Investors Co. and Block Drug Co., says his aim is to provide "leadership without domination" in representing the board to the museum's president. The new chairman has been a museum trustee since 1968 and most recently served as vice-chairman. He recalls that his lifelong love affair with science began when he received his first radio and transmitting device at the age of 13.
The board is currently developing plans for the modernization of the New York City museum, a 5 to 10 year program that will provide for renovations of museum exhibitions and structures as well as support for the activities of the museum's scientists.
Since its founding in 1869, the museum has become the largest natural-history museum in the world, supporting extensive research in the zoologic, anthropologic, and earth sciences. Golden sees this research as crucial for the future of the museum, predicting that basic research will grow in ...
