DARDEN SCHOOL GIVEN $1 MILLION BY UNITED
 TECHNOLOGY CORP. FOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, 
MATCHING GIFT FROM BATTEN FAMILY

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 3 -- United Technologies Corp.
(UTC) has given $1 million to the Darden Graduate School of Business
Administration at the University of Virginia for the school's
leadership and entrepreneurship programs, dean Lee Higdon announced
today.
	Higdon said the gift is effectively $2 million, since it
will be matched by an equal amount from the Batten Family Leadership
Challenge, established by Frank Batten, chairman of Landmark
Communications of Norfolk, his son Frank Batten Jr. and daughter
Dorothy Batten.
	"This is a powerful statement about UTC's commitment to the
Darden community," said Higdon. "With this important gift, the
strong and mutually beneficial partnership between United
Technologies and our school will continue to grow and flourish."
	Many members of UTC's management team have attended the
Darden School's master of business administration degree program or
its executive education programs, Higdon noted. A UTC executive,
1967 MBA graduate George David, is the current president of the
Board of Trustees of the Darden School Foundation.
	Established in 1990, the Batten Challenge pledged to match
up to $3.5 million in gifts from other donors to the school's
leadership programs. With the UTC gift, the Batten effort has
contributed more than $3 million in matching funds. Frank Batten is
a leader and pioneer in the cable television business as well as
publishing. His son and daughter are graduates of the Darden School. 
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May 2, 1995