APPENDIX 2 



KEPORT ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



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

 of the National Gallery of Art, the tenth annual report of the Board, 

 covering its operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1947. This 

 report is made pursuant to the provisions of section 5 (d) of Public 

 Resolution No. 14, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, approved 

 March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51). 



ORQANIZATION AND STAFF 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1947, the Board consisted of 

 the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 ex officio, and five general trustees, Samuel H. Kress, Ferdinand Lam- 

 mot Belin, Duncan Phillips, Chester Dale, and Paul Mellon. 



At its annual meeting held on May 6, 1947, the Board reelected Sam- 

 uel H. Kress as President, and Ferdinand Lammot Belin as Vice 

 President, to serve for the ensuing year. The executive officgrs con- 

 tinuing in office during the year were : 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 David E. Finley, Director. 

 Harry A, McBride, Administrator. 

 Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 

 John Walker, Chief Curator. 

 Macgill James, Assistant Director. 



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

 the Board. 



On July 1, 1946, Lamont Moore was appointed Curator in charge of 

 education and resumed his duties in the Gallery after an absence of 3 

 years. During that time he served in the Army of the United States 

 in the European Theater and as Assistant Secretary to the American 

 Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic 

 Monuments in War Areas. 



The three standing committees of the Board, provided for in the 

 bylaws, as constituted at the annual meeting of the Board, held May 6, 

 1947, were : 



Executive Committee 



Chief Justice of the United States, ex oflBcio, Fred M. Vinson, Chairman. 

 Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



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