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J. Carter Brown For 23 years, J. Carter Brown was director of the National Gallery of Art. He made the institution a required stop for tourists by increasing its popular appeal through blockbuster exhibitions. Brown also influenced what visitors saw elsewhere in Washington, D.C. As head of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Brown oversaw the design and construction of such monuments as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the FDR Memorial. J. Carter Brown has died at the age of 67. David D'Arcy reports.

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For 23 years, J. Carter Brown was director of the National Gallery of Art. He made the institution a required stop for tourists by increasing its popular appeal through blockbuster exhibitions. Brown also influenced what visitors saw elsewhere in Washington, D.C. As head of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Brown oversaw the design and construction of such monuments as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the FDR Memorial. J. Carter Brown has died at the age of 67. David D'Arcy reports.