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trust, Congress determined that the Federal Government was without 

 authority to administer the trust directly, and, therefore, constituted 

 an "establishment," whose statutory members are "the President, the 

 Vice President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of the executive 

 departments." 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS 



The appointment to the vacancy in the class of citizen regent was 

 effected by the approval on July 2, 1963, of a joint resolution of Con- 

 gress designating Dr. William A. M. Burden of New York to succeed 

 the late Dr. Arthur H. Compton as a Regent for the statutory term of 

 6 years. 



The roll of Regents at the close of the fiscal year was as follows : 

 Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren, Chancellor; Vice 

 President Lyndon B. Johnson; members from the Senate: Clinton 

 P. Anderson, J. William Fulbright, Leverett Saltonstall; members 

 from the House of Representatives : Frank T. Bow, Clarence Cannon, 

 Michael J. lOrwan ; citizen members : John Nicholas Brown, William 

 A. M. Burden, Robert V. Fleming, Crawford H. Greenewalt, Caryl 

 P. Haskins, and Jerome C. Hunsaker. 



The customary informal dinner meeting, preceding the annual meet- 

 ing, was held in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Building on 

 January 23, 1963. Exhibits showing some of the recent work of the 

 Smithsonian bureaus were in place in the hall at the time of the dinner 

 to apprise the Regents of current Smithsonian research developments. 

 Dr. Richard S. Cowan spoke on "Research for a Tropical American 

 Rain-Forest Exhibit" ; Dr. Robert P. Multhauf on "History of the 

 Measurement of Gravity in the 19th Century" ; Dr. Jolm A. Pope on 

 "The Freer Gallery of Art Research Project on Ancient Chinese 

 Ceremonial Bronzes" ; and Dr. Fred L. Wliipple on "Scientific Study 

 of Recovered Parts of Russian Sputnik IV." 



The annual meeting was held on January 24, 1963. The Secretary 

 presented his published amiual report on the activities of the Institu- 

 tion. The Chairman of the Executive and Permanent Committees 

 of the Board, Dr. Robert V. Fleming, gave the financial report for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1962. 



The spring meeting of the Board of Regents was held at 5 o'clock 

 in the Regents Room. A financial report was presented by the chair- 

 man of the Executive Committee. The Regents then adjourned to 

 the hall of fossil mammals for an informal dinner. 



RETIREMENT OF DR. KELLOGG 



On October 31, 1962, Dr. A. Remington Kellogg, Assistant Secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution and Director of the United States 

 National Museum, retired and assumed the status of honorary re- 



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