Paul Corts (born 1943) is an American educator and public official. Most of his career was spent in leadership positions in Christian higher education, including as President of Wingate College and later

Palm Beach Atlantic University Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a private Christian university in West Palm Beach, Florida. The university's nine colleges focus on the liberal arts with a select collection of professional studies. In 2019, its undergraduate enrollme ...

. He then served as Assistant Attorney General during the George W Bush administration. Later, he served as President of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities. He is perhaps most popularly known for his 2005 role in removing the robes that had covered semi-nude statues at the US Department of Justice. His role in this was humorously revisited in the widely read comic strip series "Sylvia."

Education

Paul Corts attended

Georgetown College Georgetown College is a private Christian college in Georgetown, Kentucky. Chartered in 1829, Georgetown was the first Baptist college west of the Appalachian Mountains. The college offers 38 undergraduate degrees and a Master of Arts in educat ...

from 1962 to 1965. During his time there, he founded the President's House Association, a non-Greek honors brotherhood. He graduated with a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...

in Communications in 1965. He continued his education at

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest ca ...

, obtaining his

Masters of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

and PhD in Communications, Rhetoric, and History in 1968.

Positions

* 1983–1991: President, Wingate College (now Wingate University), Wingate North Carolina * 1991–2002: President, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida * 2002–2006: Assistant Attorney General for Administration, US Department of Justice ( United States Department of Justice Justice Management Division) * 2006–2012: President, Council of Christian Colleges and Universities

References

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