The HistoryMakers video oral history with Lorenzo Creighton.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 52 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.122
Subjects

Other author/creatorCreighton, Lorenzo, 1953- interviewee.
Other author/creatorGines, Denise, interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Lorenzo Creighton
Portion of title Lorenzo Creighton
Abstract Corporate executive Lorenzo David Creighton was born on January 5, 1953 in Waterloo, Iowa. Creighton received his B.A. degree in political science from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa in 1975; and his J.D. degree from Drake Law School in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1988. Creighton began his career in the gaming industry as deputy director for Iowa Racing Gaming Commission in 1989. After the Iowa legislature passed the Riverboat Gambling Bill, Creighton was responsible for drafting the regulations and Iowa's first casino was opened in 1991. Creighton held several positions within the gaming industry, including MGM Mirages' president and chief operating officer of New York New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in 2005. The appointment made Creighton the first African American property president on the Las Vegas' strip. In 2015 he was appointed president of MGM National Harbor, a $1.3 billion project in the Washington, D.C. area.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Denise Gines, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 April 4.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2007.122 HistoryMakers

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