David T. Chase. Photo Courtesy of The Hartford Courant.
Called “a Connecticut treasure” by The Hartford Courant, David T. Chase, founder of Chase Enterprises, Holocaust survivor, civic leader and philanthropist, died on June 1 at the age of 88.
Few individuals have made more of a mark on the city of Hartford than Chase, whose building projects included the iconic Stilts Building, and the Gold Building. Chase was a co-founder of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, and contributed to myriad other causes and institutions including the University of Hartford , Eastern Connecticut State University and the New Britain Museum of American Art.
David’s son, Arnold Chase, is a member of Connecticut Public Broadcasting’s Board of Trustees — and CPBN offers our condolences to him and his family. Arnold was interviewed on the Colin McEnroe Show, where he spoke about his father. Listen here: