Editing Pacific Science Center (section)

===1980s===
Pacific Science Center grew dramatically in the 1980s. A key step in its evolution was the hiring of George Moynihan as executive director in 1980.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Floyd |first=Doug |date=March 14, 1980 |title=Post Filled |work=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]] |pages=46}}</ref> Moynihan, from the [[Lawrence Hall of Science]] in [[Berkeley, California]], would run the center for the next two decades. His leadership team in the 1980s included Diane Carlson in public programs, Dennis Schatz in education and exhibits, and Dave Taylor in exhibits. In 1984 the science center took a gamble on hosting the exhibit ''China: 7000 Years of Discovery''. The success of the exhibit helped put PSC on the map as a leading science center.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moody |first=Dick |date=September 4, 1984 |title=China show closes after record draw |work=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]] |pages=6}}</ref> Other notable successes later in the decade were several iterations of a traveling robotic dinosaur exhibit, which led to the center eventually installing a permanent dinosaur display in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Carla K. |date=April 5, 1990 |title=Pacific Science Center's traveling exhibit opens on Saturday at Walk in Wild |work=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]] |pages=31}}</ref> Pacific Science Center hosted the annual [[Association of Science and Technology Centers]] conference in October 1987 and opened several major exhibits in the same period, including ''Kids Works'', ''Body Works'', an animal area, and a tide pool.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnston |first=Mike |date=October 13, 1987 |title=Seattle's Science Center opens new exhibit |work=Ellensburg Daily Record |pages=2}}</ref>