Report on the National Gallery of Art 



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

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

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1956. This report is made pursuant to the 

 provisions of section 5 (d) of Public Resolution 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. On September 22, 1955, Samuel 

 H. Kress, trustee and President of the Gallery, died, and Rush H. 

 Kress was elected a general trustee to succeed him. Chester Dale was 

 elected President of the Gallery. The four other general trustees 

 continuing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1956, were 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Duncan Phillips, Chester Dale, and Paul 

 Mellon. The Board of Trustees held its annual meeting on May 1, 

 1956. Chester Dale was reelected President and Ferdinand Lammot 

 Belin Vice President, to serve for the ensuing year. 



David E. Finley retired as Director of the Gallery on June 30, 1956, 

 and John Walker, Chief Curator of the Gallery, was elected by the 

 Board of Trustees as Director to succeed Dr. Finley effective July 1, 

 1956. The other executive officers of the Gallery continuing in office 

 as of June 30, 1956 are : 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary-Trea- Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 



surer. Macgill James, Assistant Director. 



Ernest It. Feidler, Administrator. 



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

 annual meeting May 1, 1956, were as follows: 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 



Earl Warren, Chairman. tion, Dr. Leonard Carmichael. 



Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. Paul Mellon. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



Secretary of the Treasury, George M. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 



Humphrey, Chairman. tion, Dr. Leonard Carmichael. 



Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



Paul Mellon. 



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