Edward A. Kangas, Former Global Chairman and CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Joins United...

Thursday October 9, 8:30 am ET HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Edward A. Kangas, the former Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, was elected to the United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX - News ) Board of Directors effective as of the next meeting of the board. He joins 12 other board members of whom 10 are independent. Kangas, 64, served as Global Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1989 to 2000. Under his leadership the firm's revenues grew to $11 billion in 2000 from $2 billion in 1989. He was one of the chief architects of the 1989 global combination of Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Touche Ross. "Edward Kangas is widely known and respected for his many... [read full story]