2006-2007 - The Field Museum

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As our opening quotations from Ayer and Elliot suggest, the very earliest rationale for building collections in natural history museums was public education and professional research. Today the collections still provide the foundation for both endeavors. Unlike the museum of 1894, of course, the great bulk of The Field Museum’s collections are not on exhibit. Nevertheless, the collections housed behind the scenes serve a critically important research and education function. Our vast new Collections Resource Center, now complete, its labs and workrooms up and running, home to 2.25 million specimens and counting, reminds us that the Museum is an active resource of natural history and archaeological specimens for the world’s scientists and educators. Each year hundreds of visiting scientists set themselves up in our collections to conduct research—last year, more than 600 individual researchers visited the Field Museum collections. And more than 56,000 specimens were sent out on loan. The value of our natural history collections to the national and international scientific community as a library of real evidence of the world’s natural and cultural evolution is astounding. But the total audience and impact of our collections is much broader. In addition to the hundreds of visiting scientists we welcome each year there are the university classes that are taught on site, one-off visits by college classes, behind-the-scenes programs through our Education Department, and Members’ Nights. In all, tens of thousands of learners are enlightened and awed by our collections each year, and untold numbers of scholars and members of the public are able to virtually visit our collections as we increasingly make them accessible via the internet. We are a natural history museum. By definition we are a repository of objects that serve as an empirical record of natural and cultural history. These objects are not simply dusty fragments and remains of past life and cultures. They constitute vital evidence of dynamic biological and social change. Our inventory of 24 million specimens is an inventory of data, including vast documentation of the earth’s biodiversity, both past and present, and of the rise of complex societies. It includes everything from mysterious faces on pots, to curious bone formations, to microsatellite DNA markers. The collections are a legacy we inherited from the scientists that came before us, and a legacy that we add to with new specimens, ideas and discoveries. As such it is a unique and empirical educational legacy. The collections hold the keys to many unanswered questions about the evolution of life on earth, and the development of civilizations. As we investigate those questions, and share our growing knowledge with our peers and the public, we deepen the educational legacy that fulfills the core mission of our institution. Neil H. Shubin Lance Grande Provost Senior Vice President and Head Academic Affairs Collections and Research 10
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES James J. Alexander Mrs. T. Stanton Armour Charles Benton Susan Benton Judith S. Block Gail K. Boudreaux Robin T. Colburn Louis Delgado James S. Frank Wilbur H. Gantz III Lewis S. Gruber Richard M. Jones Constance T. Keller Randolph R. Kurtz Hugo J. Melvoin Robert A. Pritzker John S. Runnells II Adele S. Simmons Maureen Dwyer Smith Susan A. Willetts Non-Trustee Members: Henry T. Chandler Janet Diederichs Jean L. Baldwin Herbert Kenneth P. Kaye William J. Kirby Withrow W. Meeker Charles F. Nadler George Rabb Patricia Schnadig Debra Yates 11
Page 1 and 2: THE FIELD MUSEUM 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
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External: Co-editor, Asian Perspect
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY John R. Bolt
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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY John M. Bates
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Mary Anne Rogers Field Museum: Memb
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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Bennet B
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Research: Goroka University, Goroka
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Public Presentations: Centro INAH O
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Jochen Gerber Education Programs: F
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HIGHER EDUCATION, 2006 (College/Uni
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Courses: Mycology, graduate level,
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Graduate Students Advised: Ilya Të
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Undergraduate Interns: Annie Burke,
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GRADUATE STUDENT INTERNS Department
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VOLUNTEERS, 2006 DEPARTMENT OF ANTH
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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY HONORARY
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Gary L. Smith Merrill, Ph.D., Bryol
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Robert R. Reisz, Ph.D., Fossil Rept
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Charles Nadler, M.D., Sciuridae Joh
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COLLECTION STATISTICS, 2006 Outgoin
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PRITZKER LABORATORY FOR MOLECULAR S
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