appointed by the Vice President, and three Members of the House of representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House. Regular services of the institute are conducted by a secretary who is appointed by the board of regents. Many secretaries were appointed for the institute but it was Cristian Samper the first Latin American to hold the position as a secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. Some other names are also included:
Joseph Henry,18461878
Spencer Fullerton Baird, 18781887
Samuel Pierpont Langley, 18871906
Charles Doolittle Walcott, 19071927
Charles Greeley Abbot, 19281944
Alexander Wetmore, 19441952
Leonard Carmichael, 19531964
Sidney Dillon Ripley, 19641984
Robert McCormick Adams, 19841994
Ira Michael Heyman, 19941999
Lawrence M. Small, 20002007
Cristiαn Samper (Acting Secretary), 2007
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