"It's a besmirch on my long history of integrity and honesty," said Henry A. Johnson, a director since 1988 and the retired chief executive of Spiegel Inc., the catalog retailer.
And for both candidates here, in a state with around 12 percent unemployment, where foreclosures are still rolling in, corporate history and integrity have become the defining issues.
"With this historic vote," he said, "the Senate has affirmed that Judge Sotomayor has the intellect, the temperament, the history, the integrity and the independence of mind to ably serve on our nation's highest court".
"In the mindset of the community, green represented a complete insensitivity to the history and integrity of Grand Army Plaza," said Craig Hammerman, district manager of Community Board 6, the group that lobbied most loudly against the green.
"This is real cultural value and real history and integrity that we want to stick to and keep and preserve.
Respect the history and integrity of the building you are exploring so that other urbexers can enjoy it safely in the future.
We're going to keep the history and the integrity of the trophy intact".
Whoever ultimately buys the house, Ms. Williamson said, "has to be someone who wants the architectural history and the integrity".
He sees the role of the museum as preserving and protecting the history, traditions and integrity of golf and sharing them with the public.
