Barry Mills (college president)

Barry Mills (born September 8, 1950) is an American attorney and academic who served as the fourteenth president of Bowdoin College.

A native of Warwick, Rhode Island, Mills graduated cum laude with a double major in biochemistry and government from Bowdoin College in 1972.

Additionally, that January, Mills announced that all student loans would be replaced by grants beginning in September.

Aided by a $10 million gift by Subway Sandwiches co-founder Peter Buck, the goal was met that February.

[2] In March 2017, Mills was appointed deputy chancellor and chief operating officer at the University of Massachusetts Boston.