Background
Coraor, John Edward was born on November 30, 1955 in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Robert and Martha Geraldine (Wells) Coraor.
Coraor, John Edward was born on November 30, 1955 in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Robert and Martha Geraldine (Wells) Coraor.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1977. Master of Education, Pennsylvania State University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1985.
Education assistant, H.F. Johnson Museum Art, Ithaca, New York, 1977-1979;
managing editor, The Museologist, State College, Pennsylvania, 1980-1983;
graduate assistant, course instructor, Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1981-1985;
executive director, Tempe (Arizona) Arts Center, 1985-1988;
director, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, since 1988;
councillor, New York State Association Museums, since 1992;
secretary, New York State Association Museums, 1992-1993. Member Suffolk County, New York Cultural Affairs Advisory Board, since 1990. Central region representative Museum Association of Arizona Executive Board, 1987-1988.
Member West Wing jury panel, Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix, 1985-1988.
Member American Association Museum, Mid-Atlantic Association Museum (fellow 1980, chair publications committee 1992-1994), New York State Association Museum, Long Island Museum Association, National Art Education Association (scholarship 1983).
Married Hanna Nekvasil, May 2, 1979.