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The Commission voted to recommend the following people for membership in the Commission, should they be willing to serve:

Mrs. Guiberson of Dallas
Mr. Harold Rosenberg
Mr. David Kreeger
Mrs. Walter Mondale

[[underline]]Report of the Director[[/underline]]

Mr. Taylor reported on various staff changes:

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services is to be transferred to the Office of Museum Programs January 1, 1973;

The name of the International Art Program has been changed to Office for Exhibition Programs Abroad;

Harry Lowe is now the Assistant Director for Operations;

Walter Hopps has joined the staff as Visiting Curator for Contemporary Painting and Sculpture; and

Robert Tyler Davis is Assistant to the Director for the Collections.

Three new permanent galleries have been opened on the second floor, and the Discover Gallery on the first floor is now open and has been turned over to the Education Department.

The Lincoln Gallery is still closed. Metro is planning on putting a temporary ceiling over the first half of the gallery and replacing all of the cornice.

[[underline]]Presentations [[/underline]]

Mr. Darrel Sewell, Curator of Education, gave a presentation to the Commissioners on the program of the Education Department.

Dr. Lois Fink discussed the purpose of the Research Program in its relation to students and scholars of American art.

Slides were shown to the Commissioners of the major exhibitions that were held during the summer and fall.