Business Titan Quits Museum

George David has quit as president of the board of Connecticut’s Wadsworth Atheneum. “He is one of the corporate world’s top executives [CEO of United Technologies], running a business that has thousands of employees, tens of billions of dollars in assets and a global reach of staggering proportions. In short, David is a master of his universe who took a personal interest in a state arts treasure, wanting it to grow in profound ways, to be a major player in the world art arena. He put his money – and his company’s money – behind that vision. But David didn’t feel he had the unanimous support of the Atheneum board he led for the last four years, a leadership position that was seemingly his for as long as he wanted it…”