Report on the National Gallery of Art 



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

 the 25th annual report of the National Gallery of Art, for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1962. This report is made pursuant to the pro- 

 visions of section 5(d) of Public Eesolution No. 14, T5th 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. The four general trustees con- 

 tinuing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1962, were 

 Chester Dale, Paul Mellon, Eush II. Kress, and John Hay Wliitney. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin, who had been a general trustee since 1938 

 and vice president since 1939, died on July 6, 1961. On May 28, 1962, 

 John N. Irwin II was elected a general trustee for the remainder 

 of the term expiring July 1, 1971. On May 29, 1962, Chester Dale was 

 reelected by the Board of Trustees to serve as president of the Gallery 

 and Paul Mellon was reelected vice president. 



The executive officers of the Gallery as of June 30, 1962, are as 

 follows : 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary- Ernest R. Feidler, Administrator. 



Treasurer. Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 



John Walker, Director. Perry B. Cott, Chief Curator 



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

 annual meeting on May 29, 1962, were as follows : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Paul Mellon. 

 Earl Warren, Chairman, John Hay Whitney. 



Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, Leonard Carmichael. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 



Dillon, Chairman. tion, Leonard Carmichael. 



Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. John Hay Whitney. 

 Paul Mellon. 



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