Mr. David R Curry

David R. Curry is Managing Principal of davidrcurryAssociates, an intellectual services firm serving clients in the non-profit, academic, government and commercial sectors. Earlier, David served as Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs for Unisys Corporation, and was a member of the senior management team for over two decades. In this role he led issues management activities; corporate brand, market positioning and identity programs; executive, customer, and employee communications; the company's network of corporate and research libraries and historical archives; civic development and community relations; philanthropic and sponsorship programs; sales and marketing development programs, and a range of special corporate initiatives. He was responsible for the formation of the Burroughs Historical Archives and transitioned it to The Charles Babbage Institute in the early 1990s. He was materially involved in a number of major computing history initiatives including The Information Age exhibit (Nat Museum of American History) The Machine That Changed the World (WGBH/BBC), and the ENIAC 50th celebration (U Penn), among others. David enjoys a strong record of leadership and governance service with non-profit organizations in the sciences, arts and education sectors. He service on the board of the International Literacy Institute/National Center for Adult Literacy of the University of Pennsylvania. He recently completed nine years of service the Franklin Institute Science Museum board (Philadelphia). He served on the Executive Committee of The Philadelphia Liberty Medal, and on the Boards of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Detroit) and Arts Midwest, the seven-state regional arts organization; as president of the Board of The Arts Foundation of Michigan; as vice president of the Board of the Friends of Detroit Public Library, and as chairman of the Michigan Center for the Book (Library of Congress), among others. He is President Emeritus and served on the Board of Governors of the Germantown Cricket Club (Philadelphia, 1854).