Heckert's first visit to Carnegie Institute in 1980. Report of Visiting Committee to Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. DuPont three-year grant in 1983. Report on relation between the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and the Geophysical Lab. Presentation of asset managers Haglar, Mastrovita & Hewitt, Inc. Report of Visiting Committee to the Mount Wilson and Las Campanas observatories in 1984. Johns Hopkins University offers space for the consolidated relocation of the Geophysica Lab and the Department of Terreestrial Magnetism. REH contribution to Carnegie.

Joint Visiting Committee report for Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and Geophysical Lab. REH elected chairman of the Carnegie board. Changing plans for investment of Carnegie funds. Recommended budget for 1986-1987. Report of Visiting Committee to the Department of Plant Biology. Investment management report for current period. Request for contributions from trustees. Report of Visiting Committee to Department of Embryology. Contributions received from trustees.

Trustee financial contributions. Investment manager’s report for period ending December 31, 1986. Announcement of Maxine Singer to become new president. Bios on new staff members. Interim report of working group preparing optical design for eight-meter Las Campanas telescope. Correspondence about several operational and organizational problems. Visiting Committee report on Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas observatories. Further steps toward the manufacture of the eight-meter mirror for Las Campanas.

Settlement of human rights complaint by a Carnegie division director. Investment managers’ status reports. Problems in procurement of eight-meter mirror. Review of specs for new lab building by DuPont Engineering Department. Preparation of annual fundraising letter to trustees. Work of Trustee Nominating Committee. Annual report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Selection of new trustee candidates. Investment status reports. EPA lawsuit vs. Carnegie Institution charging illegal waste disposal. Policy issues affecting Carnegie division directors. Formation of Commission on Science, Technology, and Government by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Report to the Executive Committee by Ray Weymann, director of Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas observatories.

Consultant report on alternative spending policies for the Carnegie Institution. Investment managers’ status reports. Newspaper and magazine articles by institute personnel or about institution activities. Correspondence regarding trustee contributions and about selection of new trustees. Approval of contract for new building to house the Geophysical Lab and the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism on the same site.

Annual meeting lecture program for 1981. Agendas for Finance and Executive committee meetings in January 1985, including background materials and proposed policy statements. Special Finance Committee meeting in March 1985 to discuss proposed equity fund managers. Executive and Finance committee minutes for March 1985. Nominating Committee report and balloting for new trustees. Programs for executive, finance, and annual meetings in May 1985, and minutes of those meetings. Minutes of Executive Committee meeting in August 1985 held at Dunfermline, Scotland. Agenda and minutes of Executive Committee and Finance Committee meetings in October 1985.

Agendas and minutes for Finance and Executive committee meetings in January 1986. Draft agreement with University of Arizona for casting of eight-meter mirror. Agendas and attachments for Finance and Executive committee meetings in March 1986. Program for annual meeting of trustees in May 1986.

Proposed by-laws change, Nominating Committee report, Visiting Committee report on Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and Geophysical Lab, as well as other matters for consideration at annual meeting in May 1986. Program for annual lecture. Proposed budget for 1986-1987. Minutes of above meetings. Agendas and attachments for Finance and Executive committee meetings in September 1986. Annual report of retirement plan. Visiting Committee report on Department of Plant Biology.

Agenda and attachments for Executive Committee meeting. Investment manager reports. Finance Committee agenda. Real estate consultant report. Grant proposals submitted. Grants and contracts received. Recommended budget.

Letter of acceptance from Dr. Maxine Singer to become president of Carnegie Institution. Agendas, programs, arrangements, and minutes of Finance and Executive committees' meetings, as well as annual trustee meetings. By-laws changes. Financial statements. Investment managers' reports. Facilities planning study. Grant proposals submitted and grants received. Proposed budget. Program for annual meeting lecture.