Report on the National Gallery of Art 



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

 the 27th annual report of the National Gallery of Art, for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1964. This report is made pursuant to the provi- 

 sions of section 5(d) of Public Resolution No. 14, 75th Congress, 1st 

 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 January 9, 1964, Lessing J. 

 Rosenwald and Dr. Franklin D. Murphy were elected general trustees 

 of the National Gallery of Art. The three other general trustees con- 

 tinuing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1964, were Paul 

 Mellon, John Hay Whitney, and John N. Irwin II. On May 7, 1964, 

 Paul Mellon was reelected by the Board of Trustees to serve as presi- 

 dent of the Gallery, and Jolm Hay Whitney was reelected vice presi- 

 dent. On January 9, 1964, J. Carter Brown was elected assistant 

 director. 



The executive officers of the Gallery as of June 30, 1964, were as 

 follows : 



Chief Justice of the United States, John Walker, Director. 



Earl Warren, Chairman. Ernest R. Feidler, Administrator. 



Paul Mellon, President. Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 



John Hay Whitney, Vice President. Perry B. Cott, Chief Curator. 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary- J. Carter Brown, Assistant Director. 



Treasurer. 



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

 annual meeting on May 7, 1964, were as follows : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of the Smithsonian 



Earl Warren, Chairman. Institution, S. Dillon Ripley. 



Paul Mellon, Vice Chairman. John Hay Whitney. 



Dr. Franklin D. Murphy. 



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