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UTC Contributes $1 Million to Smilow Cancer Hospital
Date:7/10/2008

HARTFORD, Conn., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced a $1 million contribution to the Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. The Smilow Cancer Hospital will provide care to patients throughout the region by expanding clinical space for Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of Medicine.

"Smilow Cancer Hospital will provide world-class care to our community and play an important role in the search for a cure to this terrible disease," said Louis Chenevert, UTC president and chief executive officer. "Yale Cancer Center is one of only 39 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, and the only one in southern New England. I'm proud that UTC can support this exceptional new cancer facility in our community."

The 14-story, 497,000-square-foot Smilow Cancer Hospital, located in New Haven, Connecticut, will house 112 inpatient beds, outpatient treatment rooms, expanded operating rooms, diagnostic imaging services, therapeutic radiology and a specialized Women's Cancer Center.

"Smilow Cancer Hospital will allow us to deliver cancer care in a truly integrated manner, benefiting our patients," said Marna P. Borgstrom, Yale-New Haven Hospital president and chief executive officer. "We are grateful to UTC for its generosity in supporting the cancer hospital, as well as for the extraordinary personal support of Louis and Debbie Chenevert and their leadership of our critical fundraising campaign."

Chenevert has served as a member of Yale Cancer Center's Director's Advisory Board since 2001 and currently serves as co-chairman of the Smilow Cancer Hospital Campaign Committee.

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