SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — Union College says a top Tufts University administrator will become its next president.
David R. Harris will become the 19th president of the private Schenectady college in July and the first African-American to lead the school.
The 48-year-old sociologist will succeed Stephen Ainlay, who is stepping down after 12 years.
Harris has been provost and senior vice president at Tufts University since 2012.
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He previously worked at Cornell University and served in the Obama administration as deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.