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On September 24, 1996, the Regional Performing Arts Center (RPAC) is formed to oversee construction and management of a new performing arts complex, along with future management of the Academy of Music. Nora Mead Brownell is hired as the first Executive Director of RPAC. Bell Atlantic Corporation presents RPAC with a $13 million gift.
Right: Nora Mead Brownell, executive director, and Willard Rouse, chairman of the newly-formed Regional Performing Arts Center.
