WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: Anthea M. Hartig, currently executive director and CEO of the California Historical Society, has been named the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, effective Feb. 18, 2019. She is the first woman to hold the position since the museum opened in 1964. Hartig will oversee 262 employees, a budget of nearly $50 million and a collection that includes 1.8 million ob  more