UMass President Marty Meehan '78
Marty Meehan, the first undergraduate alumnus to lead the five-campus University of Massachusetts system, became its 27th president in 2015 after serving as a U.S. congressman and chancellor of UMass Lowell.
A Lowell native and first-generation college graduate, he has long championed the transformative power of public higher education.
Under his leadership, UMass has reached record enrollment, research and financial aid growth; expanded its economic impact to $8.3 billion; and achieved its highest national rankings. He and his wife, Jennifer Maguire Meehan, have four children and live in Boston and Newburyport.