Boulder's Naropa University appoints first black president

BOULDER, Colo. — Stuart C. Lord, a 49-year-old Christian minister, will succeed Thomas Coburn as head of the “Buddhist-inspired” university, Naropa officials announced Wednesday. Lord has served since 2000 as associate provost at Dartmouth College and dean of Dartmouth’s William Jewett Tucker Foundation and will continue in these capacities until he becomes president on July 1.