Bentley Chooses New President

Bentley University (MA), the Waltham school known for its business programs, named a former business school dean from the Midwest as its eighth president.  Alison Davis-Blake, 59, was business dean at both the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota, each for five years during the past decade. She will take over at Bentley in July and succeed Gloria Larson, who announced last year that she would step down after 11 years as president.