Virtual Discussion with Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch

This is a VIRTUAL event, available for viewing through our virtual author talks site. The program will be available live at the time listed here, and it will also be recorded and uploaded for later viewing. Register for and view this program here: https://libraryc.org/newberlinlibrary/108249

Take part in our conversation with Tom Crouch about the trials, errors, and incredible legacy of the Smithsonian’s foundation.

About the Author: Tom Crouch joined the Smithsonian in 1974 and has served both the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of American History in a variety of curatorial and administrative posts.                 

Dr. Crouch has won a number of major writing awards, including a 1989 Christopher Award, a literary prize recognizing "significant artistic achievement in support of the highest values of the human spirit," for The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. His book, Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age, won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature Prize for 2005.

In the fall of 2000, President Clinton appointed Dr. Crouch to the Chairmanship of the First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board, an organization created to advise the Centennial of Flight Commission on activities planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered flight.