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Heath Fox to be second-in-command at Eli Broad museum
Ending speculation, Eli Broad announced on August 23, 2010 that he will build a $100 million museum to house his contemporary art collection on Grand Avenue in downtown L.A.
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Heath Fox to be second-in-command at Eli Broad museum
Heath Fox to be second-in-command at Eli Broad museum
Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad has tapped former Marine Heath Fox for the number two post at the art museum he’s building in downtown L.A.
Fox, who is an arts dean at the University of California, San Diego and also worked at the San Diego Museum of Art and San Diego’s Museum of Photographic Arts, will be in charge of day-to-day operations.
In 1996, he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel after two decades in the Marines. He served in uniform in Beirut, the Persian Gulf, and the LA riots in 1992. After retirement he added business and museum studies degrees to his rank, supplemented by art programs at Harvard, Sotheby’s auction house, and the Getty.
Fox will report to museum director Joanne Fawley, who has worked for the Broad Art Foundation for 22 years.
With Fox’s hiring, the foundation has rounded out the top posts for the $100 million museum to house Eli Broad’s contemporary art collection. It’s set to open in two years across from Disney Hall. Before the opening, the museum will hire about 100 other people including curators and contractors.
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