A former US Congressman has been selected to lead the University of Massachusett.
Martin Meehan was the unanimous choice Friday of the UMass Board of Trustees to become the five-campus system’s next president. Meehan, the current chancellor at UMass Lowell, was praised as a results-driven, visionary leader by board chairman Victor Woolridge of Springfield.
Randy Phillis, president of the union that represents professors and librarians called on Meehan to honor negotiated pay raises.
" The university has received considerable funding in the past few years but has chosen not to pay us," said Phillis.
The union,last mont, filed an unfair labor practices complaint.
Meehan represented the Fifth Massachusetts Congressional district from 1993-2007 and then become chancellor of his alma mater.
Robert Caret is resigning as UMass President at the end of June to become chancellor of the University of Maryland.
