APPENDIX 2 



Report on the National Gallery of Art 



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

 tees, the Sixteenth Annual Report of the National Gallery of Art, 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1953. This report is made pursuant 

 to the provisions 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. The five general trustees con- 

 tinuing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1953, were 

 Samuel H. Kress, Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Duncan Phillips, Chester 

 Dale, and Paul Mellon. The Board of Trustees held its annual meet- 

 ing on May 5, 1953. Samuel H. Ki-ess was reelected President and 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice President, to serve for the ensuing 

 year. Donald D. Shepard continued to serve during the year as 

 adviser to the Board. 



All the executive officers of the Gallery continued in office during 

 the year: 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 David E. Finley, Director. 

 Harry A. McBride, Administrator. 

 Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 

 John Walker, Chief Curator. 

 Macgill James, Assistant Director. 



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

 annual meeting May 5, 1953, were as follows : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Fred M. Vinson, chairman. 



Samuel H. Kress, vice chairman. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Carmichael. 



Paul Mellon. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE 



Secretary of the Treasury, George M. Humphrey, chairman. 

 Samuel H. Kress, vice chairman. 



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