<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. One of the nations best-known and most-respected professionals in the field of alumni relations has been selected to lead the University of Florida Alumni Association, the university announced today.</p>
<p>Leland Patouillet, associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, will begin his duties as executive director of UFs alumni association effective Sept. 1. He will replace Randy Talbot, who resigned last fall after four years in that position to be senior vice president for university advancement and alumni relations at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.</p>
<p>As executive director of UFs alumni association, Patouillet will oversee an organization of 55,000 dues-paying members and more than 100 Gator Clubs throughout the world.</p>
<p>The pride of The Gator Nation is legendary, Patouillet said. I look forward to working with the university and alumni association leadership to engage even more alumni and friends in the life of the institution, and in ensuring that UF continues as one of the countrys top public research universities. </p>
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