PLANTS AND FLOWERS

Flowers and plants in the courts are grown in the National Gallery’s greenhouses and are changed frequently by the Gallery’s horticultural staff. There are special floral displays at Christmas and Easter in both the Garden Courts and the Rotunda.

Board of Trustees

The Chief Justice of the United States, Chairman

The Secretary of State

The Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Paul Mellon

John Hay Whitney

Franklin D. Murphy

Carlisle H. Humelsine

John R. Stevenson

Officers and Staff

President: Paul Mellon

Vice President: John Hay Whitney

Director: J. Carter Brown

Assistant To the Director for Music: Richard Bales

Assistant To the Director for National Programs: W. Howard Adams

Assistant To the Director for Public Information: Katherine Warwick

Assistant To the Director for Special Events: Robert L. Pell

Construction Manager: Hurley F. Offenbacher

Planning Consultant: David Scott

Assistant Director/Chief Curator: Charles Parkhurst

Curators:

American Painting: William P. Campbell

Dutch and Flemish Painting: Arthur Wheelock

French Painting: David E. Rust

Graphic Arts: Andrew C. Robison

Italian Painting, Northern and Later: Sheldon Grossman

Italian Painting, Early: David Alan Brown

Northern European Painting To 1700: John Hand

Sculpture: Douglas Lewis, Jr.

Spanish Painting: Anna M. Voris

Twentieth-century Art: E. A. Carmean, Jr.

Curator of Education: Margaret I. Bouton

Head, Extension Program Development: Joseph J. Reis

Head, Art Information Service: Elise V. H. Ferber

Chief Librarian: J. M. Edelstein

Editor: Theodore S. Amussen

Head Conservator: Victor C. B. Covey

Chief, Design and Installation: Gaillard F. Ravenel

Chief, Exhibitions, Loans and Registration: Jack C. Spinx

Registrar: Peter Davidock

Head Photographer: William J. Sumits

Treasurer: Lloyd D. Hayes

Assistant Treasurer: James W. Woodard

Administrator: Joseph G. English

Assistant Administrator: George W. Riggs

Personnel Officer: Jeremiah J. Barrett

Secretary and General Counsel: Robert Amory, Jr.