
Surrounded by family, friends, trustees, members of the university community and alumni on campus to celebrate homecoming, James W. “Jim” Dean Jr. was formally installed as UNH’s 20th president by University System of New Hampshire board chairman John Small ’76 (above) on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. Dean’s inaugural address, delivered to a full house at the Granite State Room in the Memorial Union Building, focused on the relationship between education and freedom, including freedom of speech.