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Scott Young - Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Major/Minor: Public Relations/Computer Technology and Applications

Academic Achievements: Dean’s List Spring 2008, Dean’s List Fall 2009

Jobs, Internships & Other Achievements: Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Public Affairs Intern (Spring 2009–present); Golden Key International Honour Society, President (2009–2010), Vice–President (2008–2009); University of Alabama PRCA Student Chapter, Vice–President of Membership; College of Communication Academic Honor Council, Vice–Chief Justice (2009–2010)

Community Service: Habitat for Humanity, Santa’s Book Shelf, Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter, Salvation Army, Tuscaloosa EMA

Organization Membership: PRSSA, PRCA, College of Communication Academic Honor Council, Golden Key International Honour Society, AEMA

The relationship of a company to the people . . . involves far more than saying—it involves doing. - Ivy Lee The real leader has no need to lead—he is content to point the way. - Henry Miller Corporate enterprise operates under franchise from public opinion. - John Hill Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with the important matters. - Albert Einstein The public relations counsel is first of all a student. His field of study is the public mind. - Edward L. Bernays Know your market. Know your public. - Doris E. Fleischman Always do right—this will gratify some and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain In crisis management, be quick with the facts, slow with the blame. - Leonard Saffir The quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization. - Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers The student of public relations must watch changing ideas, whether they are evidenced by laws or by dictionaries. - Doris E. Fleischman Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. - Jesse Jackson Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. - Bertrand Russell Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. - Harold Geneen Publicity is a one-way street...public relations, a two-way street. - Edward L. Bernays The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. - Max DePree Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. - Marian Anderson Realize a company’s true character is expressed by its people. - Arthur Page The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. - Henry Kissinger PR counsel: interpreting the public to his client and in helping to interpret his client to the public. - Edward L. Bernays

Scott Young - Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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