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UTC's split
"Our decision to separate
United Technologies is a pivotal
moment in our history and will
best position each independent
company to drive sustained
growth, lead its industry in
innovation and customer focus,
and maximize value creation."
United Technologies Chairman and CEO
Gregory Hayes on the decision to split the
company into three separate publicly traded
businesses.
Jody Blankenship | CEO, Connecticut Historical Society
By Sean Teehan
steehan@hartfordbusiness.com
R
epeating history apparently isn't just for those
who don't learn it.
After a five-year tenure as the Connecticut
Historical Society Museum and Library's chief
executive, Jody Blankenship is moving on to a
new position leading the
Indiana Historical Society
starting in January.
Before coming to Hart-
ford, Blankenship worked
at state historical societies
in Kentucky and his native
home in Ohio. His interest,
he said, stems from studying
20th-century immigration,
and his own family's story of
relocation from Poland to the United States.
"I found state historical societies particularly
interesting because they provide the opportunity
to study local communities in a broader context of
the state and region," he said.
What have been your greatest accomplishments
at CHS, which has a $3.4 million budget and 35
employees?
I am particularly proud of three accomplish-
ments. The first is improving the financial standing
of the Connecticut Historical Society. We have in-
creased assets and investments by 24 percent and
annual contributions by more than 300 percent.
The second is the adoption of the Connecticut
Cultural Heritage Arts Program, Connecticut's
Folklife program. This program has built con-
nections and relationships with a broad array of
diverse communities across the state.
And the third is putting the CHS on a path
toward full digitization of its 4 million item col-
lection, which will provide online access to our
state's history.
How has CHS engaged with the Greater Hart-
ford business community?
Many organizations, such as Connecticut Inno-
vations, the Barnes Group, Stanley Black & Deck-
er, Ensign-Bickford Industries, Cantor Colburn
LLC, Electric Boat, ... and others have sponsored
and helped to develop important exhibitions such
as "Connecticut Innovates!," and have supported
important programs like "Free First Saturday,"
sponsored by Berkshire Bank.
What is the weirdest historical fact you learned
about Connecticut while on the job?
Connecticut's first witch trial was held in 1645,
45 years before the Salem witch trials.
VERBATIM
Hartford's innovation labs
"Aged care and smart
buildings are two categories
that no city has really taken
the lead on … . There's no
city more qualified to lead
the charge in taking these
industries to a new level."
Shana Schlossberg , CEO
of Hartford business incubator Upward, on the
organization's launch of two new labs that will
nurture early stage companies developing smart-
building and aged-care technologies.
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