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MINUTES OF THE SPRING MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS COMMISSION
May 9, 1972

The spring meeting of the National Collection of Fine Arts Commission was held in the Docent Lounge of the Renwick Gallery, and later in the auditorium of the Fine Arts Building, on Tuesday May 9, 1972.

[[underlined]]ATTENDANCE[[/underlined]]

Those present were:

Thomas C. Howe, Chairman
H. Page Cross, Vice Chairman

David E. Finley
Charles H. Sawyer
Walker Hancock
Eloise Spaeth (Mrs. Otto L.)
August Heckscher
George B. Tatum

Also present were: S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Charles Blitzer, Assistant Secretary for History & Art, S.I.; Richard Grove, Deputy Assistant Secretary for History & Art, S.I.; Joshua C. Taylor, Director, NCFA; Robert Tyler Davis, Special Assistant for the Collections, NCFA; Harry Lowe, Special Assistant for Exhibits and Museum Operations, NCFA; and George Riggs, Administrative Officer, NCFA.

The Chairman, Mr. Howe, called the meeting to order at 10:45 a.m. in the Docent Lounge of the Renwick Gallery. The minutes of the December 1, 1971 meeting, previously circulated, were approved unanimously. The Chairman expressed his pleasure in the newly opened Renwick Gallery and noted the extremely complimentary response of public and press. (Many of the Commissioners had the opportunity to visit the exhibitions prior to the meeting.) He then called on the Secretary for his report.

[[underlined]]SECRETARY'S REPORT[[/underlined]]

Mr. Ripley commented with satisfaction on the new understanding between the United States Information Agency and the Smithsonian Institution regarding exhibitions abroad. A copy of the memorandum of agreement was furnished members. He expressed his particular pleasure in meeting at the Renwick Gallery, because from the time it was transferred to the Smithsonian