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New president at Landmark College

Putney, Vermont - May 25, 2011

Landmark College has a new president.

Peter Eden will become the Putney school's fourth president when he takes over on July 1. Eden was most recently a dean at Endicott College in Massachusetts.

Landmark College was founded in 1985 and is one of only a handful of accredited colleges in the United States designed exclusively for students with dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or other specific learning disabilities.

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