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Miguel Angel Corzo

Website
  
UArts Administration

Name
  
Sean Buffington


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Alma mater
  
Harvard College University of Michigan

Profession
  
President and Chief Executive Officer

Residence
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Education
  
University of Michigan, Harvard College, Harvard University

University of the Arts President Sean Buffington's 2012 Commencement Remarks


Sean T. Buffington is vice president of the Henry Luce Foundation, and former President and CEO of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

Sean Buffington graduated summa cum laude in English and American literature and Afro-American studies from Harvard College in 1991 He then went on to earn his Master of Art degree in American culture from the University of Michigan in 1994.

Buffington returned to Harvard in 1994 as an administrator in the Harvard Alumni Association and University Development Office. From 1999 to 2002, he served as Assistant Provost for Interfaculty Programs. In 2002 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the President and Provost, and in 2005 he was promoted to Associate Provost for Arts and Culture. From 2007 through 2014, he has served as President of the University of the Arts.

He is openly gay.

References

Sean T. Buffington Wikipedia