The License Commission has three general choices in front of it. It can deny the UCIâs request and allow the team to keep its license. It can revoke the first-division Pro Team license but allow the team to re-apply for a second-division Pro Continental license. Or it could revoke the license altogether, a kind of institutional death penalty.
James Smithson (1765â1829) was a wealthy English scientist who devoted his life to research. That establishment became the Smithsonian. Smithson's bones now lie in the Smithsonian Castle. Originally they were buried in a cemetery in Italy.
Today, the Castle houses the Institution's administrative offices and the Smithsonian Information Center. Located inside near the north entrance is the crypt of James Smithson, benefactor of the Institution, while outside on the Mall, a bronze statue, executed by William Wetmore Story, honors Joseph Henry.