Boston University Presidential Search Committee Taps Spencer Stuart to Support Recruitment; Well-known firm a leader in academic recruiting.

BOSTON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The head of the Boston University Presidential Search Committee today announced that Spencer Stuart, a respected and worldwide executive search firm, has been selected to help the group identify candidates for the top job at the 165-year-old institution.

David F. D'Alessandro, who both leads the search committee and serves as vice chairman of the Board of Trustees, said that Spencer Stuart was selected because the firm "distinguished itself by demonstrating a breadth of resources, an extensive academic network and an abundance of analytical skills that will be invaluable as we examine the many outstanding options we will have."

He also noted that Spencer Stuart is a leader in providing such services to education and non-profit clients and has led a number of successful presidential and senior executive searches for pre-eminent universities across the country.

"We have said from the start that this search process is going to be inclusive and broad-based. Up to now that has meant our reaching out to faculty, staff, students, alumni and parents and soliciting their views about what qualities our next president ought to embody. Now, as we move the search into its next phase, we will use Spencer Stuart to assemble an applicant pool that is also broad-based and reflective of the specific talents and skills which the next president must have in order to succeed."

A global search firm, Spencer Stuart employs nearly 300 executive search consultants operating out of 50 offices in 25 countries. The firm has a large and prestigious non-profit and education search ...