McDaniel College elects Keith Lawson to Board of Trustees

McDaniel College has named Keith Lawson of Bethesda to its board of trustees.

Lawson graduated from the college in 1979, summa cum laude, with a double major in political science and economics. He then went on to graduate with highest honors from The National Law Center of George Washington University in 1982.

Since 1988, Lawson has been at the Investment Company Institute (ICI), where he has had responsibility for all tax matters affecting funds and their shareholders. Currently, he serves as deputy general counsel for tax law. He has also, for the past 12 years, chaired an advisory group to the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on tax compliance matters for securities and crypto assets.

Prior to joining ICI, was a tax associate for the Washington, D.C., law firm of Miller & Chevalier. He also served as the law clerk to the Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court and worked for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

For more information about McDaniel College, visit www.mcdaniel.edu.

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McDaniel College, founded in 1867, is a four-year, independent college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including pre-professional specializations and student-designed majors, and over 20 graduate programs. One of the original “Colleges That Change Lives,” McDaniel emphasizes experiential learning and student-faculty collaboration to develop the unique potential in every student. Represented by the Green Terror, its over 20 athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. A student-centered community of 1,800 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students offers access to both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., plus a European campus in Budapest, Hungary. www.mcdaniel.edu