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as well as the funds for the erection of the the gallery building to 

 house the collection, died on August 26, 1937; also that S. Parker 

 Gilbert, one of the original general trustees, died on February 23, 

 1938. On March 9, 1938, the three surviving general trustees, at a 

 meeting duly held at Washington, D. C, elected Paul Mellon to 

 serve the unexpired term of his father, the late Andrew W. Mellon, 

 and Ferdinand Lammot Belin was elected to serve the unexpired 

 term of the late S. Parker Gilbert. 



On March 9, 1938, an organization meeting of the Trustees was 

 held in the Regents Room of the Smithsonian Institution and, after 

 full consideration by the Trustees, a draft of bylaws submitted at 

 the meeting was adopted as the bylaws of the Trustees of the 

 National Gallery of Art. 



The bylaws provide that the executive officers shall consist of the 

 chairman of the Board, president, vice president, secretary, treas- 

 urer, director, administrator, assistant director, chief curator, and 

 such other executive officers as the Board shall determine. The 

 Chief Justice of the United States, ex-officio, is the chairman of the 

 Board. 



At this meeting it was determined that the regular annual meet- 

 ing of the Board shall be held on the second Monday in February of 

 each year, at 9 : 30 a. m. 



Also the Trustees elected the following executive officers: 



Paul Mellon, president : 

 David K. E. Bruce, vice president ; 

 Donald D. Shepard, secretary ; 

 Donald D. Shepard, treasurer ; 

 David E. Finley, director. 



The officers elected stated they would serve without compensation 

 for the time being. It was decided by the Trustees that the matter 

 of their later compensation, if any, should be considered at a subse- 

 quent meeting of the Board. The following Trustees were elected 

 as members of the three standing committees, provided for in the 

 bylaws : 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



Chief Justice of the United States; 

 Dr. O. G. Abbot ; 

 Paul Mellon; 

 David K. E. Bruce ; 

 Donald D. Shepard. 



ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 



Paul Mellon; 

 David K. E. Bruce; 

 David E. Finley; 

 Duncan Phillips; 

 Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 



