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February 2011 3 from the PRESIDENT NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM FEBRUARY theMammoth 2011 Morrill Geologic Expedition, 1897 IN THIS ISSUE Dinosaurs & Disasters Day Celebrating 140 years THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM HONORS THE PAST AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE “Wow! All these bones were really dug leading university research museums. The up in Nebraska?” a little girl asks her mother Museum was established just two years after State Museum: Celebrating as they walked through Morrill Hall’s new the American Museum of Natural History in 140 Years of Discovery .................1, 6-9 highway paleontology exhibit, Life in the Past New York City and was one of the first natural Lane. science museums west of the Mississippi River. A Walk Through Time ....................10-12 Moments of discovery like these are Today, the Museum enriches the lives sparked every day at the University of Nebraska of more than 100,000 visitors and students Friends Annual Meeting 2011........13-14 State Museum, which celebrates its 140th each year who visit Morrill Hall, Mueller year in 2011 as the state’s premier museum of Planetarium, the research collections, and Sunday with a Scientist ................16 natural history. This milestone is celebrated not branch locations at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Dinosaurs & Disasters ..................17 so much in calendar years but in the countless Historical Park, and the Trailside Museum of number of lives that have been touched by the Natural History at Fort Robinson State Park. Museum’s wonders. In 2009, the Museum again earned a 10-year & MORE! Established in 1871 by the University reaccreditation by the American Association The Mammoth is available in color online! of Nebraska Board of Regents, the State of Museums, the highest national recognition Museum has grown into one of the nation’s afforded U.S. museums. Continued on page 6. friendsofthemuseum.org MORRILL FRIENDS UNIVERSITY OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEBRASKA HALL Mark A. Brohman, President STATE MUSEUM STAFF CALENDAR Lois Mayo, Vice President EX-OFFICIO AT A GLANCE David Rowe, Treasurer Priscilla C. Grew Director: Priscilla C. Grew Diane Pratt, Secretary Mike Madcharo Associate Director: Mark Harris Karen Amen Marcia Hollestelle ADVISORY COUNCIL Informal Science Education: Judy Diamond, Curator FEBRUARY Michael Leite Judy Diamond Amy Spiegel Curtis Mann Connie Pejsar Keely Rennie-Tucker Norm Smith February 20 Education Coordinator: Kathy French Lynn Sobotka Mike Zeleny 1:30-4:30 p.m. Museum Associates: Ann Cusick Diann Sorensen Sunday with a Scientist Cindy Loope Mark Sorensen ASHFALL CHAPTER “Parasites” Annie Mumgaard Mel Thornton Mark Brogie, Ina Van der Veen Natasha Vavra President February 24 Art Zygielbaum Research Partnerships Coordinator: Brett Ratcliffe 5:30-7:00 p.m. Nebraska Highway Paleontology Anthropology: Alan Osborn, Curator Program Talk by Museum CONTACT INFORMATION NAGPRA/Collections Assistant: Susan Curtis Highway Paleontologist Director’s Office (402) 472-3779 Nebraska Archaeological Survey: Alan Osborn Shane Tucker Museum Information Line (402) 472-2642 School Program Reservations (402) 472-6302 Botany: Robert Kaul, Curator February 25 Friends Office (402) 472-3779 Collection Manager: Thomas Labedz 5:30-7:30 p.m. Mueller Planetarium (402) 472-2641 Collections Assistant: Linda Rader State Museum 2011 Nebraska Hall Office (402) 472-2643 “Thank You” Reception Ashfall Fossil Beds (402) 893-2000 Entomology: Brett Ratcliffe, Curator Trailside Museum (308) 665-2929 Collection Manager: M.J. Paulsen RSVP Required by Feb. 18. Geology: Samuel Treves, Curator Museum Geological Specialist: Karl Baumgarten MARCH www.museum.unl.edu Parasitology: Scott Gardner, Curator March 20 Collection Manager: Gabor Racz 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday with a Scientist CONNECT WITH US! Vertebrate Paleontology: Ross Secord, Curator “Lasers & Photonics” Collection Manager: R. George Corner Preparators: Gregory Brown Robert Skolnick MORRILL HALL Ellen Stepleton APRIL Highway Salvage Paleontologist: Shane Tucker South of 14th and Vine Streets (402) 472-2642 Highway Salvage Preparator: Nicholas Famoso University of Nebraska April 2 Lincoln, Nebraska 1:00-4:30 p.m. Zoology: Patricia Freeman, Curator Collection Manager: Thomas Labedz Colorful Creature Day! Open Year Around Monday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Affiliated Courtesy, Adjunct, and Emeritus Faculty: April 17 Thursdays: 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. (Open Late!) Anthropology: Thomas Myers 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Entomology: Mary Liz Jameson Sunday with a Scientist Closed Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Geology: Robert Diffendal “Fruit” December 24-25, and January 1 Invertebrate Paleontology: David Watkins Planetarium Closed Mondays and NU home football game Parasitology: John Janovy, Mary Lou Pritchard Saturdays Vertebrate Paleontology: Michael Voorhies, MAY Robert Hunt, Jr. ASHFALL FOSSIL BEDS Zoology: Hugh Genoways, Paul Johnsgard May 7 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 86930 517 Avenue (402) 893-2000 Ashfall Fossil Beds Superintendent: Rick Otto Astronomy Day! Royal, NE 68773 Museum Specialist: Sandy Mosel Located seven miles north of Highway 20 between May 15 Royal and Orchard, Nebraska. Trailside Museum Staff Assistants: Susan Veskerna 1:30-4:30 p.m. Pattie Norman Sunday with a Scientist Open Seasonally. Accounting Clerk: Judy Ray “Extreme Weather” For schedule, visit ashfall.unl.edu Discovery Shop Manager: Leah Carpenter Exhibit Design Specialist: Ron Pike Graphics Design Specialist: Joel Nielsen museum.unl.edu TRAILSIDE MUSEUM Mueller Planetarium Supervisor: Jack Dunn for more event details! PO Box 462 (308) 665-2929 Public Relations Coordinator, Friends Liaison, & Crawford, NE 69339 Mammoth Newsletter Editor: Dana Ludvik Located on Highway 20 at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Public Service Associate: Linda Beran Research Collections Staff Secretary: Gail Littrell Open Seasonally. Scientific Illustrator: Angie Fox For schedule, visit trailside.unl.edu 2 T H E M A M M O T H Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum FROM THE DIRECTOR When Associate Director Mark Harris suggested We are especially grateful to the Nebraska leaders six months ago that we celebrate the Museum’s 140th who joined us at the anniversary kickoff event on anniversary in 2011 (“Why should we wait 10 years for January 7. I just wanted to share a few of their quotes the 150th?”), little did I realize what a huge boost this on this page, and you will find Ellen Weissinger’s special would be for the Museum! Working on the anniversary message on page 15, along with photos of our gala has given all of us a much greater awareness and evening. —Priscilla C. Grew, Director appreciation of the Museum’s rich history, thanks to the efforts of George Corner, Shane Tucker and other staff Excerpt from the statement by Regent Bob Phares, and students who have compiled fascinating historical Chairman of the NU Board of Regents: information and located wonderful old photographs in the Museum’s archives. Mark, Dana Ludvik, and Angie “We celebrate here the creation of a museum like Fox have done a fantastic job with their hard work and this only two years after the University of Nebraska creativity, developing new Museum promotions, new was founded, and at a time when very few of these experiences for visitors, and we have an exciting year natural history museums existed in this entire country. ahead! Visitation and Friends memberships are up, the This is a definite tribute to the vision, persistence, and media placements (print, television, radio) have been foresight of our predecessors. This is a magnificent unprecedented, and we are moving forward on our best facility. I have enjoyed visiting it with my children year ever. and my grandchildren and if you don’t believe that this is a really ‘cool’ place, I would simply invite you to stroll through here with my 11-year-old grandson Andrew and I guarantee you he will explain it to you. I congratulate you on continuing the land grant mission of the University of Nebraska as you move forward with your research, your education and your outreach.” Excerpt of letter from U.S. Senator Mike Johanns, read by Lt. General (Ret.) Roger Lempke: “The Museum is a spectacular showcase of Nebraska’s rich and varied natural history... Generations of Nebraska schoolchildren have acquired a better understanding of and appreciation for the forces of nature that shaped our state. Since the earliest Bob Phares, Chairman of the NU Board of Regents, with Priscilla Grew. days of the Museum, it has been a highlight of the capital city, which attracts visitors from around the world. …Congratulations on the 140th anniversary and thank you for your commitment to showcasing Nebraska’s history. Best wishes as the Museum continues its important mission of preserving our history and educating new generations of Nebraskans.” FROM LEFT: Ellen Weissinger, UNL Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Diane Mendenhall, Executive Director of the Nebraska Alumni Association; Wendy Birdsall, President of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, Judy Beutler, and Priscilla Grew. February 2011 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT GREETINGS FRIENDS MEMBERS! 2010 was a great year for the University of Nebraska State Museum, and it was capped off by the wonderful Friends Annual Meeting held January 7, 2011, in Elephant Hall at Morrill Hall. This was also a joint 140th Anniversary celebration of the State Museum. We had several guest speakers, including Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, who gave congratulatory remarks to the Museum for its important place in Lincoln, the state, and beyond. Bob Phares, Chairman of the NU Board of Regents offered some wonderful comments along with staff from Senator Johanns and Congressman Smith reading letters from the Congressionals. The evening was completed by a fabulous presentation by noted National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. The State Museum is Friends President Mark Brohman (right) presents long-time Friends Treasurer Mel Thornton with currently displaying an exceptional display of Joel’s photos of the Tuttle Award, recognizing his outstanding dedication and service to the Friends group.
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