ornithologist
Sidney Dillon Ripley.
American ornithologist and 8th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1913–2001)
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About Sidney Dillon Ripley
Sidney Dillon Ripley II was an American ornithologist and wildlife conservationist. He served as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 20 years, from 1964 to 1984, leading the institution through its period of greatest growth and expansion. For his leadership at the Smithsonian, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Everything about Sidney Dillon Ripley →- Occupation
- ornithologist, zoologist, botanical collector, scientific collector
- Position held
- Secretary of the Smithsonian
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 20, 1913
- Died
- March 12, 2001