Two finalists have been announced in the search for the next president of the University of Massachusetts.
Martin Meehan, the chancellor of UMass Lowell and John Quelch, a Harvard Business School professor are the finalists to be the next leader of the five campus UMass system.
University spokesman Robert Connolly said the two were recommended by a search committee at a meeting Thursday in Boston.
" They felt that either Chancellor Meehan, or professor Quelch had the potential to be a transformative leader for the university for the next ten years," said Connolly.
The 22-member UMass Board of Trustees will interview the two finalists at a meeting Friday and possibly vote on a new president to succeed Robert Caret, who is departing in June.
Meehan, a former Massachusetts Congressman ,was considered for the president’s job four years ago but withdrew.
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