Alex Huppe, director of the CollegeNews Service for the past ten years, this week was named director of public affairs at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
"I am very honored to have been selected," Huppe said. "It's a very compelling opportunity for someone in my field."
Huppe will leave the College in September and begin his new position on October 1. He will fill a position left vacant since August 1993.
Roland Adams, the current assistant director of the News Service, will serve as acting director until a permanent replacement is found.
"I'm very pleased and appreciative and my goal as acting director will be to serve the College to the best of my ability and try and serve the College as best as Alex has," Adams said.
Adams said Huppe "has carried [the News Service] a tremendous distance in 10 years."
College President James Freedman said he is "very sad" that Huppe will be leaving and he will leave a "big void" at the College.
"Alex is one of the best people I've met and worked with in this field and one of the best people I've ever known as a person," Adams said.
Huppe's new responsibilities will include overseeing internal and external communications for Harvard and serving as executive editor of the Harvard University Gazette, according to a press release distributed by the University.
In addition, Huppe will work closely with the University's administration and faculty in designing and coordinatingcommunications strategies, the release states.
Huppe said he will miss the College.
"Dartmouth is currently an institution that is just in top form," he said. "It's got a superb faculty, extraordinary student body, and one of the most productive administrations in America."
"I've come to love Dartmouth and there's no one in this world I admire more than President Freedman."
Huppe has worked closely with Freedman for the duration of his tenure at the College.
"President Freedman offers a model for any manager," he said. "He is a person who supports fully those who report to him. I've learned a great deal from President Freedman."
"Anyone who has followed the last ten years can see that Dartmouth has gotten more than its fair share of national news coverage for its faculty," Freedman said.
Freedman cites Huppe's work as the reason for such coverage.
"He just is a creating and imaginative person," Freedman said.
Freedman said he will look for those same qualities during the search for a new director.
