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St. Louis FBI Chief Heading Back To School

By Andrew Ramonas

The top FBI official in St. Louis will leave the bureau next month for a leadership position at St. Louis University, The St. Louis American reported Wednesday.

Roland J. Corvington (FBI)

Roland J. Corvington, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s St. Louis Division, will join the university on Sept. 7 as the assistant vice president and director of public safety and security services.

The 23-year veteran of the FBI has led the St. Louis office since September 2009, after serving more than two years at FBI headquarters in D.C. as Assistant Director of the FBI?s Security Division. He also served as the chief of the FBI’s St. Louis Division from 2005 to 2007.

Corvington will now lead St. Louis University’s recently reorganized public safety department, which includes almost 100 officers.

?This was a great opportunity for post-retirement,? Corvington told the newspaper.

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