Ex-Rep. Named Next President of UMass System
Boston — Marty Meehan, the former congressman and current chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, was named president of the five-campus UMass system on Friday after selling his vision of turning the system into one of the nation’s best and promising to raise more money than his predecessors. “I want excellence in everything we do,” Meehan said during a lengthy public interview with the board of trustees before his...