Telling the New York Times that to stay longer would be to “skirt decency,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art's three-decade leader, Philippe de Montebello, informed his board yesterday that he intends to leave the job. James R. Houghton, chairman of the board, told the Times that “it was a mutual decision and I think the right one.”
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Met Museum's Philippe de Montebello to Retire
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