Carleton official named Beloit College president

Various news outlets, including an Associated Press item in the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on the appointment of H. Scott Bierman ’77 as president of Beloit College. An economist, Bierman has been the academic dean at Carleton College since 2005. In its story, the Beloit Daily News quoted Jim Sanger, chairman of the Beloit board of trustees: “[Bierman]is an outstanding leader with almost three decades of experience as a member of the faculty and administration of one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the nation. He is a graduate of another leading liberal arts college and has a passion for what he has called ‘the process of learning how to lead a meaningful life.’” [More…]