Report on the National Gallery of Art 
Sir: I have the honor to submit, on behalf of the Board of Trustees, 
the 22d annual report of the National Gallery of Art, for the fiscal 
year ended June 30, 1959. This report is made pursuant to the pro- 
visions of section 5(d) of Public Resolution No. 14, 75th Congress, 
Ist 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. On May 6, 1959, Rush H. Kress 
was reelected a general trustee of the National Gallery of Art to serve 
in that capacity for the term expiring July 1, 1969. The four other 
general trustees continuing in office during the fiscal year ended June 
30, 1959, were Chester Dale, Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Duncan 
Phillips, and Paul Mellon. On May 7, 1959, Chester Dale was re- 
elected by the Board of Trustees to serve as President of the Gallery 
and Ferdinand Lammot Belin was reelected Vice President. 
The executive officers of the Gallery as of June 30, 1959, are as 
follows: 
Huntington Cairns, Secretary-Treas- Ernest R. Feidler, Administrator. 
urer. 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 7, 1959, are as follows: 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 
Earl Warren, Chairman. tion, Leonard Carmichael. 
Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. Paul Mellon. 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 
FINANCE COMMITTEE 
Secretary of the Treasury, Robert B. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 
Anderson, Chairman. tion, Leonard Carmichael. 
Chester Dale, Vice Chairman. Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 
Paul Mellon. 
ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Chairman. Paul Mellon. 
Duncan Phillips. John Walker. 
Chester Dale. 
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