Miguel Angel Corzo

Miguel Angel Corzo (born January 1, 1942) is an American arts administrator and consultant.

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

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]

Published works
  • Mortality immortality? : the legacy of 20th-century art. OCLC 39658997.

References
  1. "GCI hosts Day with Getty Trustees". GCI Newsletter. Getty Conservation Institute. Fall 1991. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
  2. "Miguel Angel Corzo '67". UCLA.
  3. Guzman, Richard (September 28, 2011). "LA Plaza Leader Out After 'Financial Mismanagement'". Los Angeles Downtown News. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  4. Haithman, Diane (October 22, 2008). "Colburn School President Miguel Angel Corzo resigns". Culture Monster. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  5. "Colburn parents decry loss of piano program". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  6. "Discord over key changes at Colburn". Los Angeles Times. September 4, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  7. Patel, Mary F. (May 30, 2007). "Cultural Evolution". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  8. "Center for the Creative Economy Dedicated to President Corzo". May 27, 2007. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  9. "New director of the GCI". GCI Newsletter. Getty Conservation Institute. Fall 1998. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
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