SECRETARY'S REPORT 5 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS 



The Institution suffered a deep loss during the year in the deaths of 

 two of its Kegents : Representative Overton Brooks on September 16, 

 1961 ; and Dr. Arthur H. Compton on March 15, 1962. Mr. Brooks 

 had served as a Regent for over 6I/2 years, and Dr. Compton's length 

 of service as a Regent (over 23 years) is exceeded by only one member 

 of the present Board. The wisdom and comisel of these eminent and 

 distinguished members will be greatly missed. Representative 

 Micliael J. Kirwan of Ohio was appointed by the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives to fill the vacancy in the congressional mem- 

 bership. The appointment to the vacancy in the class of Citizen 

 Regents was pending at the end of the fiscal year covered by this 

 report. 



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, 

 IMichael J. Kirwan ; citizen members : John Nicholas Brown, Robert 

 V. Fleming, Crawford H. Greenewalt, Caryl P. Haskins, and Jerome 

 C. Hunsaker. 



An informal dinner meeting, preceding the annual meeting, was 

 held on the evening of January 24, 1962, in the main hall of the Smith- 

 sonian Building. Exhibits were arranged at this time from the var- 

 ious divisions showing some of the most recent developments in the 

 work of the Smithsonian bureaus. Dr. Nicholas Hotton III spoke 

 on "Mammal-like Reptiles of South Africa"; Dr. Philip K. Lunde- 

 berg on "The Revolutionary War Gunboat PhiladelpMa''' ; Dr. 

 Harold P. Stem on "Research and Contrast^ — Japanese Art in Euro- 

 pean Collections" ; and Dr. Fred L. '\Aniipple on "Dust in Space." 



The annual meeting was held on January 25, 1962. The Secretary 

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

 tion. The financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1961, 

 was presented. 



In addition to the annual meeting, the Board of Regents met again 

 on May 18, 1962. A brief report was presented on the new Museum 

 of History and Technology Building, and the chairman of the execu- 

 tive and permanent committees of the Board presented a financial 

 report. The Regents then adjourned to inspect the Air and Space 

 Building. 



FINANCES 



A statement on finances, dealing particularly with Smithsonian 

 private funds, will be found in the report of the executive committee 

 of the Board of Regents, page 227. Funds appropriated to the Insti- 



