The Rev. John Denning, a native Rhode Islander and the current vice-president for student affairs at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., has been named the college's 10th president, it was announced Friday.
Denning, 53, will assume the presidency of the Catholic college on July 1, succeeding the Rev. Mark Cregan, who held the post for 13 years.
The La Salle Academy graduate, received his bachelor's degree from Tulane University in New Orleans and entered the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1983. He also holds a master's degrees from the University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
The 65-year-old school is run by the priests and brothers of the Holy Cross.