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general trustees. The general trustees, serving during the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1940, were David K. E. Bruce, Duncan Phillips, 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Joseph E. Widener, and Samuel H. Kress. 



At the annual meeting of the Board held February 12, 1940, David 

 K. E. Bruce was elected President and Ferdinand Lammot Belin was 

 elected Vice President of the Board to serve for the ensuing year. 

 Other executive officers continuing in office were Donald D. Shepard, 

 Secretary-Treasurer and General Counsel, David E. Finley, Director, 

 Harry A. McBride, Administrator, and John "Walker, Chief Curator. 

 At the same meeting the Board elected Macgill James of Baltimore, 

 Maryland, to be Assistant Director. Mr. James has been serving as 

 Director of tlie Municipal Museiun of the City of Baltimore and is 

 well qualified by experience and training to perform the duties of 

 Assistant Director of the National Gallery of Art. Mr. James will 

 begin his Gallery duties in the near future. 



Other officers of the Gallery appointed during the year were Charles 

 Seymour, Jr., formerly Instructor of History of Art and History in 

 the Department of Fine Arts at Yale University, as Curator of 

 Sculpture ; George T. Heckert, as Assistant to the Administrator ; and 

 Sterling P. Eagleton, as Chief Engineer and Building Superintendent. 



The three standing committees of the Board, provided for in 

 the bylaws, as constituted at the annual meeting of the Board 

 held February 12, 1940, are : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Charles Evans Hughes. 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. C. G. Abbot. 

 David K. E. Bruce. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 Duncan Phillips. 



FINANCE COMMITFEE 



The Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. 

 The Secretary of State, Cordell Hull. 

 David K. E. Bruce. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 Samuel H. Kress. 



ACQUISITIONS OOMMiriEE 



David K. E. Bruce. 

 Duncan Phillips. 

 Joseph E. Widener. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 

 DaTid E. Finley. 



During the year satisfactory progress has been made in the 

 work of organizing the Gallery staff. All the positions required 

 with few exceptions have now been classified by the Civil Service 

 Commission, and examinations for several positions in the artistic 



