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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 495 
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On motion the resolutions were adopted.

ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR.

Senator Lodge here offered the following resolution;

RESOLVED; That the vacancy in the office of Chancellor caused by the death of the late Chief Justice Edward Douglass White, be filled by the election of the Honorable Calvin Coolidge, Vice President of the United States.

On motion, the resolution was adopted, and the Vice President took the chair as presiding officer.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART COMMISSION.

On behalf of the Committee, the Secretary gave a brief statement explaining the inauguration of the National Gallery of Art, its growth and importance, including the proposed National Gallery of Portraits, mentioning certain gifts of paintings and art objects; and repeated his views, already expressed to the Board, as to the necessity for the provision of some means for the administration of the National Gallery of Art, under the authority of the Board of Regents.

The Secretary went on to say that at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Regents on December 9, 1920, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED; That the Chancellor is hereby authorized to appoint a committee of five members of the Board of Regents, with the Secretary as an [[underlined]] exofficio [[/underlined]] member, to consider the question of the appointment of a commission to be known as the National Gallery of Art Commission; and to report with recommendations to the Board either at a special meeting or at its next regular meeting.

In accordance with the above, the Chancellor appointed the following committee:  

Mr. Henry White, Chairman;
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge;
Mr. John B. Henderson;
Mr. Robert S. Brookings;
Representative Frank L. Greene;
Secretary C. D. Walcott.
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Transcription Notes:
Two historical notes on names: The "National Gallery of Art" referenced here is now called the Smithsonian American Art Museum; this is *not* the current NGA, which was established in the 1930s and is not a part of the Smithsonian. Similarly, the "National Gallery of Portraits" named here is not the current Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, which was created in the 1960s.