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    "ocrText": "History\ndinner at which was served such delicacies as \"The Bonhome Richard\n(salmon dish, with sauce Howlandaise, discovered on a remarkable\nThe Preservation Roundtable is an informal gathering of historic\nSmithsonian voyage),' \"Murtagh's Pearls of the Maine Soil (boiled\npreservation professionals and advocates, founded in February 1969\npotatoes of National Register quality),' and \"The Importance of\nby Frederick Gutheim, an urban affairs consultant and well-known\nBeing Ernest (ICOMOS green salad laced with a Feissty dressing).\"\nauthor of The Potomac and Worthy of a Nation. Original members were\nErnest Connally, Carl Feiss, John H. Hill, Richard H. Howland, Dorn\nThe Roundtable has no elected officers, but the position of President\nC. McGrath, Jr., William J. Murtagh, Constance Werner Ramirez,\npro tem has been handed down from Frederick Gutheim to Richard\nJoseph Watterson, and Russell B. Wright. Within the first ten years,\nH. Howland, and from Constance Werner Ramirez to C. Dudley\nmembership grew to 35, including Charles H. Atherton, Gretchen\nBrown. To meet at The Arts Club of Washington, the Roundtable\nGayle, George Karas, Russell Keune, Francis D. Lethbridge, James C.\nmust be sponsored by a member of the Club. Sponsors have included\nMassey, Hugh Miller, M. Hamilton Morton, Terry B. Morton, Donald\nFrederick Gutheim, Richard H. Howland, M. Hamilton Morton, and\nMyer, John Poppeliers, Robert Rettig, Theodore Sande, Nancy Dixon\nC. Dudley Brown.\nSchultz, Ralph Schwarz, Ann Webster Smith, Margaret Sweeney, and\nWynant D. Vanderpool, Jr.\nThe administrative details of the Roundtable have been provided\nover the years by a number of nonprofit organizations, including\nThe Roundtable encourages a broad and vigorous discussion of\nthe Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. National Committee of the\ntopics important to historic preservation. As Gutheim wrote in 1979,\nInternational Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS),\n\"In their specialized capacities and official positions those who\nthe National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers,\ncompose this Round Table have little periodic opportunity informally\nThe Accokeek Foundation, the Preservation Action Foundation\nand in a relaxed atmosphere to exchange experiences and views\n(previously the Center for Preservation Initiatives), and the National\nwith their peers, and thus contribute to the larger understanding\nPreservation Institute.\nof their professional lives. Without this opportunity each of us\nwould be poorer. It is a continual reminder of what we owe to each\nToday the regular, dues-paying membership is about 80 and\nother. Over the years it has provided the social adhesion that has\nattendance at lunches is about 25 each month, including several\nallowed the Round Table to continue.\" Noted in Keeping Time by\nguests. As Gutheim said in his remarks in 1979, and it is still true\nRoundtable cofounder William J. Murtagh, the monthly luncheon is\ntoday, \"Once a month we have found a moment to put aside other\nnow a preservation institution in itself. Besides libations, lunch, and\ncares and relax in the atmosphere of fellowship, to share common\nopportunities to meet fellow professionals, the Roundtable provides\ninterests, to exchange views, to open our minds, and to grow a little.\nan opportunity to introduce guests and make announcements about\nWhat more can we ask?\"\nhistoric preservation activities. Guests have included Ada Louise\nHistory compiled by Constance Werner Ramirez\nHuxtable, Barclay G. Jones, and Sir Nikolas Pevsner.\nrevised December 2010\nThe Roundtable has always met at The Arts Club of Washington to\nprovide support for the preservation of this architectural survivor\nof decades of building activity west of the White House. The\ncharge for lunch in 1969 was $2 and in 1975 the members agreed\nto an assessment of $7 annually to cover administrative costs. In\n1979, it adopted the official name of The Round Table for Historic\nPreservation and celebrated its tenth anniversary with a black tie"
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