The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents has selected Georgia Institute of Technology President G. Wayne Clough as the 12th leader of the nation’s largest museum system. The board announced the selection in a special news conference on March 14 inside the administrative building, known as the Smithsonian Castle, on the Washington Mall. The search firm Isaacson, Miller conducted the year-long search for the museum’s top executive. Clough succeeds Lawrence M. Small, who resigned in March 2007 after criticism of lavish expenses charged to the nation’s largest museum system. An internal audit revealed charges for private jets, expensive meals, chauffeurs and a trip to… Read More