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Two current Pratt & Whitney employees and one retired Pratt & Whitney employee will be inducted into The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering at a ceremony this evening at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. Dr. Alan H. Epstein, vice president, Technology and Environment, Pratt & Whitney; Dr. David U. Furrer, senior fellow discipline lead, Materials and Processes Engineering, Pratt & Whitney; and Allan J. Brockett, former vice president, Engineering-Module Centers, Pratt & Whitney, will join an additional 30 new members of Connecticut's leading experts in science, engineering and technology. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.

Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. (the "Essential Asset REIT") announced today its operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

"The first quarter of 2013 picked up solidly on the strong momentum we were enjoying at the end of last year... and the momentum continues through the second quarter. We started 2013 with the acquisition of the Comcast Technical Support Headquarters outside of Denver in January, followed in February with the Boeing Capital Headquarters acquisition in Seattle, with a combined value of $39.0 million," stated Kevin Shields, chairman and chief executive officer of the Essential Asset REIT. "The second quarter thus far has been equally robust. In April we acquired an interest in the HealthSpring Regional Headquarters in Nashville and in May we purchased the Schlumberger financial hub in Houston as well as the United Technologies Aerospace Headquarters in Charlotte."

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