2006 Annual Report - The Franklin Institute

2006 Annual Report
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Executive Message
Science Museum
Center for Innovation in Science Learning
The Franklin Center
Financial Report
2006 Contributed Support
Board of Trustees
Today’s Franklin Institute emerges renewed as the result of sustained planning,
innovative programming, forward-looking, dedicated staff, and a committed Board of
Trustees, all working in a disciplined approach toward the common goal of inspiring a
passion for learning and discovery about science and technology.
What the Institute had accomplished in the past several years — in exhibits, school
partnerships, museum programs, community outreach, and liaisons with the scientific
community — prepared it for the new ventures upon which it embarked in 2006 and
foreshadows horizons for the future.
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EXEC UTI VE ME S SAGE
It is fitting that as Philadelphia and the nation celebrated the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth in 2006, The Franklin Institute — named in
his honor—celebrated one of the best years in its 182-year history.
audiences. By the time Titanic, the Institute’s first blockbuster,
It has been a transformational year in every way, changing public
closed in January 2005, it had drawn 354,000 visitors. It was fol-
perceptions of the Institute, broadening its scope of operations,
lowed nine months later by Gunther von Hagens’ BodyWorlds:
reaching out to new audiences, and again presenting a strong
The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, which in turn
financial position, with a balanced budget—the 11th in the past 12
attracted 603,000 visitors, the highest attendance of any museum
years. It was a year distinguished not only by record attendance,
exhibit ever presented in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth.
but even more notably by the opening of the Science Leadership
BodyWorlds broadened the Franklin’s audience in terms of age,
Academy, a new magnet high school operated in partnership with
gender, race and ethnicity, with more than 30 percent of its
the School District of Philadelphia. 2006 also saw unprecedented
audience coming in the evening. While BodyWorlds appealed
utilization of the redesigned and expanded website, which served
to adults and families, the stunningly beautiful but smaller
over 351 million files to more than 19.3 million individuals, making
it the most visited website of any science center in the world.
DARWIN exhibition—with a strong Darwin experiential pack-
Looking forward, insuring the Institute’s future, on October 10,
age that included an auditorium show with live animals—drew
2006 the Board of Trustees approved a new strategic plan for 2006–
more high school classes during its three-month fall showing
2012 which will include a building expansion, as well as a major
than any previous special exhibit.
new exhibition on the brain. And, as a further prelude of things to
These special exhibits clearly boost the Institute’s attendance
come, before Christmas the Institute had sold over 300,000 tick-
numbers. They provide essential financial stability that in turn
ets for Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, which
enables the Institute to offer a variety of special experiences
would open February 3, 2007 in the Mandell Center.
aimed at introducing its greater community to the challenging
Such diverse milestones were possible in large measure
world of scientific discovery. Community Night evening events,
because of the Institute’s disciplined approach to planning that
the third Wednesday of each month, encouraged visits by
included a vision supported by a succession of well-conceived
African American and Latin communities, providing opportuni-
and successfully implemented strategic plans, each anticipat-
ties to extend the reach of the Institute. Grants from a variety of
ing future needs, opportunities and challenges. While in rare
donors brought thousands of at-risk area schoolchildren to the
instances timelines were altered so that the Institute could take
Institute and to its special exhibits. Full-day experiential pack-
advantage of special unforeseen opportunities, such as the avail-
ages for school groups immersed students in a day of activities
ability of the DARWIN exhibit, it met virtually every benchmark
directed at broadening knowledge in a specific curriculum-cor-
and exceeded the goals of “Turning the Key” and “A Vision for the
related area of scientific discipline.
Future.”
The recently completed $61.7 million capital campaign, a key
component of these strategic plans, funded the renovation of
galleries for traveling exhibitions large and small, so that the
Institute can now easily accommodate one or two special exhib-
its at the same time, thus addressing the interests of different
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Dennis M. Wint
President & CEO
Marsha R. Perelman
Chair
who visited the Institute with their schools received discounted
The Role of Partnering
admission, unrestricted funds underwrote free visits for 32,859
Partnering with other organizations has been an important means
school children from underserved communities, as well as
of enhancing and expanding science education. The longest
helped support the PACTS program.
standing partnership is with the School District of Philadelphia,
The year’s robust attendance, the birth of the Science
and programs have ranged from onsite museum lessons, to pro-
Leadership Academy, the expansion of education programs and
fessional development for teachers, to science kits for elementary
greater visibility of The Franklin Institute Awards Program are all
schools, to getting parents involved in science learning. By far
the most ambitious program, however, has been the opening of
indicative of the Institute’s new vitality and direction. Its exhibi-
vative public high school opened with a freshman class of 112,
and minorities — now serve as program and business models
faculty that could have had its pick of jobs. Located two blocks
tutional successes, further strengthened by the new Strategic
like Franklin, entrepreneurship. The Franklin Institute is an inte-
initiatives.
the Science Leadership Academy. In September 2006 this inno-
tions and educational outreach programs — especially for girls
selected from 900 applicants, a creative principal and a gifted
for non-profit organizations nationwide. These and other insti-
from the Institute, the school focuses on science, technology and,
Plan 2006–2012, have uniquely prepared the Institute for future
The Franklin Institute is today experiencing recognition
gral part of their city campus.
Partnerships within the Institute’s walls proved invaluable
and rediscovery, contributing to the growth of the educational
ters of operation—the Science Museum, Center for Innovation in
on years of hard-won good will and community service, the
of expertise, given their very different orientations. Increasingly
time and resources from its Board, from its staff, and from its
classroom, expanding website applications and bringing histor-
as an internationally recognized center of innovative education
in executing internal programs. The Institute’s three main cen-
and cultural life of the Greater Philadelphia area. Capitalizing
Science Learning, and Franklin Center—each have unique areas
Institute has been the recipient of the commitment of increased
they collaborate in developing curriculum materials for the
many volunteers and supporters in an effort to cement its place
ical collections to light.
and scientific discovery.
The Institute’s many successes enabled it to finish the year
with an operating surplus. Earned revenue from many diverse
revenue sources, such as admissions, Sci-Store, and facility rent-
In Memoriam: The Institute owes thanks to its leaders past and
results which, in 2006, reached approximately $24 million. The
L. Andes (1930-2006), whose vision and leadership resulted in con-
program support. Additionally, through outright gifts and pro-
(1919-2006), a former board member and a generous, enthusiastic
als, constituted the largest percentage of the annual operating
present, and regrets the passing of its Chairman Emeritus Charles
Institute raised more than $5.8 million in gifts earmarked for
struction of a new wing to the Institute, and Stanley Tuttleman
ceeds from Franklin Family Funfest and The Franklin Institute
supporter for many years.
Awards Dinner, donors contributed a record $ 3.1 million in unrestricted operating support. Although all of the 247,747 students
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TH E SC I E NC E MU S E UM
To the outside world, 2006 may have been the year of BodyWorlds, but inside
The Franklin Institute Science Museum, it was a year of strengthening ties
to its existing community and expanding connections to heretofore underserved audiences — all driven by significant innovation in programming.
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Above: BodyWorlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, seen by
603,000 people, attracted a broad cross-section of visitors to a magnificently
prepared and presented lesson in human anatomy.
Right: Children were fascinated by colorful live iguanas in DARWIN, in the
Mandell Center.
Adult audiences purchased 30 percent of the total BodyWorlds
tickets in evening visits, and the Museum was heavily populated
with adults seven nights a week. They came back for Darwin panel
discussions and lectures, movie premieres and special astronomy
programs throughout the year. Community Nights attracted 11,000
largely African American and Latin Philadelphians to a series of
themed programs on the third Wednesday of each month. The
further development of Experiential Packages for school groups
led to radically increased attendance by high schools, particularly
for BodyWorlds and DARWIN. Young adult “date-night” audiences
flocked to the Friday night summer Animation Film Festival; each
theater presentation was followed by a Planetarium after party,
often featuring live music. Adult tour groups, not a traditional audi-
its almost seven-month run on April 23 with total attendance of
ence, began visiting for Titanic and BodyWorlds, and as 2006 drew
603,000, the Institute followed up with the smaller, more play-
to a close, adult groups had booked 55,000 advance reservations
ful interactive summer exhibit, Animation. A partnership with
for Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. All of this
Apple Computer enabled the Institute to offer a complete Apple
increased and diversified programming was supported by devel-
Animation Studio with ten state-of-the-art animation worksta-
opment of three new live shows and six updated or new hands-on
tions for weekend visitors from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The
workshops, as well as the presentation of a new Fels Planetarium
show and six IMAX premieres.
Institute’s demonstrated ability to present and augment a vari-
provided variety to the Museum experience for new and tradi-
DARWIN and Animal Grossology, in upper and lower Mandell,
ety of appealing exhibits was applied equally well in hosting
In the Mandell Center traveling exhibits, large and small,
respectively, for the fall and early winter months.
tional audiences alike. In contrast to BodyWorlds, which ended
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The Fels Planetarium, originally opened in 1934, has been introducing generations
of visitors to the constellations we see in the night skies, as well as to the latest
discoveries about planets and distant galaxies.
Programming
Experiential Package programs for schools, first introduced in
fall 2005, included in 2006: the BodyWorlds Experience, Giant
Heart Experience, Darwin Experience and Galactic Adventure
Experience. Developed at the suggestion of the Institute’s teacher
advisory group, these full day experiences focus students on a
single topic, integrating an exhibit with lab and live show sessions
that relate closely to classroom curricula. The surcharge for these
packages has not deterred enrollment.
Public programs spurred visits, added both substance and
fun, and — particularly during Heart Health Month — provided a
valuable public service. Some programs were related to traveling
exhibits, while others built on areas of institutional strength like
Wellness, Astronomy, Science of Sports and Weather. BodyWorlds
Top: In The Sports Challenge pitching cage visitors can check the velocity of their pitch.
ness platform and Heart Health Month in February. Expert panel
Below: In The Giant Heart exhibit visitors in the foreground get to compare the hearts of animals ranging from birds to elephants.
and the Giant Heart provided the perfect backdrop for the well-
discussions with health professionals focused on healthy living
for members of the African American and Latin communities.
For sports, annual Spring Training Day in March and Race Car
Day in July were followed in the fall by a panel discussion con-
and four smaller Meade refractor telescopes were installed,
nected to the DARWIN exhibit on the “Evolution of the Racehorse:
along with a computerized control system.
The Barbaro Story.” That panel program was seen by over a thou-
Long-standing museum programs remained fully subscribed.
sand more individuals via the Institute’s added capability of
The Traveling Science Show program, the premier program of
Skies events culminated in World Space Week in October, with
schools from Connecticut to Washington, D.C. More than 500 chil-
podcasting on its website. For astronomy, a series of September
its kind on the East Coast, was seen by 250,000 students in 980
a special presentation by Cornell Professor Steve Squyres, the
dren attended each of six sessions of summer Discovery Camp,
principal investigator for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program and
and another 244 attended from one to five days of the shorter
author of Roving Mars (also an IMAX film). Dr. Squyres also took
Spring Break Camp. The popular overnight Spy Camp welcomed
part in opening ceremonies for the refurbished Joel N. Bloom
Observatory. The huge Zeiss reflector telescope was overhauled,
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Below: Hands-on workshops, such as this one focusing on the heart, are part of
single topic experiential packages developed for school group field trips.
Above: There is something about seeing a full-size aircraft like the Air Force T-33
inside a building that amazes visitors of varying ages.
9,854 youngsters and chaperones, pillows and sleeping bags in
tow, for a special overnight science adventure in the Museum.
This signature program is especially popular with scout troops;
some elementary schools use it as an opportunity for students
and teachers to bond in an off-campus setting.
Marketing and Technology for the 21st Century
The Internet and e-mail communication have become integral
in stimulating interactivity with the Institute’s many constit-
For museums of the 21st century, communicating with members
uencies. In fall 2006 the Institute launched a newly designed
and potential visitors requires both marketing sophistication and
and technologically enhanced website, making it possible for
the creative use of technology as museums compete for precious
visitors to more easily and immediately access event informa-
leisure time given the hectic demands of family life in America. In
tion, buy tickets, download podcasts of panel discussions like
2006, as it had done on a lesser scale for BodyWorlds, the Institute
“The Evolution of the Race Horse,” identify summer programs
brokered partnerships with tourism and marketing organiza-
for children and preview clips from the latest IMAX features, as
tions, most notably, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing
well as to explore the extensive educational resource materials
Corporation and the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
for which www.fi.edu is famous. Reaching out, e-mail “blasts”
Still other partnerships were established with major hotels, tele-
promote on- and offsite programs to educators, members and
vision and radio stations, transportation companies, corporate
community groups.
partners and fellow cultural institutions in order to create a platform of support for the much anticipated King Tut.
Getting Ready for King Tut and 2007
The “buzz” about King Tut had started in January 2005, when news
of the boy king’s impending arrival reached the media. No sooner
had BodyWorlds closed (at 1 a.m. on April 24) than planning and
long lead advertising for Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the
Pharaohs began in earnest.
Group tickets went on sale in the late spring of 2006. In late
October, media sponsor 6ABC sent a reporter and crew to Egypt
to produce a series of live and taped programs on ancient and
contemporary Egypt, which aired during the station’s late news,
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Middle and high school field trips increased dramatically as live science shows
and science labs that were designed to meet upper grade school curriculum
requirements.
just prior to November 8, when individual tickets went on sale.
Governor Ed Rendell, began in Manhattan in December with
online to get vouchers to reserve tickets.
rolling out to Boston, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. and Toronto.
By then, some 200,000 individuals from all 50 states had gone
taxicab signs and multi-story banners on Penn Station, before
Tut made a regal splash on the King Tutankhamun float in
By year’s end, with more than 300,000 tickets sold, including an
the Boscov’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, complete with a dance
incredible 123,000 to school groups, Philadelphia’s Year of Egypt
troupe and musicians, broadcast live on 6ABC. Out-of-market
had begun.
advertising, supported by a textured partnership with the
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation and a mil-
lion dollar grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
With attendance for 2006 reaching 1,055,299, foot
traffic in the Museum was heavy. The addition
of portable ticketing kiosks and new directional
signage facilitated moving visitors through ticketing and on to exhibits and theaters.
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TH E C ENTER FOR I N N OVATI ON I N S C I E NC E L EA R N I NG
In 2006 the Center for Innovation in Science Learning celebrated 11 years
of science learning research and program development in Philadelphia,
throughout the United States, and around the globe, where some
19.3 million individuals from nearly 200 countries visited The Franklin
Institute Online.
While the Center for Innovation has grown, broadening its impact
geographically and especially academically, the real transformation
has been in the students, parents and teachers who experienced the
transformative power of science learning in each of the center’s program
areas: teacher development, educational technology, gender and family
learning, and youth leadership.
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What better way to do a ribbon cutting for the Science Leadership Academy
on September 29, 2006 than with a science experiment. At the left, Institute
President Dennis Wint and Principal Chris Lehmann start the chain reaction as
Institute Board Chair Marsha Perelman looks on.
Members of the freshman class at the Science Leadership Academy work in one of the school’s well-equipped laboratories. Photo: Abdul R. Sulayman/ The Philadelphia Tribune.
Youth Leadership and the Science Leadership Academy
In September 2006 the Science Leadership Academy [SLA], a
small, progressive magnet high school that partners the Institute
and the School District of Philadelphia, opened its doors to an
inaugural class of 112 freshman students. SLA offers a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum with a focus on science, technology
and entrepreneurship. Students learn in a project-based environment where the core values of inquiry, research, collaboration,
presentation and reflection are embodied in all classes. Located
within easy walking distance, SLA students come to the Institute
each week for “Wednesdays@The Franklin,” a two-hour program that immerses students in the exhibits, programs, and rich
resources in the history of science housed at the Museum. This
program also draws on their perspective as young adults in developing innovative approaches to their museum experiences.
Both the philosophy and museum experiences of SLA mirror
the Institute and the Center for Innovation’s established youth
leadership program, Partnerships for Achieving Careers in
Technology and Science (PACTS). Now in its 14th year, PACTS has
demonstrated the transformative power for young people of
real-world job experience, high expectations and positive peer
pressure. PACTS Explainers work in departments and programs
throughout the Museum and engage in substantive projects or
services that develop their talents and pre-professional abilities. A growing number of SLA students have joined PACTS and
promise to add a new dimension to youth leadership at The
Franklin Institute.
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Adults as Science Advocates
Adults—whether parents, Girl Scout leaders or teachers—can be
powerful advocates for children’s science learning. Since its inception, the Center for Innovation has promoted the transformation
of science-shy or science-averse adults into science advocates
and facilitators. In 2006 the Center for Innovation prepared four
updated resources for Girl Scout leaders that support them as they
facilitate science badge learning in meteorology, space exploration
and other essential topics in physical and chemical science with
girls 6-11. This effort grew out of The National Science Partnership
[NSP] for Girl Scouts and Science Museums, originally funded by
the National Science Foundation [NSF] in 1988, and now active in
As a magnet school, Science Leadership Academy attracted students from 58
middle schools—public, private, parochial, charter and suburban. They represent
some of the best and the brightest, with unusual vision about their futures.
Photo: Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune
60 Girl Scout councils in 26 states.
Another long-term project, Parent Partners in School Science
[PPSS], also funded by NSF, moved toward conclusion as a model
for building bridges between parents and teachers in three
Philadelphia elementary schools. In 2006 PPSS Exploration
Cards were fully adopted by the three schools. These curriculum-
based science activities, sent home by teachers, gave parents
and children the opportunity to explore science together at
home. As one parent remarked, “We learned that science is all
around us and is involved in our daily lives.”
PACTS students, family and friends worked on an environmental mural located
on the Institute’s ground floor.
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The Institute’s Wright Aeronautical Engineering Collection includes this original
lift/drag balance, an integral part of the wind tunnel built by the Wright brothers
to study airflow over various shapes to insure consistent balance of lift and drag
when they built full-size aircraft.
A Unique History of Science, Transformed by Technology
The Center for Innovation is a pioneer in the digital presentation
of The Franklin Institute’s important historical artifacts and documents, with a portfolio that includes the Wright Aeronautical
Albert Einstein, seen on the campus of Princeton University, received the
Institute’s Franklin Medal in physics in 1935. The roster of past award recipients
(available at www.fi.edu) reads like Who’s Who in Science.
Engineering Collection (www.fi.edu/wright) and “Pieces of
Science,” an online gallery of three-dimensional artifacts from the
Institute’s holdings, including Ben Franklin’s lightning rod (www.
fi.edu/pieces). The Institute also holds a unique history of science
in its Case Files, the documentary record of the awards given by
the Institute since 1824 for the greatest achievements in science,
engineering and technology (www.fi.edu/case_files).
In 2006 the Center for Innovation developed 16 online presen-
tations of these unique primary resources that can be used by
scholars, K-12 teachers and students, and the worldwide online
public. In keeping with the Franklin Tercentenary, the topics for
presentation were Energy and Communication and featured
such Franklin Institute award laureates as Nikola Tesla (1894),
Marie Curie (1909), Alexander Graham Bell (1912), and Thomas
Edison (1915). During The Franklin Institute Awards Week,
these resources were presented at a symposium entitled “The
Unknown History of Science at The Franklin Institute,” which
was filmed for presentation by ResearchChannel, a global non-
profit media and technology organization, which is available to
more than 22 million households.
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Professional development for educators is one of many Institute contributions
to the community. Workshops and coaching to develop skills in inquiry-based
learning take place at the Institute and through joint classroom programs with
selected elementary schools.
Teachers as Learners
The Center for Innovation engages teachers as active learners.
Teachers
participating
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professional
development
raise
questions, investigate phenomena, interpret findings, use
technology, consider real world connections, and reflect on their
learning process. When they return to the classroom, teachers
draw on their experiences as inquiry learners to enable active
science learning for their students. In 2006, through a collaboration
with the School District of Philadelphia in the Math Science
Partnership, the Center for Innovation provided summer and
school-year coursework and curriculum-based online resources
for teachers of grades 4–8. School-year mini-courses included
topics such as Astronomy, Variables, Structures of Life, Ecosystems,
Environments, and Magnetism and Electricity. Teachers showed
gains in their content knowledge, and many commented in their
post-course evaluations on the transformation of their teaching
skills through their professional development experience. “Inquiry
and investigation should be the key focus of each lesson,” wrote
one teacher. “Students need to experience why and how it relates
to them in their own world.” Another wrote, “I now ‘own my own
learning.’ I not only have new strategies, but I also gained more
content knowledge to share with my kids.”
To teach inquiry-based learning, teachers must first experience it. In Franklin
Institute educator workshops such as this one, teachers become the students.
Many teachers return over the years to take workshops or summer institutes in a variety of topics.
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TH E FR A N KL I N C E NTE R
As the overseer of the Institute’s collections, The Journal of The Franklin Institute and
the Institute’s internationally recognized awards program, the Franklin Center is custodian to the past, present and future of science. Its collections preserve and provide
historical context for artifacts from a 1911 Wright Flyer to hand-written case studies
from the 19th century, while The Franklin Institute Awards Program recognizes outstanding achievements in modern science and technology — many of which have
spawned important new disciplines such as nanotechnology and proteomics that
will enable important future advances.
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Earth and environmental science award laureate M. Gordon Wolman from
The Johns Hopkins University talks to visitors about resource management
and how what we do influences how our landscape evolves.
The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
2006 was the culmination of an extensive initiative to coordinate the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Franklin’s
birth, an effort begun by The Franklin Institute in 1999 when
Institute President Dennis M. Wint invited The Library Company
of Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, University of
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Museum of Art to join forces to
plan B. Franklin 300, a celebration that would include an international traveling exhibition drawing on collections of Frankliniana
from around the world. Work accelerated after President George
W. Bush signed legislation in 2002 establishing the 15-member
United States Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission,
which appointed as its co-chairs The Honorable Arlen Specter and
Meet the Scientist, a panel discussion with the 2006 award laureates that
was hosted by PACTS, afforded an auditorium full of invited high school
students an opportunity to meet and ask questions of this battery of world-class scientists.
Institute President Wint.
Franklin was feted widely throughout 2006. The exhibition
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World, which includes 23
artifacts from the Institute’s collection—among them Franklin’s
an official coin exchange with the French Ambassador to the
glass armonica, sword and lightning rod—premiered at
United States Jean-David Levitte, ceremonially recognizing the
Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center. Subsequent venues
enduring French/Colonial alliance negotiated by Franklin. In
include the Missouri Historical Society, The Houston Museum of
March, President and Mrs. Bush continued the celebration with
Natural Science, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and
a White House dinner attended by Dr. Wint and The Honorable
Atlanta History Center, and a final showing at Musée des Arts et
James Gerlach.
Métiers and Musée Carnavalet in Paris in December 2007.
The Tercentenary celebration took center stage at the Institute
Recognizing Excellence with an Eye on the Future
on January 17, the exact 300th anniversary of Franklin’s birth,
Each year , through its Awards Program, the Institute draws world-
when more than 300 invited guests, public servants, and sev-
class leaders in their respective fields of science and technology to
eral direct descendants of Franklin gathered in the Benjamin
Philadelphia for a week of special activities.
Franklin National Memorial for a special ceremonial dinner.
Making these scientists accessible is one of the Institute’s
The United States Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission,
unique contributions to inspiring the next generation of great
represented by The Honorable Michael Castle, participated in
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Back row: Trustee Gary J. Anderson,
Institute Vice President Philip
W. Hammer, Giacinto Scoles,
J. Peter Toennies, R.E. (Ted)
Turner, Narain G. Hingorani,
Fernando Nottebohm,
Institute Chair Marsha R.
Perelman, Institute President
Dennis M. Wint.
Seated: Samuel J. Danishefsky,
Estella B. Leopold (accepting
for the late Luna B. Leopold),
M. Gordon Wolman, Ray
W. Clough, and Donald A.
Norman.
2006 Fr an kli n I nstitute
Awar ds
2006 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement
in Science
Narain G. Hingorani, Ph.D.,D.Sc.
Independent Consultant
Los Altos Hills, California
Conceptualization and pioneering advancement
of the Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS)
and Custom Power in electric power systems, and
for outstanding technical contributions in High
Voltage Direct Current Technology, which have
enhanced the quality and security of the electric
power system.
2006 Bower Award for Business Leadership
R. E. (Ted) Turner
Philanthropist and Media Entrepreneur
Visionary leadership in the worlds of business and
media, as well as his philanthropic commitment
to the health of our planet and the well-being of
its people.
2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
Samuel J. Danishefsky, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and
Columbia University
Achievements in synthetic organic chemistry,
particularly for the development of methods for
preparing complex substances found in nature,
and their emerging applications in the field of
cancer treatment.
2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal
in Civil Engineering
Ray W. Clough, Sc.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Revolutionizing engineering and scientific
computation, and engineering design methods
through his formulation and development
of the finite element method, and leadership
in applying the method to earthquake
engineering — especially the seismic performance
of dams.
2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer &
Cognitive Science
Donald A. Norman, Ph.D.
Northwestern University and
Nielsen Norman Group
Development of the field of user-centered design,
which utilizes our understanding of how people
think to develop technologies designed to be
easily usable.
2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth &
Environmental Science
Luna B. Leopold, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
M. Gordon Wolman, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University
Advancing our understanding of how natural and
human activities influence landscapes, especially
the first comprehensive explanation of why rivers
have different forms and how floodplains develop.
Their contributions form the basis of modern
water resource management and environmental
assessment.
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2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
Fernando Nottebohm, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Discovery of neuronal replacement in the adult
vertebrate brain, explaining the mechanism and
choreography of this phenomenon, and showing
that neuronal stem cells are the responsible
agents, thereby generating a completely new
approach to the quest for cures for brain injury
and degenerative disease.
2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
Giacinto Scoles, FRS
Princeton University and the International School
for Advanced Studies
J. Peter Toennies, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute and the University
of Göttingen
Development of new techniques for studying
molecules, including unstable species, by
embedding them in extremely small and ultracold droplets of helium and thus leading a better
understanding of the extraordinary properties
of superfluid helium, such as its ability to flow
without friction.
The Awards symposia sessions concluded with
a moderated panel discussion on “Reducing the
Threat of Nuclear Terrorism—Policy Options at the
Intersection of Politics and Science” with Bower
Business Award Laureate Ted Turner. Joining Mr.
Turner (far left) were Former House Representative
Curt Weldon (then a member of the House
Armed Services, Homeland Security and Science
committees); Joseph Cirincione, then of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace; and Dr. Frank
von Hippel from Princeton University. Not pictured:
moderator and NPR Science Correspondent David
Kestenbaum.
Curatorial Programs
thinkers. To that end, the laureates make an indelible impres-
sion on the many young people they meet either through Meet
The Institute’s collections include artifacts smaller than a bread-
or symposia at the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University,
everything from technical drawings for the original Philadelphia
the Scientists, the public Laureates’ Laboratory in the Museum,
box and as large as a Wright brothers biplane. They include
the University of Delaware and Villanova University, where
Waterworks, to a collection of antique musical instruments, to
internationally distinguished laureates share with others their
“prehistoric” calculators/computers. The care and documenting
discoveries, experiences and views.
of these collections is under the purview of the curatorial depart-
The 2006 laureates illustrate the diversity of talent necessary
ment. Its staff, interns and volunteers undertook a variety of
to take science from the most basic theoretical level to the mar-
projects in 2006, including integrating artifacts into current exhib-
tiniest molecules to methods for analyzing some of the world’s
human motion studies by pioneering photographer Eadweard
shapes the natural landscape to how people can better design
saw vintage tabletop optical devices.
electricity that powers civilization to a voice that propels us to
collection is electronically documented in full, it will become
reates have received 109 Nobel Prizes.
software in hand, staff transferred a considerable amount of
ketplace. Their work ranges from techniques for studying the
its so that visitors to BodyWorlds saw the once controversial nude
largest man-made structures; from the study of how nature
Muybridge, and summer visitors to the Apple Animation Studio
the modern world; and from providing humankind with the
Technology has become the curatorial tool, and once the
a resource for scholars and laymen alike. With new database
succeed and rise up to better our planet. To date 107 Franklin lau-
information from an older system and expanded the digitized
Awards Week culminates in the annual Awards Dinner
archive. They proudly introduced the Curatorial Collection
and Ceremony, emceed in 2006 by Walter Isaacson, author of
Online, a working example of the collections database that will
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, and president and CEO
eventually be available to the public. Working with the Center
of The Aspen Institute. 781 guests attended the dinner, chaired
for Innovation in Science Learning, staff expanded the selection
by Ann Calvert and Daniel Fitzpatrick, and supported by the
of Case Files from the Awards Program that are currently avail-
Corporate and Friends Committees. The Institute was honored
able on the Institute’s website.
that ten past laureates, members of the Society of Laureates,
The curatorial department also concentrated its efforts on
attended the dinner. Bower Science Award Laureate Paul Baran
preparing Institute collections for the upcoming American
(2001) graciously hosted a Society of Laureates dinner in Menlo
Association of Museums’ [AAM] accreditation process, which
Park, California in November 2006.
commences this year.
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There are 4,047 institutions worldwide that have online
access to the Journal from which there were 52,024 electronic
accesses. In addition, there were 64,571 full text article downloads in 2006. This broad reach is the consequence of consortia
agreements and institutional subscriptions to large journal col-
lections published by the Institute’s publishing partner, Elsevier.
Looking forward, a special issue on “Computational Security on
the World Wide Web” is planned, an outgrowth of an interna-
tional workshop on the topic held in Arica, Chile in July 2006.
The entire archive of journals dating back to 1826 has been available online since 2003.
The Library
The Franklin Institute Library serves staff and volunteers and
fields inquiries from students, teachers, the media, authors and
researchers from around the world. To provide this service, the
Library staff depends on a collection of more than 30,000 monographs and journal titles from the 17th through the 21st century,
along with a contemporary collection of more ephemeral material and an audio-visual collection. Among the Library’s prized
possessions are the manuscript day book of Benjamin Franklin’s
son-in-law, Richard Bache, and an 1841 publication of photographs
of Philadelphia area plants, possibly the earliest bound book of
photographs produced in America.
The Library is a valuable resource for information about
Benjamin Franklin. As such, Library staff members served as
consulting editors to Chelsea House Publishers for its 2006 pub-
Early issues of The Journal of The Franklin Institute, first published in 1826,
provide fascinating information about both science and local industry. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, whose advertisement appears at the top, is the same company that donated the Institute’s iconic steam locomotive —
the 60,000.
lication of Benjamin Franklin: Scientist, Inventor, Printer and
Statesman.
In 2006 the Library staff completed its seven-year effort to
create a more tightly focused collection. Guided by the revised
Collection Development Policy (2003), the Board of Trustees
approved the deaccessioning of material no longer pertinent to
the Library’s focus. Appropriate portions were offered initially
The Journal of The Franklin Institute
to local institutions for purchase or as donations. They acquired
Technology has revolutionized the The Journal of The Franklin
47% of the pre-1900 items, 30% of the post-1900 monographs,
Institute, the second oldest journal of science and technology to be
and 2% of the journal collection, thus keeping locally important
in continuous publication in the United States. Started in 1826, the
materials in the Delaware Valley. The remaining materials were
Journal is today a modern online publication, well respected for its
sold at auction and to specialized dealers.
scholarly papers on engineering and applied mathematics, especially information and communication systems, signal processing,
wavelets, sensor fusion, computer and communication networks,
neural networks, control theory, non-linear dynamics, fractals and
chaos theory.
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F I N ANC I AL R EPORT
Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets
Year
Ended December 31, 2006 with Summarized Information for 2005
2006
Unrestricted
Temporarily
Restricted
Revenue, support, and investment income
Program revenue
Admissions fees
Ancillary activities Museum projects Educational programs and services Other Total program revenue
$
10,014,853
4,045,796
2,037,937
1,900,485
223,847
18,222,918
$
Support
Annual giving In-kind contributions Government appropriations and grants Contributions – Capital campaigns Bequests and other contributions Total support
3,374,201
198,235
796,618
—
1,753,762
6,122,816
Investment return designated for current operations 1,349,271
3,043,991
28,738,996
Expenses
Program expenses
Museum operations Ancillary activities Museum projects Educational programs and services
Total program expenses Interest
Development – Capital campaign General development Total expenses
Net assets released from restrictions
Satisfaction of purpose restrictions
Total revenue, support, operating
investment income, and net assets
released from restrictions
Operating income before depreciation Depreciation and amortization
Operating income (loss)
Non-operating income, expenses and releases
Net assets released from restrictions –
Satisfaction of purpose restrictions Investment return net of amounts designated
for current operations Loss on debt refinancing
Unrealized gain (loss) on Interest Rate Swap Net appreciation of investments held
by third parties
Total non-operating income, expenses
and releases —
—
—
200,000
—
200,000
Permanently
Restricted
Total
2005
$
—
—
—
—
—
—
$
10,014,853
4,045,796
2,037,937
2,100,485
223,847
18,422,918
$
8,383,566
3,596,214
3,652,496
1,927,852
66,221
17,626,349
—
—
4,569,060
3,401,436
62,159
8,032,655
—
—
—
—
—
—
3,374,201
198,235
5,365,678
3,401,436
1,815,921
14,155,471
3,280,707
430,584
713,412
2,564,302
328,200
7,317,205
—
—
1,349,271
1,036,855
(3,043,991)
—
—
—
5,188,664
—
33,927,660
25,980,409
17,499,027
1,937,223
2,694,462
1,752,200
23,882,912
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
17,499,027
1,937,223
2,694,462
1,752,200
23,882,912
14,644,108
1,614,961
2,703,658
1,425,967
20,388,694
683,973
298,142
1,036,382
25,901,409
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
683,973
298,142
1,036,382
25,901,409
926,103
310,385
898,262
22,523,444
2,837,587
5,188,664
—
8,026,251
3,456,965
5,192,452
(2,354,865)
—
5,188,664
—
—
5,192,452
2,833,799
4,996,745
(1,539,780)
4,124,597
(4,124,597)
—
—
—
1,090,667
(817,567)
(311,053)
2,382,875
—
—
—
—
—
3,473,542
(817,567)
(311,053)
1,177,783
—
68,605
—
929,926
929,926
250,524
929,926
3,274,848
1,496,912
6,108,647
—
4,086,644
Increase (decrease) in net assets 1,731,779
3,446,942
929,926
Net assets
Beginning of year End of year $
$
29,112,075
32,559,017 $
14,273,411
15,203,337 65,745,251
67,477,030 22
(1,741,722)
109,130,737
$ 115,239,384 (42,868)
109,173,605
$ 109,130,737
Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005
2006
2005
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable, net Pledges receivable, net Inventory Prepaid and other current assets
Pooled investments Beneficial interests in perpetual trusts Property, buildings and equipment, net Cash restricted Deferred loan costs, net Total assets $
$
7,079,245 1,429,760 4,502,683 346,454 925,440 39,816,706 12,763,866 71,493,116 —
199,996 138,557,266 $
$
2,405,959
1,286,821
5,826,050
313,325
723,859
35,892,482
11,833,940
70,971,874
1,436,200
294,142
130,984,652
Liabilities and Net Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred revenue Long-term debt Total liabilities $
$
2,234,352 2,697,765 18,385,765 23,317,882 $
$
2,923,354
685,487
18,245,074
21,853,915
Net assets
Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total net assets Total liabilities and net assets $
$
67,477,030 32,559,017 15,203,337 115,239,384 138,557,266 $
$
65,745,251
29,112,075
14,273,411
109,130,737
130,984,652
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B OAR D O F TR USTEES
Marsha R. Perelman
Chair, Board of Trustees
Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Reneé Amoore
President
The Amoore Group, Inc.
Gary J. Anderson, M.D.
Managing Director
TL Ventures LLC
William J. Avery
Community Volunteer
Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman and CEO
Cephalon, Inc.
Scott A. Battersby
Vice President and Corporate Treasurer
Unisys Corporation
David J. Berkman
Managing Partner
Liberty Associated Partners LLC
Wade H. Berrettini, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Neurobiology Behavior
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Renee B. Booth, Ph.D.
President
Leadership Solutions, Inc.
Charles R. Bridges, M.D., Sc.D.
Clinical Director of Cardiac Surgery
Pennsylvania Hospital
Donald E. Callaghan
Principal
Hirtle, Callaghan & Company
Michael F. Camardo
Executive Vice President
Lockheed Martin
Susan Capps Morris
Vice President of Operations
Merck & Co., Inc.
Robert M. Chappelear
Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Carlos Chou
SAP America, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Alliances
I Michael Coslov
Chairman & CEO
Tube City, Inc.
David R. Curry
Managing Partner
David Curry Associates
Richard H. Dilsheimer
CEO
Dilsheimer Communities, Inc.
Denis P. O’Brien
President
PECO
Kevin F. Donohoe
President
The Kevin F. Donohoe Company, Inc.
Samuel J. Patterson
Chairman & CEO
Veridyne Inc.
W. Joseph Duckworth
President
Arcadia Land Company
Hershel J. Richman, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Dechert
William J. Friel
Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking
PNC Bank
Bruce D. Rubin
Vice President & General Manager
Sunoco, Inc.
Richard A. Greenawalt
Principal
RMK Associates
William H. Shea, Jr.
Chairman, President & CEO
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr.
President
Travel Services Company
Frank P. Slattery
President
Quintus
Paul C. Heintz, Esq.
Partner
Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, LLP
Ann R. Sorgenti
Community Volunteer
Susan Y. Kim
Community Volunteer
Kurt M. Soukup
Community Volunteer
William J. Stallkamp
Managing Director
Penn Hudson Financial Group, Inc.
Barbara Kowalczyk
Senior Vice President
Lincoln Financial Group
Roger A. Krone
Senior Vice President, Army Programs
The Boeing Company
Charisse R. Lillie, Esq.
Vice President of Human Resources
Comcast Corporation
Joan N. Stern, Esq.
Partner
Blank Rome LLP
Paul H. Woodruff, PE, DEE
President
Mistwood Enterprises
Ira M. Lubert
Principal
Lubert-Adler Management, Inc.
Miriam G. Mandell
Vice President
MGM Consulting Corporation
Sandra G. Marshall
Community Volunteer
Donald E. Morel, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman and CEO
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
Susan P. Mucciarone
Regional Managing Director
Calibre
Ronald J. Naples
Chairman & CEO
Quaker Chemical Corporation
List as of December 16, 2006
continues on next page
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Ex-officio Members
Sandra K. Baldino
The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke
Peter J. Collings, Ph.D.
Grete Greenacre
The Honorable Edward G. Rendell
The Honorable John F. Street
Paul G. Vallas
The Honorable Anna C. Verna
Honorary Member
Joel N. Bloom
Emeritus Members
William J. Avery – Chairman Emeritus
Henry M. Chance II
Bowen C. Dees, Ph.D. – President Emeritus
James J. Eberl, Ph.D.
Richard T. Nalle, Jr.
James A. Unruh – Chairman Emeritus
Elected Officers
Marsha R. Perelman
Chair, Board of Trustees
Karen Corbin
Vice President, Marketing and Visitor Relations
Larry Dubinski, Esq.
Vice President, Development and General Counsel
Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Larry Dubinski, Esq.
Vice President, Development and General
Counsel, Secretary
Donna D. Stein
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration,
Treasurer and Controller
Leadership Council
Dennis M. Wint, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Philip W. Hammer, Ph.D.
Vice President, Franklin Center
Richard D. Rabena
Vice President, Operations
Steven L. Snyder, Ph.D.
Vice President, Exhibits and Program
Development
Reid O. Styles
Vice President, Human Resources
Carol Parssinen, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Center for Innovation and
Science Learning
Donna D. Stein
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration
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List as of December 16, 2006
Design and Photography:
Allemann Almquist & Jones
Major Photography:
Keith Watanabe/Allemann Almquist & Jones
Cover, 4, 7 top, 9 lower, 35, 36
Lisa Godfrey: 3 left, 7 lower, 8 right, 9 top, 12 top
Susan Holmes: 15
Marcie Hull: 10
Kelly & Massa: 16, 18-20
Abdul R. Sulayman/ The Philadelphia Tribune: 12 lower, 13
top left
Tony Webb: 13 lower left & right
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