Report on the National Gallery of Art 



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

 the seventeenth annual report of the National Galleiy of Art, for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1954. 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). 



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- 

 taiy of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, ex officio. The five general trustees continu- 

 ing in office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1954, were Samuel 

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

 and Paul Mellon. The Board of Trustees held its annual meeting 

 on May 4, 1954. Samuel H. Kress was reelected President and Ferdi- 

 nand Lammot Belin Vice President, to serve for the ensuing year. 

 Donald D. Shepard resigned on July 20, 1953, as Adviser to the Board. 

 The Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art accepted Mr. 

 Shepard's resignation at a meeting held on October 20, 1953. 



Col. Harry A. McBride retired as Administrator of the Gallery on 

 June 30, 1953, and Ernest R. Feidler was elected and appointed 

 Administrator, effective July 1, 1953, to succeed Col. McBride. Mr. 

 Feidler took office on January 1, 1954. The four other executive 

 officers of the Gallery continued in office during the year. The execu- 

 tive officers of the Gallery as of June 30, 1954, are : 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary-Treasurer. 

 David E. Finley, Director. 

 Ernest R. Feidler, Administrator. 

 Huntington Cairns, General Counsel. 

 John Walker, Chief Curator. 

 Macgill James, Assistant Director. 



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

 annual meeting May 4, 1954, were as follows : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, Chairman. 



Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 



Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Leonard Cannicliael. 



Paul Mellon. 



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