On Friday, March 5, 2010 the National Portrait Gallery paid tribute to one of the United States's greatest historical preservation advocates and public servants. Order of speakers: architect David Childs; current president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Richard Moe; and Public Buildings Service Commissioner Robert Peck. Ashton Hawkins, former Metropolitan Museum vice president was not included in the recording, due to technical issues. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) was a member of four successive presidential administrations: those of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. He was both ambassador to India and to the United Nations and later served four terms in the United States Senate, beginning in 1976. The late senator was a dedicated and frequent visitor to the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum. He was also passionate about the Penn Quarter revitalization. Recorded at NPG, March 5, 2010. Image: Daniel Patrick Moynihan / Ross Barron Storey / Acrylic on board, 1975 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine . More information at: http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2010/03/daniel-patrick-moynihan-lecture-historic-preservation-and-architecture.html