Report on the National Gallery of Art 



Sir : I have the honor to submit, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, 

 the eighteenth annual report of the National Gallery of Art, for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1955. This report is made pursuant to the 

 provisions of section 5 (d) of Public Kesolution No. 14, Seventy-fifth 

 Congress, first session, approved March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51). 



ORGANIZATION 



The statutory members of the Board of Trustees of the National 

 Gallery of Art are the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secre- 

 tary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, ex officio. The five general trustees continu- 

 ing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1955, were Samuel 

 H. Kress, Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Dmican Phillips, Chester Dale, 

 and Paul Mellon. The Board held its annual meeting on May 3, 1955. 

 Samuel H. Kress was reelected President and Ferdinand Lammot 

 Belin Vice President, to serve for the ensuing year. 



All the executive officers of the Gallery continued in office during 

 the year. The executive officers of the Gallery as of June 30, 1955, 

 are: 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 David E. Finley, Director. 

 Ernest R. Feidler, Administrator, 

 Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 

 John Walker, Chief Curator. 

 Macgill James, Assistant Director. 



The three standing committees of the Board, as constituted at the 

 annual meeting May 3, 1955, were as follows : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, Chairman. 



Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Carmichael. 



Paul Mellon. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



Secretary of the Treasury, George M. Humphrey, Chairman. 

 Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. 

 Samuel H. Kress. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 Paul Mellon, 



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