Report on the National Cultural Center 



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

 a status and financial report on the National Cultural Center for the 

 period April 1959 through June 30, 1963. 



ORGANIZATION 



Public Law 85-874, September 2, 1958, established the National 

 Cultural Center as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, to be 

 directed by a Board of Trustees to be composed as follows : The Sec- 

 retary of Health, Education, and Welfare; the Librarian of Congress; 

 the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; the Chairman 

 of the Commission of Fine Arts; the President of the Board of 

 Commissioners of the District of Columbia; the Chairman of the 

 District of Columbia Eecreation Board ; the Director of the National 

 Park Service; the Commissioner of U.S. Office of Education; the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; 3 Members of the Senate 

 appointed by the President of the Senate and 3 Members of the House 

 of Kepresentatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Kepre- 

 sentatives ex officio ; and 15 general trustees who must be citizens of 

 the United States. 



Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower serve as 

 honorary cochairmen. 



In addition, the act provided for the establishment of an Advisory 

 Committee on the Arts, composed of such members as the President 

 may designate to serve at the pleasure of the President. The mem- 

 bers of this committee are individuals who are recognized for their 

 knowledge of, or experience or interest in, one or more of the per- 

 forming arts. 



At the present time, the Board of Trustees and elected officers of 

 the Center are as follows : 



Trustees: 



Howard F. Ahmanson. 

 Floyd D. Akers. 

 Lucius D. Battle. 

 Ralph E. Becker. 

 K. LeMoyne Billings. 

 Edgar M. Bronfman. 

 John Nicholas Brown. 

 Ralph J. Bunche. 



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Leonard Carmichael. 

 Anthony J. Celebrezze. 

 Joseph S. Clark. 

 J. William Fulbright. 

 Mrs. George A. Garrett. 

 Francis Keppel. 

 Mrs. Albert D. Lasker. 

 George Meany. 



