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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 75th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE FIFTH AVENUE AND 82nd STREET, NEW YORK 28, N. Y. Telephone RHinelander 4-7690 OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN President ELIHU ROOT, Jr. ROLAND L. REDMOND THOMAS J. WATSON Vice-Presidents DEVEREUX C. JOSEPHS Treasurer DUDLEY T. EASBY, Jr. FRANCIS HENRY TAYLOR Director HORACE H. F. JAYNE Vice-Director EXECUTIVES ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN Honorary Chairman THOMAS J. WATSON General Chairman FRANCIS M. WELD Executive Chairman MRS. THOMAS W. ARMITAGE CORNELIUS N. BLISS MRS. JAMES W. GERARD DEVEREUX C. JOSEPHS THOMAS W. LAMONT ROBERT LEHMAN MRS. OSWALD B. LORD ROLAND L. REDMOND MRS. OGDEN REID ELIHU ROOT, JR. MISS DOROTHY SHAVER VANDERBILT WEBB MRS. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE Vice Chairmen WALTER S. GIFFORD Chairman, Special Gifts Committee MRS. JAMES W. GERARD Chairman, Women's Committee MRS. WYLIE BROWN Executive Chairman CHARLES E. WILSON Chairman, Men's Committee T. F. BARTON Executive Chairman HENRY C. BRUNIE Chairman, Commerce and Industry Committee KEITH MARTIN Vice Chairman JOHN GODFREY SAXE Chairman, Membership Committee ARNOLD WHITRIDGE MRS. EDWARD S. JOHNSON Vice Chairmen ARTHUR W. PAGE Chairman, Public Information Committee JAMES M. CECIL Vice Chairman DR. H. N. WRIGHT Chairman, Educational Committee EUGENE F. SABER Chairman, Nationalities Groups Committee June 20, 1947 Jacques Seligmann & Company, Inc., 5 East 57th Street, New York 22, N.Y. Gentlemen: On behalf of the Officers and Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the 75th Anniversary Committee, we wish to take this opportunity of expressing our deep appreciation of the very fine work you did throughout the campaign. Without your help and that of the more than one thousand other public spirited citizens who participated with us in this effort, the excellent results would not have been possible. You are to be congratulated in securing over one million dollars from some two thousand contributors, as well as nearly three thousand new members, during a most difficult period. The 75th Anniversary Committee is being dissolved, but this does not mean that fund-raising plans will be abandoned. Although we cannot build in the immediate future, efforts to raise the necessary funds will be continued, and for this purpose a permanent organization has been set up within the Museum. We believe that you will be pleased to know that it is the decision of the Board of Trustees of the Museum to carry out the plans for reconstructing and enlarging the buildings, and expanding membership. Sincerely yours, Roland L. Redmond President Thos. J. Watson General Chairman TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM HARRY PAYNE BINGHAM CORNELIUS N. BLISS MARSHALL FIELD WALTER S. GIFFORD HORACE HAVEMEYER DEVEREUX C. JOSEPHS SAMUEL H. KRESS THOMAS W. LAMONT ROBERT LEHMAN ROBERT A. LOVETT WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN ARTHUR W. PAGE ROLAND L. REDMOND NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER ELIHU ROOT, Jr. JOHN GODFREY SAXE ARTHUR HAYS SULZBERGER MYRON C. TAYLOR STEPHEN FRANCIS VOORHEES THOMAS J. WATSON VANDERBILT WEBB FRANCIS MINOT WELD C. V. WHITNEY ARNOLD WHITRIDGE Ex Officio THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY
