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National Museum of African Art

Commission Appointees


[[underline]] Frank E. Moss, [[/underline]] present Chairman of the NMAfA's Commission. Former United States Senator from Utah. He played a leading role in arranging for the Museum of African Art to become a part of the Smithsonian. 

[[underline]] Frances Humphrey Howard [[underline]] has been a member of the NMAfA Commission for several years. She is an official at the National Library of Medicine and was one of the earliest supporters of the Museum. She is the sister of the late Senator Humphrey.

[[underline]] Roy Sieber [[/underline]] has been a member of the NMAfA Commission for two years. He is a professor at Indiana University and is also Curator of their African and primitive art collection.

[[underline]] David Driskell [[/underline]] is Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of Maryland and is a present member of the NMAfA Commission. Leading authority on Afro-American art.

[[underline]] Robert Nooter, [[/underline]] former Deputy Director of the Agency for International Developement, now an official of the World Bank; important collector of African art; former Vice Chairman of the NMAfA Commission.

[[underline]] Walter Washington, [[/underline]] attorney, former Commissioner and Mayor of the District of Columbia, strong supporter of the Museum, has been a member of the Commission for a number of years.

[[underline]] Richard Long, [[/underline]] present member of the Commission; professor of African and African-American studies at Atlanta University.

[[underline]] John Loughran [[/underline]] has been with the State Department for many years, with numerous assignments in Africa. Former U.S. Ambassador to Somalia. Current head of private art foundation.

[[underline]] Susan Samuels, [[/underline]] Director of ARTS PAC of Washington. One of founders of Washington Friends of the American Ballet Theater. With her husband, former Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Michael Samuels, important collector of African art. Chairperson for a variety of local and national arts fundraising events. 

[[underline]] Robert Thompson, [[/underline]] professor of art, Yale University. Internationally renowned scholar of African art. Curator of numerous African art exhibitions, including "The Four Moments of the Sun: Congo Art in Two Worlds," recently at the National Gallery of Art. Voluminous author and critic of African art.

[[underline]] Franklin Williams, [[/underline]] present member of the NMAfA Commission and President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund. Former Deputy Director of the Peace Corps; former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana.