Larry R. Thompson (born 1947) is the president of
Ringling College of Art and Design
Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) is a private art and design school in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded by Ludd M. Spivey as an art school in 1931 as a remote branch of Southern College but separated by 1933.
History
The origins of ...
in
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is located in the sou ...
. Starting in 2007 with the Ulla Searing Student Center, he intended to rebuild all of Ringling College to be 5 stories tall. Thompson was CEO of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and helped architect
I. M. Pei
Ieoh Ming Pei
– website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
realize the site design. He also ran the
Flint Cultural Center
The Flint Cultural Center (FCC) is a campus of cultural, scientific, and artistic institutes located in Flint, Michigan, United States. The institutions located on the grounds of the FCC are the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint Institute of Music, ...
before joining Ringling College.
Further ReadingVideo of Thompson interview
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References
Living people
1947 births
People from Sarasota, Florida
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