COMPANY

Founded 1934 as United Aircraft, name changed in 1975 to United Technologies Corporation. The company is formed from the amalgamation of Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, and Hamilton Sundstrand.

Official Website:
http://www.utc.com/

Industry:
Manufacturing

Ticker:
NYSE:UTX

Corporate headquarters:
Hartford, CT

Sales:
$42.7B (2005)

Employees:
220,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. Thomas Bouchard	Business	c. 1941		VP for HR at IBM, 1994-2000
Ari Bousbib	Business	c. 1962		President of Otis Elevator
Louis Chênevert	Business	c. 1958		President and COO of United Technologies
George David	Business	7-Apr-1942		CEO of United Technologies
Ruth R. Harkin	Business	c. 1944		United Technologies VP, 1997-2005
Karl J. Krapek	Business	1948		COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002
Kathleen Ligocki	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Tower Automotive, 2003-07
Michael J. Mancuso	Business	c. 1943		CFO of General Dynamics, 1994-2006
George E. Minnich	Business	c. 1950		CFO of ITT Industries, 2005-07
Stephen F. Page	Business	c. 1940		CFO of United Technologies, 2002-04
Robert B. Palmer	Business	11-Sep-1940		CEO of Digital, 1992-98
John A. Rolls	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Thermion Systems International
Hansel E. Tookes II	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Raytheon Aircraft, 2000-02

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Chênevert	Business	c. 1958		President and COO of United Technologies
George David	Business	7-Apr-1942		CEO of United Technologies
John V. Faraci	Business	16-Feb-1950		CEO of International Paper
Jean-Pierre Garnier	Business	31-Oct-1947		CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
Jamie S. Gorelick	Attorney	6-May-1950		9-11 Commission member
Charles R. Lee	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Verizon, 2000-02
Richard D. McCormick	Business	4-Jul-1940		CEO of US West, 1992-98
Harold McGraw III	Business	c. 1948		CEO of McGraw-Hill
Richard Myers	Military	1-Mar-1942		Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-05
H. Patrick Swygert	Educator	17-Mar-1943		President, Howard University
André Villeneuve	Business	23-Nov-1944		Chairman of Euronext.LIFFE
Christine Todd Whitman	Government	26-Sep-1946		GWB's first head of EPA

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Betsy J. Bernard	Business	16-May-1955		President of AT&T, 2002-03
Karl J. Krapek	Business	1948		COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002
Stephen F. Page	Business	c. 1940		CFO of United Technologies, 2002-04
Frank Popoff	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
William E. Simon	Government	27-Nov-1927	3-Jun-2000	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77
Harold A. Wagner	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Air Products, 1992-2000
Sanford I. Weill	Business	16-Mar-1933		CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Terry D. Growcock	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Manitowoc, 1998-2007
Burton M. Joyce	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Terra Industries, 1991-2001
Samuel C. Scott III	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Corn Products

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Roderick Lilley	Diplomat	15-Jan-1928		US Ambassador to China, 1989-91
William F. Sharpe	Economist	16-Jun-1934		Capital asset pricing model

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