By Greg Hazley
Roddy Young, a senior VP at MSLGroup in D.C., will head north to Dartmouth College in June as VP of communications for the Ivy League institution, following a national search.
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Young had been at MSLGroup and sister Publicis unit TMG strategies for the past nine years specializing in crisis and litigation communications. His tenure included a major recall for Nestle USA, Chevrolet's launch of the Volt, and Western Union's defense and Latino outreach against a large class action suit in 2003.
During the second term of the Clinton administration, he was press secretary to NASA Administrator Dan Goldin after working PR on the Hill for Rep. Esteban Torres (D-Calif.).
Young, a Univ. of Maryland grad, joins academia on June 10. He'll head Dartmouth's office of public affairs and guide the school's overall communications reporting to senior VP for advancement Carolyn Pelzel.
Search committee chair Marcelo Gleiser said in a statement that Young was the "absolute top choice" for the post.
"He understands the communications challenges that universities today face and he has creative solutions for approaching them," he said.
The Dartmouth search committee also included alumnus Jim Badenhausen, whom O'Dwyer's this week reported is leaving Robinson Lerer & Montgomery for BlackRock.
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