Miguel Angel Corzo

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Miguel Angel Corzo
Born (1942-01-01) January 1, 1942 (age 81)
EducationBS, UCLA [2]

Miguel Angel Corzo is an American arts administrator and consultant.

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Early life and education

Miguel Angel Corzo was born and raised in Mexico City. [1] He completed an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1967. [2]

Professional life

Corzo became the first President and CEO of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles from August 2009 to September 2011. [3] Corzo was President and CEO of The Colburn School in Los Angeles until October 2008. [4] [5] [6] Prior to Colburn, between 2000 and June 2007, he was the President and CEO of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. [7]

As Corzo's tenure was ending at the University of the Arts, the university allocated a $5 million gift from Philadelphia-area philanthropist Dorrance Hill Hamilton and named its Center for the Creative Economy after him. [8]

He was the Director of the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles from 1991 [1] to 1998. [9]

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