Robert H. Smith, president emeritus, National Gallery of Art, died on December 29, 2009. For details about his contributions to the National Gallery of Art throughout some four decades, and a portrait jpg, click on http://www.nga.gov/press/2009/robert_smith.shtm.

 

Additional information:

 

The Washington Post Obituary http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/30/AR2009123002997.html

 

 

Deborah Ziska

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National Gallery of Art

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