The 84-year-old John Whitehead, a World War II veteran and former Goldman Sachs (GS) head, resigned as chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
“Four-and-a-half years is a long time for a supposedly retired person of advanced age and I hope to have more advanced age to enjoy,” he said at a meeting this morning.
The Governor and Mayor will choose his successor at the L.M.D.C. At the foundation, The Times said this morning that Thomas Johnson, now chairman of the executive committee who already took over many administrative duties, would succeed him. Foundation spokeswoman Lynn Rasic would not confirm that, saying that the full foundation board would vote on the new chairman at the next board meeting, scheduled for July.
–Matthew Schuerman
