Chairman of 9/11 Fund-Raising Group Steps Down
May 12, 2006
The man who chairs the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation will step down from those posts at the end of May, reports the Associated Press.
John C. Whitehead, 84, cited his age as a reason for the departure. He will remain on the board of the foundation, which is raising money to build a memorial to the people who died in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Thomas Johnson, retired chief executive of GreenPoint Financial, has replaced Mr. Whitehead as chairman of the foundation. Mr. Johnson’s son died in the attacks.
