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[[underline]] REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY [[/underline]]

At the meeting of the National Portrait Gallery Commission held on May 8, 1974 at the National Portrait Gallery, it was proposed that two new members be appointed to the National Portrait Gallery Commission. They are as follows:

[[underline]] Barry Bingham. [[/underline]] Chairman of the Board of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times. Bingham has has an enormously successful career in publishing and was for twelve years (1956-1968) a member of the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board. He has received many honors and is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and is a member of the Legion of Honor (Commander). Bingham is very interested in the NPG, and I think he could  be of great help to us in a number of ways, while adding yet another dimension of expertise of the Commission.

[[underline]] Katie Louchheim. [[/underline]] Mrs. Louchheim was Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1956-1960) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1962-1963) -- the first woman ever to attain that rank in the State Department. She subsequently was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1966-1968) and Ambassador to UNESCO (1968-1969). She is an author and poet of some distinction and is presently at work on another book. Mrs. Louchheim is very interested in the Gallery and already has been of considerable help to us. We should have a woman on the Commission, and I feel that Katie Louchheim would not only be a distinguished addition, but that she would be an extremely effective Commissioner.

The Board of Regents voted as follows:

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the appointment of Barry Bingham and Katie Louchheim to the National Portrait Gallery Commission as recommended at its meeting on May 8, 1974, and approves the accessions as recommended at its meetings of November 26 - 27, 1973 and May 8, 1974.