Evening star., 1920-01-18
The Rambler Writes of Art Gallery 4 AOfficla

The deed bears the notariaI sea- oi
Whitman c. Bestor, "a notary pu"is
in and for Washington County. a"
act to incorporate the trustees Oh ."e
corcoran Gallery of Art, "and TOT
other purposes," was approved May
"a 1874 with the aid of c. POweii
Minnigerode. secretary anu "'feo.o'
of the gallery, and his secretary, His"
Emily p. Millard, the hampier pre-
septs the list of trustees ana cef'A'
facts relating to them, from 'nc o'
pap;xat;on of the board Of trustees IN
1863 to the present. The iist ioiiows'
y.ras Msndeyiiie Carlisle, elected trustee
Nav IL. 1853, elected frst president Oh .ne
hoovd Of trustees May 15, 1863 died May i''
1877 =,
Dr James 4. Hall. elected trustee May i''
,sea. elected second vice president Feb. 20,
1874. elected second president OF the board sof
trustees June Ii. 1871; died June L. 1880
George w. Riggs elected trustes May IL,
1853: elected treasurer May lo lss#; died
August "a, 1881;
Anthony Hyde. elected trustee Ma! H. 1885,
elected secretary May -. ls'M: elected secfe-
tsry and treasurer April 10, 1859; died Feb.
IS, 1892;
James G. Bcrret elected Trustee May IL.
1869: elected first vice president May Ia iS""'
resigned, Feb. 25. 1873
James &. Kennedy. elected trustee May H.
1863: died March 20. 1873;
Henry ID. Cooke, elected trustee May io
1869; died February ~. 1881:
James e. Mcclure. elected trustee May IL"
1863: died August 27. lsss;
uv,Ita alp ted
1899: resigned June 0, 1884; died Nov. -. 1894;
Charles NJ Matthews, elected trustee Feb.
a. 1873: third vice president June Ii. 1871:
resigned vice presidency and elected secretary
und Treasurer March ., 1892 died April !,
1924
Joseph Henry, trustee. April ~. 1873; died
May l3, 1878:
James G. Weing. trustee. June -. 1877
third president. Jan. II. 1881 died Sept. 4,
1894:
Spencer f. Baird. trustee. June 10, 1873
died August 10. 1887;
Edward Clark. elected trustee Jun" II. 1851
Samuel Ii. Kaufman. elected trustee Febrn-
ary 90, 1891: elected fom.h vice president
March ., 1892 elected fe,rth president OF the.
board cf trustees October Is. 1894 died March
Is, 1906:
Frederick II. Mcclure, elected trustee Jan. .,
1882 elected secretary April 10. 1894:
Walter s. Cox, elected trustee June 0. 1884,
elected fifth vice president Oct 10, 1884;
Charles c. Glover, elected trustee Oct TO-
1887 elected treasar,: April 10, 1891;
Calderon Carlisle, elected trustee November
8. 1885;
Matthew W. Gait, elected trustee March ..
1899;
william Corcoran Eustis. elected trustee April
rs, 1894
Thomas Hyde. elected trustee Oct. II. 1894
Bernard r. Green. elected trustee June y"
1898; died Oct. 22, 1914;
John NJ. Wilson, elected trustee Oct. Il,
1901: died Feb. 1, 1919;
Arthur Jeffrey Parsons. elected trustee jan
20. 1902: died Nor. 8. 1915:
Il. Ross Perry, elected trustee Jan. 10, 1903;
died July II, 1915;
Victor G. Fischer, elected trustee April IL.
1907 resigned account Of giving mp his resi-.
dence In Washington. Oct. 10. 1911;
rheInas Nelson Page, elected trustee Oct. TO-
1911; resigned 10 accept appointment Ms an'
bassador to Italy. Oct. 20. 1918;
william A. Clark, elected trustee jan 49,
1914;
Henry White. elected trustee Ian. ~, 1919
c. Powell Minnigerode, elected trustee Oct
IS, 1915; "t H" s}'4s
George ". Hamilton, elected trustee uece"-
her II, 1915;
James Parmeiee, elected trustee Jan. IL.
1915;
Rudelph Kaufman. elected trustee Deceni-
ber II, 1918.
The present board of trustees is as
follows: Charles c. Glover. president
and treasurer; william Corc0ran
Eustis. vice president: c. Powell Min
nigerode, secretary and director; VIII
liam A. Clark. Henry White, George =.
Hamilton. James Parmelee and Ru-
delphi Kaufman. There is one va
cancy, as the board should consist OF
nine members, and this vacancy will
probably he filled at the annual meet
ing on January ~, 1890.
4 Hint.
A SENATOR said of profiteering
street railway corporations:
This corporation could learn 4 les
son from Japan.