Dear Friends,
I write to share some news with you
– I have decided to step down as Director & CEO of the Museum at the end of
December.
After fifteen years, it is time to
move on and pursue other activities, including a book project that details my
involvement with the Josef Mengele investigation.
As I was reaching this decision, I
had time to reflect on my tenure at the Museum. I thought of how the Robert M.
Morgenthau Wing was the first new construction in Lower Manhattan following the
great tragedy of 9/11. I thought of the Museum’s many award-winning
exhibitions, about the hundreds of thousands of school kids who have been
educated, and about the Museum’s smart and enriching cultural programming.
And most of all, I have savored the
satisfaction that this institution has remained worthy of its mission to
preserve and relate such an important history about Jewish life and heritage
before, during, and after the Holocaust.
I want to take this opportunity to
thank you all very much for your support of the Museum. This institution,
dedicated to memory and hope, exists and thrives because of you – visitors,
audiences, members, donors, gallery educators, volunteers, and everyone else
who makes up our large and vibrant family.
I am honored that the Board will
confer upon me the title of Director Emeritus and has asked me to remain as
President of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, which is such an important
affiliate of the Museum.
In the weeks ahead, Chairman Bruce
Ratner and the Board will convene a search committee to seek my successor, and
I have offered to assist in any way I can.
I am grateful for the remarkable
opportunity to have served such a noble institution and to have had your
support. I look forward to watching the Museum continue to grow and flourish in
the years ahead.
With every good wish,
David G. Marwell, Ph.D.
Museum Director & CEO
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