APPENDIX 2 
REPORT 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 ninth annual report of the Board, 
covering its operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1946. 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, 1987 (50 Stat. 51). 
ORGANIZATION AND STAFF 
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1946, the Board consisted of 
the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion, ex oflicio, and five general trustees, Samuel H. Kress, Ferdinand 
Lammot Belin, Duncan Phillips, Chester Dale, and Paul Mellon. 
At its annual meeting held on February 11, 1946, the Board reelected 
Samuel H. Kress as President, and Ferdinand Lammot Belin as Vice 
President, to serve for the ensuing year. The executive officers 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. 
During the year Margaret D. Garrett resigned as Chief of the Inter- 
American Oflice. 
The three standing committees of the Board, provided for in the 
bylaws, as constituted at the annual meeting of the Board, held 
February 11, 1946, were: 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
Chief Justice of the United States, ex officio, Fred M. Vinson, Chairman. 
Samuel H. Kress, Vice Chairman. 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Alexander Wetmore. 
Paul Mellon. 
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