The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.

As a boy he attended the Arizona Desert School near Tucson Arizona before completing his secondary education at the Groton School in Massachusetts where he graduated at the top of his class. After completing his master’s degree he decided not to complete a Ph. Truman.

John Carter Brown III (October 8 1934 – June 17 2002) director of the U. S.