Professional Gatherings

Various group portraits of individuals in formal settings, highlighting teamwork and collaboration among staff members.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, where he delivered the keynote address at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center in the Paradise area of the Park. Secretary Kempthorne was joined at the event by dignitaries including: Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks; National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; Mount Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga; Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Kameran Onley; Nisqually tribal elder Zelma McCloud; and Peter Jackson of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Flag ceremony for John Maisto, departing U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, former Special Assistant to President Bush and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs for National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and Nicaragua

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Award ceremonies on the Department of Interior headquarters building rooftop, with Secretary Gale Norton, far right, and USA Freedom Corps Director John Bridgeland, far left, honoring individuals, youth groups, schools, organizations, partnerships, businesses involved in volunteer conservation efforts under the Take Pride in America program

Secretary Gale Norton, front third from left, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Nancy Bechtle, front fourth from left, Foundation President Vin Cipolla, front fifth from left, and National Park Service head Fran Mainella, far right, among officials attending National Park Service-National Park Foundation agreement signing ceremony, Interior headquarters

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission on swearing-in day. Group portrait was taken in thesmall visitors center at the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring the passengers and crew of the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001

Secretary Gale Norton, front third from left, National Park Foundation Vice Chair Nancy Bechtle, front fourth from left, Foundation President Vin Cipolla, front fifth from left, and National Park Service head Fran Mainella, far right, among officials attending National Park Service-National Park Foundation agreement signing ceremony, Interior headquarters

Secretary Gale Norton, center, engaged in meeting and greeting activities in Safford, Arizona area, during visit highlighting forest management, minerals management, and hazardous fuels issues

National Park System Advisory Board members posing with Park Service Director Fran Mainella, front second from left, and Secretary Gale Norton, to Mainella's right, during visit to Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Scholars Forum on Park Service role as civic educator

Event honoring National Park Service (NPS) Randy Jones Leadership Fellows, with NPS Director Fran Mainella, Secretary's Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, other senior Interior officials on hand at Main Interior

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Secretary Gale Norton with members of the American Indian Educational Foundation, established to support students attending Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded schools

Appearance of Secretary Gale Norton and Take Pride in America Director Martha Allbright at Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada, for Take Pride in America-related meetings

Appearance of Secretary Gale Norton and Take Pride in America Director Martha Allbright at Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada, for Take Pride in America-related meetings

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at Cheyenne, Wyoming ceremony marking the designation of the Union Pacific Railroad Depot as a National Historic Landmark

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Great Lakes Lighthouse Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, to announce transfer of four Michigan lighthouses, one Washington lighthouse from Coast Guard to state, county, non-profit control; and to bestow lighthouse awards

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states

Independence Day events around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Secretary Gale Norton, left, among the dignitaries on hand in Cheyenne, Wyoming for ceremony marking the designation of the Union Pacific Railroad Depot as a National Historic Landmark

National Council for International Visitors event, with Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Patricia de Stacy Harrison, honoring contributions of member organizations, in Adams Room

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, where he delivered the keynote address at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center in the Paradise area of the Park. Secretary Kempthorne was joined at the event by dignitaries including: Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks; National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis; Mount Rainier Superintendent Dave Uberuaga; Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Kameran Onley; Nisqually tribal elder Zelma McCloud; and Peter Jackson of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visits at Main Interior from Peterson and Buckley family delegations

Panelists, from the National Park System Advisory Board Scholars Forum on role of the Park Service as civic educator, posing with Park Service Director Fran Mainella, front third from left, and Secretary Gale Norton, to Mainella's right, at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Representative Ann Northup (R-KY)

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne receiving visit at Main Interior from Scott Reese, Mayor of Blackfoot, Idaho and Idaho Chairman of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), along with Reese's family

National Council for International Visitors national meeting, sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C., with guest speakers including Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia de Stacy Harrison; Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana; South Africa's Ambassador to the U.S., Barbara Masekela; the Executive Vice President of the Weizmann Institute of Science European Committee, Dov Keren Ya'ar; and Japanese journalist Michio Hayashi.

Fundraising gala for the National Park Foundation's African American Experience Fund (AAEF) at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and civil rights leader Andrew Young, former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Little Rock school integration pioneer Ernest Green, Coca-Cola Company Vice President Ingrid Saunders Jones, public television news correspondent and moderator Gwen Ifill, and AAEF Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Harris among the dignitaries on hand

Office of the Secretary - Swearing-In of John Sullivan

Independence Day events around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

National Council for International Visitors reception in Benjamin Franklin Room

Secretary Gale Norton, right, with the Chief Executive Officer of the Cheyenne, Wyoming Depot Museum, Wayne Hansen, during ceremony marking the designation of the Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Cheyenne as a National Historic Landmark

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award ceremony and reception, with presentations by ARC President Derrick Crandall and other ARC officials, and award acceptance by Congressman Thomas Petri of Wisconsin

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Reception at Main Interior for participants in the 100 Years of Conservation meeting, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Alaska Congressman Don Young, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Chairman Bob Model, and Simon Roosevelt--great, great grandson of former President Theodore Roosevelt--among the speakers

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Event at Department of Interior headquarters honoring Bureau of Reclamation Pacific Northwest staff member, Eileen Salenik. From left to right, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Mark Limbaugh; Secretary Gale Norton; Salenik; and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, John Keys III

Employment and Training Administration / Office of Public Affairs - Swearing-In Emily De Rocce, John Henshaw

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) awards event at the Decatur House, Washington, D.C., where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne received the 2008 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award. Joining the Secretary and his wife, Patricia, at the event were ARC President Derrick Crandall, ARC Chairman Thom Dammrich, and Coleman Company President Sam Solomon, among other dignitaries.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Midway Atoll, U.S. Territory

Swearing-in ceremony for R. Lyle Laverty, Jr. as Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne presiding

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

Captain owner and crew of the Lyubov Orlova

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Appearance of Secretary Gale Norton and Take Pride in America Director Martha Allbright at Lake Las Vegas Resort, Nevada, for Take Pride in America-related meetings

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Opening reception for the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, at the Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the officials on hand

Ceremony bestowing the 2008 Harry Yount Ranger Award on Gary Moses, the Lake McDonald Sub-District Ranger at Glacier National Park, with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., and Unilever Corporation's U.S. head Kevin Havelock among the dignitaries on hand at Main Interior

Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Technology Administration - 2004 National Medal of Technology Laureates

Event honoring National Park Service (NPS) Randy Jones Leadership Fellows, with NPS Director Fran Mainella, Secretary's Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann, other senior Interior officials on hand at Main Interior

CMSgt Denise Jelinski-Hall, Senior Enlisted Leader for the National Guard Bureau, briefs eight National Guard members selected to have dinner with the Obamas at the White House Feb. 29, 2012 in Arlington, Va. The Obamas are paying tribute to all veterans of the Iraq War, and service members representing the 54 states, territories and the District of Columbia were chosen to attend a dinner in their honor.

Department staff greeting President George W. Bush, from behind rope line, during his visit to Main Interior

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Deputy Secretary fo State John Sullivan poses for a group photo at Saint-Malo city hall with local officials in Dinard, France on April 5, 2019.

Events honoring Eugene Melanson, departing Law Enforcement Specialist and Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team of the U.S. Park Police

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Guest Lecturer Jan Goodwin

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

National Park Foundation (NPF) "Expedition America" gala and fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers, New York City, New York, with First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, and NPF President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the speakers

Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar leading the proceedings

Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar leading the proceedings

Technology Administration - 2002 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY LAUREATES RECEPTION

Secretary Gale Norton with National Park Service staff during her tour of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, near Coolidge, Arizona. The visit, including tours and discussions with Casa Grande staff, was part of Norton's Earth Day-related Western trip

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff during Interior headquarters farewell activities in period following announcement of her intended departure

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

Secretary Gale Norton and North Carolina Congressman Brad Miller, second from right, joining in award ceremonies at announcement in Washington, D.C. of the designation of 24 localities as Preserve America communities

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA officials and Apollo astronauts visiting Launch Pad 39B with their families and friends preserve the moment with a group portrait. The group was at Kennedy for a ceremony renaming the Operations and Checkout Building for Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon. From left are NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Neil's former wife Janet Armstrong, Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell, Mike Collins' daughter Ann Starr, Apollo 11 command module pilot Mike Collins, and Center Director Bob Cabana. The pad is being modified to support the agency's new Orion spacecraft which will lift off atop the Space Launch System rocket. Orion is designed to take humans farther than theyve ever gone before, serving as the exploration vehicle that will carry astronauts to deep space and sustain the crew during travel to destinations such as an asteroid or Mars.The visit of

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

Technology Administration - 2002 NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY LAUREATES RECEPTION

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Rey More, senior vice president and general manager of Motorolas iDEN® Subscriber Group, and Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) get together at the 2005 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held at the University of Central Florida March 10-12. Motorola sponsored the SigmaC@T team, from Ft. Lauderdale and was a major sponsor of the competition. NASA sponsored the Pink Team, Roccobot, from Rockledge and Cocoa Beach.

U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew L. Roddan (left), 374th Airlift Wing commander, displays a festive necktie while greeting guests at the annual 374th Airlift Wing holiday social event at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2022. The event was an opportunity for wing leadership to celebrate the holiday season together with Japanese partners. A range of attendees from the Japan Air Self Defense Forces, Japan America Air Force Goodwill Association, friendship clubs, and the Government of Japan attended the event.

Office of the Secretary - CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR BEN WU AND BRETT PALMER

Swearing in ceremony, in Treaty Room, for Peter Chaveas, U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, with Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage presiding

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pohnpei Island, of the Federated States of Micronesia

Reception and presentation at Main Interior: Bureau of Land Management National Scenic and Historic Trails Program's Strategy and Work Plan, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and other Interior officials joining representatives of the Partnership for the National Trails System

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA / SEAGRANT FELLOWS RECEPTION

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island, with appearance by 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with group including Emma Hughes and Lauren Hughes, 8/28/2006

Hurricane Katrina, Long Beach, Miss., December 1, 2005 -- FEMA Community Relations representative Derek Tennant (center) speaks with residents about the FEMA recovery process at a town meeting held by Congressman Gene Taylor. Rep. Taylor was addressing the community on the status of the Hurricane Katrina relief bills currently under consideration by Congress. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Reception at Independence National Historical Park for attendees at the National Governors Association Centennial Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Independence National Historical Park Deputy Superintendent Darla Sidles delivered official remarks; and the Secretary conversed with fellow NGA attendees, among them Pennsylvanina Governor Edward Rendell, Vermont Governor James Douglas, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Guam Governor Felix Camacho, former Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist, and former Michigan Governor John Engler.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with participants and attendees at the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy at the Downtown Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada

Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller poses for a photo with the International Security Advisory Board members at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on February 8, 2012. Pictured in the photo, first row, left to right: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Acting Under Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, Former Secretary of State George Schultz, Dr. William Perry, Dr. Michael Anastasio, Dr. Graham Allison; second row, from left to right, Dr. Bruce Blair, Douglas Bereuter, Walter Slocombe, Ambassador James Goodby, Dr. Joan B. Woodard, Robert Terry Everett; third row, from left to right, Dr. Raymond Jeanloz, William H. Tobey, Ambassador Robert Gallucci, Joseph Cirincione, Dr. James A. Tegnelia, and Lawrence Livermore Lab Director Penrose Parney” Albright.

Artists, Salmagundi Club members and Coast Guard Art Program members pose for a photo at the COGAP reception at the Salmagundi Club in New York City on July 7, 2022. The ceremony marked the 41st anniversary of the COGAP and featured 38 works from 27 artists from around the country.

Secretary Gale Norton with Department of Interior staff at Department headquarters during the final days of the Norton tenure

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASAs Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, shuttle astronaut Curt Brown listens as he is being introduced for induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame AHOF. Brown, a veteran of six spaceflights, began his career with NASA in 1987 as a pilot and has logged more than 1,383 hours in space. Browns missions aboard the space shuttle include STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95 and STS-103. Shuttle astronauts Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar also were inducted into the AHOF. This induction is the twelfth group of space shuttle astronauts named to the AHOF, and the first time two women are inducted at the same time. The years inductees were selected by a committee of current Hall of Fame astronauts, former NASA officials, historians and journalists. The selection process is administered by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.

Opening reception for the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, at the Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the officials on hand

Independence Day events, including staff service awards ceremony, around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

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